HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. 
X X Tibiae red. ------ 
§§$ Fore wings with an inner stripe. - 
Coriutn testaceous, varied with black, 
fft Fore wings with no marks. - 
*** Head short. 
f Fore lobe of the prolhorax much longer than the 
hind lobe. 
| Fore femora much incrassated. - - - 
Fore femora hardly incrassated. - 
ff Fore lobe of the prothorax not much longer than the 
hind lobe. - 
b. Body aeneous. • 
B. Fore wings very short. - 
South America. 
Div. 1. 
Sphodrocoris, Stal. 
21. PlRATES MACULirENNIS. 
Reduvius maculipennis, St. Farg. et Serv. Enc. M6lh. x. 276 — Peirates 
maculipennis, Serv. Ann. Sci. Nat. 1831, 8. Stal, Rio Jan. Hem. 69. 
Pirates maculipennis, Serv. Hist. Hem. 325. Sphodrocoris muculi- 
pennis, Stal, Ofv. K. V. Ak. Fork, xxiii. 261. 
a. Brazil. 
b. Brazil. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 
c. Para. Presented by G. Graham, Esq. 
d. Brazil. From Mr. Children's collection. 
e. Columbia. From M. Goudot’s collection. 
f. Bolivia. From Mr. Bridges’ collection. 
22. Pirates concisus. 
Mas. Niger; caput longi-conicum ; antenna; capite et prothoraee ad 
unurn breviores ; scutelli spina ferruginea ; femora quatuor pnsteriora 
basi testacea ; tibia; anlica sublus fulvee ; curium basi albido uni- 
slrigatum ; membrana luteo unimacutala. 
Male. Black, setulose, elongate-subfusiform. Head elongate-conical; 
ante-ocular part about twice as long as ihe post-ocular; a curved trans- 
verse furiow in front of the two hind ocelli. Rostrum extending to the fore 
coxae ; second joint much longer than the others. Antennas shorter than 
the head and the prolhorax together; first joint about half as long as 
the second ; third a little shorter than the second; fourth longer than the 
second. Fore lobe of the prolhorax with seven furrows ; middle one 
enlarged hindward ; inner pair parallel; the two other pairs oblique; 
middle pair abbreviated hindward. Hind lobe less than half as long as 
the fore lobe. Scutelluin concave in the disk, ending in a ferruginous 
spine. Abdomen with testaceous spots along each side. Fore coxae testa- 
ceous towards the lips. Four hinder femora testaceous at the base. Fore 
tibiae tawny beneath; spongy furrow very long. Fore wings with a whitish 
streak along the inner border of the corium from the base to the tip of the 
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indecisus. 
vittifer. 
megaspilus. 
morio. 
dimidiatus. 
lepidus. 
minuscnlus. 
reneus. 
picicornis. 
