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CATALOGUE OB' 
and along each side of the hinder half and legs tawny. Head elongate- 
conical, longer than the fare lobe of the prolhorax; ante-ocular part much 
longer than the post-ocular. Antennae longer than the head and the pro- 
thorax together ; first joint as long as the ante-ocular head; second full 
four limes as long as the first; third as long as the second. Fore lobe of 
the prothorax more convex and much shorter than the hind lobe; longitu- 
dinal furrows slight. Hind lobe with acute and prominent side angles. 
Scutellum with three ascending spines. Tips oflhe tarsi and knees piceous. 
Length oflhe body 12 lines. 
Closely allied to P. praedo, of which the head and the fore lobe of the 
prothorax are black and the connexivum is wholly red. 
a. East Africa. Presented by Earl Russell. 
Genus 2. TETROXIA. 
Tetroxia, Serv. Hist. Hem. 334. Stal, Hem. Afr. iii. 126. 
1. Tetroxia spinifera. 
Reduvius spinifer. Pal. Beauv. Ins. 15. Hem. pi. 1, f. 4. St. Farg. et 
Serv. Enc. Metli. x. 274 — Tetroxia spinifera, Serv. Hist. Hem. 126. 
Stal, Hem. Afr. iii. 126. 
Benin. 
2. Tetroxia Beacvoisii. 
Beauvoisii, Frme. Arch. Ent. ii. 311. 
Gabon. 
Genus 3. SPINIGER. 
Spiniger, Burm. Harnlb. Ent. ii. 234. Serv. Hist. Hem. 334. Stal , Stett. 
Ent. Zeit. xx. 395. 
Prof. Stal divides this genus as follows: — 
A. Ridge on the fore border of the prothorax not or 
slightly elevated. Second and third joints of the 
tarsi nearly equally long, or the second longer 
than the third. 
a. Side angles of the prothorax attenuated into a spine, 
• straight or acute, not rounded. 
* Side angles of the prothorax attenuated into a spine 
or tooth, which is sometimes small, 
f Fore lobe of the prothorax with conical spines or with 
tubercles of various size, all equally high, at least 
not higher in the middle than on the sides. Spine 
of the scutellum erect. Ante-ocular part of the 
head longer than the post-ocular part. Fore 
femora spinuloseorgranulated beneath, sometimes 
hardly perceptibly so. Spongy furrow of the fore 
tibiae long. 
