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CATALOGUE OF 
Hind lobe with two luteous dots on the fore border. Scutellura horizontal. 
Connexivum with luteous spots. Legs hairy ; fore femora hardly in- 
crassated ; furrow beneath the four anterior tibias not more than one-fourth 
as long as the latter. Corium with a luteous basal dot; clavus with a short 
luteous streak ; membrane with two luteous dots on its junction with the 
corium. Length of the body lines. 
a, b. Oajaca. From M. Salle’s collection. 
8. Reduvius signifer. 
Mas. Niger , fusiformis ; caput prothoracis lobo antico paullo longius ; 
antennce corpure breviores, articulu 1 o fulvo ; prothoracis lobus anticus 
valde sulcatus, lobo poslico paullo brevior ; scutellum apicem versus 
compressum ; alee anticce basi lutescenle strigatce , venis lulescente 
marginatis. 
Male. Black, fusiform, dull, smooth and shining beneath. Head 
elliptical, a little longer than the fore lobe of the prothorax ; ante-ocular 
part shorter than the post-ocular. Antennae much longer than the head 
and the prothorax together; first joint tawny, much longer than the ante- 
ocular head; second much longer than the first; third a little shorter than 
the second; fourth as long as the third. Fore lobe of the prolhorax with 
deep furrows, a little shorter than the hind lobe ; fore angles rectangular, 
not prominent. Hind lobe with a middle furrow; hind angles rounded, 
slightly prominent. Scutellum compressed towards the tip. Furrow 
beneath the fore tibise not one-third as long as the latter. Fore wings with 
some dull luteous streaks towards the base; veins bordered with dull 
luteous. Length of the body 6 lines. 
a. Oajaca. From M. Salle’s collection. 
b. St. Domingo. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
c. Venezuela. From Mr. Birschell’s collection. 
d. Columbia. From M. Goudot’s collection. 
South America. 
A. Prothorax testaceous or tawny. 
a. Scutellum ascending. - 
b. Scutellum horizontal. - 
B. Prothorax black or piceous. 
a. Fore lobe with luteous tubercles. - 
b. Fore lobe with no luteous tubercles. 
* Membrane with pale-bordered veins, 
f Corium with testaceous streaks. - 
If Corium with luteous marks. - 
** Fore wings with a patch, an interrupted band, and 
a streak luteous. - 
*** Fore wings with a luteous patch, 
f Legs not short. - 
ft Legs short. - 
**** Fore wings with white streaks. - 
***** Corium with luteous-bordered veins. 
pallescens. 
decolor. 
tenebrosus. 
parlitus. 
lugubris. 
xanthospilus. 
signatus. 
crassipes. 
plagipennis. 
areolalus. 
