HEMIPTEEA HETEROPTEEA. 
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f Hind wings violet-black, whitish at the base. 
X Dorsum of the abdomen black. 
§ Fore wings blackish. . _ . 
§§ Fore wings tawny. - - - _ 
Dorsum of the abdomen reddish. 
§ Hind femora and hind tibiae of the female 
equally long. . . . _ 
§§ Hi nd femora of the female longer than the hind 
tibiae. 
X Fourth joint of the antennae dark. 
X X Fourth joint of the antennae pale. 
If Hind wings various, never violet-black. 
X Dorsum of the abdomen wholly black or blackish 
red. 
§ Antennae wholly blackish, or blackish excepting 
the fourth joint. 
X Size larger. . - - - - 
X X Size smaller. - - - - - 
§§ Antennae mostly pale, or with the second and 
third joints pale. 
X Body ferruginous. 
o Anterior femora with a little spine beneath near 
the tip. _ . - . . 
00 Anterior femora unarmed. 
Antennae banded. _ . . . 
Antennae not banded. - - - 
X X Body blackish. - - _ _ 
Dorsum of the abdomen reddish or lutescent, 
blackish at the base, or at the tips, or at both. 
§ Metathorax wholly black. 
X Fore femora unarmed. . _ _ 
XX Fore femora beneath with a minute subapical 
spine. 
o Fourth joint of the antennae brown, pale at the 
base. 
Antennae orange. - - - - 
Antennae tawny. _ - _ - 
Antennae black. - 
00 Fourth joint of the antennae pale, brown towards 
the tip. - . - - - 
XXX Fore femora beneath with two minute subapical 
spines. _ _ - - _ 
§§ Antennae very slender. Hind part of the meta- 
thorax and dorsum of the abdomen, excepting 
the apical part, yellowish or reddish. 
** Dorsum of the abdomen wholly yellowish or 
reddish. 
f Antennae very slender. 
X Hind wings dark brown. 
§ Antennae very slender. - - . 
§§ Antennae stouter. . - . - 
tristator. 
moesta. 
melaucholica. 
luteitarsis. 
ventralis. 
grallatoria. 
griseosericans. 
Natalensis. 
annulicornis. 
nigricornis. 
lugubrina. 
amicta. 
pagana. 
similis. 
inconspicua. 
caffra. 
apicalis. 
gracilicornis. 
monacha. 
carmelita. 
