HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA 
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, Male. Black, smooth, shining, elongate-subfusiform. Head elongate- 
conical, nearly as long as the fore lobe of the prothorax ; ante-ocular part 
about twice the length of the post-ocular. Antennae setulose, rather longer 
than the head and the prothorax together; first joint very much shorter 
than the second ; third a little longer than the second; fourth as long as 
the second. Fore lobe of the prothorax twice as long as the hind lobe, 
with the usual seven furrows, which are well defined. Propectus with a 
long stout tawny spine extending backward from between the fore coxa?. 
Sculellum triangular, compressed and slightly ascending at its tip. Legs 
tawny ; spongy furrow of the fore tibiae less than half the length of the 
latter. Fore wings with a broad short oblique luteous streak at the base of 
the corium and with a luteous point in the membrane near the base. 
Length of the body 7 lines. 
Closely allied to P. cordatus. 
a. Hindustan. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
b. North Bengal. From Lieut. Campbell’s collection. 
c. Hindostan. From the Entomological Society’s collection. 
68. Pirates inscriptus. 
Fcem. Niger , cinereo tomentosus , capite antico antennis pedibusque rufis ; 
caput longi-conicum, prothoracis lobo antico aq ui long um ; antenna 
capite et prothorace ad union longiores, apices versus picece ; alee 
antica atree, luteo bivittala et bifasciata, apice nigra. 
Female. Black, elongate-subfusiform, with cinereous tomenfura. 
Ante-ocular head mostly red. Rostrum, antennae and legs red. Head 
elongate-conical, as long as the fore lobe of the prothorax; ante- 
ocular part twice as long as the post-ocular. Antennae longer than 
the head and the prothorax together; first joint as long as the ante-ocular 
head ; second more than twice as long as the first; third piceous, as long 
as the second ; fourth gone in the specimen described. Fore lobe of the 
prothorax a little more than twice as long as the hind lobe; furrows 
extremely slight, except the hind part of the middle one. Spongy furrow 
of the fore tibia? less than half as long as the latter. Fore wings deep 
black except towards the tips, with two abbreviated luteous stripes, one 
costal, tbe other along the interior border, both interlined with black and 
connected by two luteous bands, the outer band very much broader than 
the inner one. Length of the body 9 lines. 
«. Siam. Presented by W. W» Saunders, Esq. 
69. Pirates posticus. 
Mas. Niger; caput longi-conicum , antice fulvum , prothoracis lobo 
antico brevius ; rostrum, antenna, prothoracis lobus posticus, spina 
pectoralis, connexivum, pedes et corium fulva ; antenna capite et pro- 
thorace ad unum paullo longiores ; scutellum piceum aut ferru- 
gineum ; abdomen basi fulvum ; corium nonnunquam nigro 
unimaculatum ; membrana nigricans, nigro late unifasciata, apice 
albida. 
