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CATALOGUE OF 
Female. Black, fusiform, dull, shining beneath. Head fusiform, 
much longer than the fore lobe of the prothorax; ante-ocular part shorter 
than the post-ocular. Antennae more than half as long as the body ; first 
joint much longer than the ante-ocular head ; second rather longer than 
the first. Fore lobe of the prothorax as long as the hind lobe ; furrows 
distinct; fore angles prominent, slightly acute. Hind lobe with a broad 
strongly-marked furrow. Scutellum compressed and slightly ascending at 
the tip. Abdomen keeled beneath. Fore femora slightly thickened. 
Middle tibiae furrowed beneath for one-third of the length, slightly dilated 
at the tips. Corium with a quadrate luteous spot and three luteous dots - 
at the base, and with an elongated luteous costal spot near the tip. 
Membrane with luteous-bordered veins. Length of the body 84 lines. 
a. Columbia. From Mr. Turner’s collection. 
12. Reduvius xanthospilus. 
Foem. Niger, fusif or mis ; caput prothoracis lobo antico mullo longius ; 
antennce corporis dimidio longiores ; prothoracis lobus anlicus valde 
sulcatus, lobo paullo brevior ; scutellum apicem versus spiniforme , 
subuscendens ; venter basi carinalus ; tarsi fulvi ; alee anticce macula, 
fascia inlerrupta inforrni strigaque luteis. 
Female. Black, fusiform, dull, shining beneath. Head fusiform, 
much longer than the fore lobe of the prolhorax ; ante-ocular part rather 
shorter than the post-ocular. Antennae more than half as long as the 
body; first joint much longer than the ante-ocular head; second much 
longer than the first; third rather shorter than the second. Fore lobe of 
the prothorax a little shorter than the hind lobe; furrows strongly marked; 
fore angles prominent, slightly acute. Hind lobe with a strongly-marked 
furrow, which does not extend to the hind border. Scutellum ending in a 
slightly ascending spine. Abdomen keeled beneath towards the base. 
Furrow beneath the four anterior tibia; not more than one-third as long as 
the latter. Tarsi tawny. Fore wings with a luteous spot on the inner 
border near the base, with an interrupted and irregular luteous middle 
band, and with a luteous streak in the disk of the membrane. Length of 
the body lines. 
a. Ega. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
13. Reduvius signatus. 
Mas. Niger, fusiformis ; caput prothoracis lobo antico longius ; antennae 
corporis dimidio longiores; prothoracis lobus anlicus sulcatus lobo 
postico paullo brevior; scutellum apicem versus compressum, sub- 
ascendens ; venter carinalus; alee anticce plaga lutea valde producta. 
Male. Black, fusiform, dull, shining beneath. Head fusiform, rather 
longer than the fore lobe of the prothorax ; ante-ocular part a little shorter 
than the post-ocular. Antennae more than half as long as the body; first 
joint rather longer than the ante-ocular head ; second much longer than 
the first. Fore lobe of the prothorax a little shorter than the hind lobe; 
furrows well defined; fore angles prominent, acute. Hind lobe with a 
distinct furrow, which does not extend to the hind border. Scutellum 
compressed and slightly ascending at the tip. Abdomen keeled beneath. 
