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CATALOGUE OF 
Female. Pale testaceous, lanceolate. Head elongate-conical, more 
than half as long as the prothorax. Eyes piceous. Antennae more than 
half as long as the body; first joint shorter than the head; second 
longer than the head; third a little shorter than the second; fourth shorter 
than the third, a little longer than the first. Legs pale yellow. Fore 
wings very little longer than the abdomen, with four black points, of which 
one is costal. Hind wings white. Length of the body 3 lines. 
This species closely resembles N. fetus; the scutellum is wholly pale 
and the fore wings are a little shorter. 
a. New Zealand. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
Genus 8. CNEMODUS. 
Cnemodus, H.-Sch. Wanz. Ins. ix. 184. 
1. Cnemodus brevipknnis. 
brevipennis, H.-Sch. Wanz. Ins. iv. 184, pi. 309, f. 948. 
North America. 
Fain. 2. REDUVTDJS. 
Reduvidae, Serv. Hist. Hem. 333— Acanthaspida, Slal , Hem. Afr , iii. 44, 
119. 
Genus 1. PLATYMERIS. 
Platymeris, Be Lap. Ess. Hem. 80. Bunn. Handb. Ent. ii. 233. Slal , 
Hem. Afr. iii. '123 — Platymerus, Blanch. Hist. Nat. Ins. iii. 104. 
Serv. Hist. Hem. 333. 
Africa. 
Div. 1 . 
1 . Platymeris biguttata. 
, Stoll , Pun. 42, pi. 9, f. 62 — Cimex biguttatus, Linn. Syst. Nat. 2, 
725 — Reduvius biguttatus, Fair. Syst. Ent. 731 ; Sp. Ins. ii. 381 ; 
Mant. Ins. ii. 313; Ent. Syst. iv. 205; Syst. Rhyn. 266. Wolff, 
Icon. Cim. ii. 82, f. 79 — Platymerus biguttatus, Blanch. Hist. Nat. 
Ins. Hem. 104, pi. 2, f. 3. Serv. Hist. Hem. 334 — Platymeris 
biguttata, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 233. Stal , Ofv. K. Vet. Ak. Forh. 
xvi. 188; Hem. Afr. iii. 124. 
a — c. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 
Var.P Spots on thecorium luteous. 
d. East Africa. Presented by Earl Russell. 
2. Platymeris guttatipennis. 
guttatipennis, Stal , Hem. Afr. 125. 
a. Natal. From M. Gueinzius’ collection. 
