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Furrow beneath the four anterior tibiae not more than one-third as 
long as the latter. Fore wings with a very large luteous patch, which 
occupies the inner border from the base to the middle, where it extends to 
the costa. Length of the body 5^ lines. 
a, b. Columbia. From Mr. Turner’s collection. 
14. Reduvius decolor. 
Mas. Fulvus, fnsiformis ; caput prothoracis lobo antico multo longius ; 
antenna pic.ea ; prothoracis lobus anticus lobo postico multo longior ; 
venter piceo biseriatim maculatus ; pedes breviusculi ; membrana 
cinerea. 
Male. Tawny, fusiform, smooth, shining. Head fusiform, much 
longer than the fore lobe of the prothorax ; ante-ocular part about twice as 
long as the post-ocular. Antennae piceous ; first joint very short ; second 
as long as ihe head ; third rather longer than the second. Prothorax with 
rounded and not prominent angles, and with a short longitudinal furrow, 
which occupies a part of each lobe. Fore lobe much longer than the hind 
lobe. Sculellum horizontal. Abdomen beneath with large piceous spots 
along each side. Legs rather short ; furrow beneath the fore tibiae not more 
than half as long as the latter. Membrane cinereous. Length of the body 
9 lines. 
a, b. South America. Presented by Sir A. Callcott. 
15. Reduvius tenebrosus. 
Foem. Niger, longi-fusiformis ; caput prothoracis lobo antico multo 
longius ; prothoracis lobus anticus luteo tubercxilatus, lobo poslico 
brevior ; anguli lobi postici lutei, prominuli rectangulati ; sculellum 
apice unispinosum ; venter car inatus ; connexivum luteo maculatum; 
corium luteo unimaculalum. 
Female. Black, elongate-fusiform, shining beneath. Head fusiform, 
much longer than the fore lobe of the prothorax ; ante-ocular part as long 
as the post-ocular. Antennae much longer than the head and the prolhorax 
together; first joint as loug as the ante-ocular head ; second full twice as 
long as the first; third much shorter than the second; fourth as long as 
the third. Fore lobe of the prolhorax rather shorter than the hind lobe, 
with two luteous tubercles on the disk, with a luteous tubercle on each side, 
and with two smaller tubercles on the hind border; fore angles prominent, 
acute. Hind lobe with prominent rectangular luteous hind angles. 
Scutellum ending in an obtuse obliquely ascending spine. Abdomen 
keeled beneath, except towards the tip. Connexivum with luteous spots. 
Furrow beneath the four anterior tibiae extremely short. A luteous sub- 
apical spot on the corium divided by a black vein. Length of the body 
1 1 lines. 
a. Tejuca. Presented by the Rev. H. Clark. 
