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longer than the head and the prothorax together; first joint longer than 
the ante-ocular head ; second more than thrice as long as the first, yellow 
at the base. Fore lobe of the prothorax with six luteous spines, very much 
shorter than the hind lobe, which has a long luteous spine on each hind 
angle. Scutellum with an obliquely ascending luteous spine. Legs long, 
slender; femora yellow, black and with a yellow band towards the lip; 
tibiae with a yellow band towards the base ; hind tibiae yellow. Length of 
the body 9^ lines. 
a. Australia. Presented by the Entomological Club. 
Div. 2. 
Sphedanocoris, Slal, Ofv. K. Vet. Ak. Fork, xxiii. 240. 
64. Acanthaspis sabulosa. 
Acanthaspis sabulosa, Stal, A. S. E. F. 4 me Ser. iii. 52— Sphedanocoris 
sabulosa, Stal , Ofv. K. Vet. Ak. Fork, xxiii. 241. 
a. Australia. 
Div. 3. 
65. Acanthaspis varians. 
Cerilocus? varians, Stal , A. S. E. F. 4 me Ser. iii. 54. 
a. Australia. Presented by the Earl of Derby in 1844. 
Country unknown. 
66. Acanthaspis picina. 
picina, Stal, A. S. E. F. 4me Sir. iii. 49. 
a, b. ? From Mr. Vigors’ collection. 
Genus 5. REDUVIUS. 
Reduvius, Fabr. Syst. Rhyn. Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 234. Serv. Hist. 
Hem. 337. Fieb. Hem. Ear. 42. 
Prof. Stal arranges the group of which R. persouatus is the type as 
follows : — 
A. Legs wholly brown. - 1. personatus, Lin. 2. villosus, Fabr. 
B. Legs pale or with pale bands. 
a. All the femora brown or blackish brown at the tips. 
Furrow of the fore tibice about one-third or more 
than a third as long as the latter. 
* All the femora brown or tinged therewith in the middle. 3. nigricans, 
Klug. 4. nigrofuscus, Stal. 5. tarsatus, Germ. 6. annulatus, Stal. 
Femoia neither brown nor tinged with brown in the 
middle, pale beyond the middle. Connexivum pale, 
with brown spois. - - * m ?' nebulosus, Klug. 
b. Legs pale; hind femora sometimes blackish at the tips. 
