HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. 
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Eyes very prominent. Rostrum yellow ; second joint black on each side; 
fourth black. Antennae very slender, as Ion j'' as the body ; first joint as 
long as the bead, yellow at the base; second longer than the first; third 
more than twice as long as the second; fourth shorter than the third. Fore 
lobe of the prothorax bordered with yellow on each side, a little shorLer 
than the hind lobe, which is wholly bordered with yellow; hind angles 
black, slightly prominent. Scutellum with a long erect yellow spine, 
which t« blackish towards the tip. Pectus with yellow spots. Abdomen 
yellow and with silvery reflections beneath, where there are transverse 
aeneous streaks on each side and a large ameous patch at two-thirds of the 
length. Legs piceous, slender, clothed with fine hairs; four anterior 
femora yellow, piceous at the base and towards the tips on the outer side; 
bind femora yellow at the base; four anterior tibiae yellow and furrowed 
beneath at the tips; hind tibiae with a yellow band near the base. Curium 
with a little yellow costal streak at the base and with an oblique yellow 
streak near the exterior border. Membrane cinereous, hyaline, with black 
veins. Length of the body 5£ liues. 
a. Singapore. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
Genus 4. ACANTHASPIS. 
Acanthaspis, Serv. Hist. Hem. 336. Stal , Hem. Afr. iii. 126. 
Mexico and South America. 
Div. 1. 
Leogorrus, Stal , Stett. Ent. Zeit. xx. 404. 
1. Acanthaspis ochropus. 
ocliropus, Stal , Ofv. K. V. Ak. Forh. xii. 188— Reduvius ochropus, Stal, 
Rio Jan. Idem. 71. 
Minas Geraes. 
2. Acanthaspis formicaria. 
Reduvius formicarius, Fair. Syst. Rhyn. 280. Stal, Rio Jan. Hem. 71 — 
Platymeris formicaria, Barm. Handb. Ent. ii. 233. H.-S h Wanz. 
Ins. viii. 33, pi. 260, f. 808— Leogorrus formicarius, Stal, Hem. Fabr. 
i. 125. 
South America. 
3. Acanthaspis litura. 
Reduvius litura, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. 310 ; Ent. Syst. iv. 199; Sysf. Rhyn. 
272 — Platymeris myrmecodes, H.-Sch. IVanz. Ins. xiii. 32, pi. 260, 
f. 807 — Leogorrus litura, Stal , Hem, Fabr. i. 126. 
Mexico. Cayenne. Brazil. 
