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CATALOGUE OF 
2. Oncocephalus notatus. 
Oncocephalus notatus, King. Symh. Phys. pi. 19, f. 1. Fieh. Eur. Hem. 
152 — Reduvius plumicornis, Germ. Ahr. Faun. Eur. 5, 24 — Oncoce- 
phalus squalidus, H.-Sch. Wanz. Ins. viii. 93, pi. 280, f. 861, 862 — 
Reduvius comalus, Kol. Mel. Ent. vi. 39. 
South Europe. 
3. Oncocephalus thoracicus. 
thoracicus, Fieh. Eur. Hem. 152. 
Turkey. Syria. 
4. Oncocephalus subapterus. 
subapterus, Garbiglietli, Bull. Soc. Ent. Ital. i. 196. 
North Italy. 
West Indies and South America. 
5. Oncocephalus desiccatus. 
desiccatus, Serv. Hist. Hem. 387 — Nitornus desiccatus, Slal, Berl. Ent. 
Zeit. X. 167. 
Cayenne. 
Var. ? Fcem. Cinereo-fuscusylongi-pyriformis ; caput prothoracis loho 
antico longius ; prolhorax bicarinalus, lobo antico oblique sulcato ; 
scutellum apice compressum ; abdomen alls anticis multo latius, 
subtus carinalum ; pedes longiusculi, sat graciles, femoribus anticis 
incrassatis, tibiis quatuor anterioribus fulvis fusco bifasciatis, tibiis 
anticis siibarcuatis. 
Female. Cinereous-brown, dull, elongate pear-shaped. Head rather 
longer than the fore lobe of the prolhorax ; ante-ocular part full twice as 
long as the post-ocular. First joint of the antenna; much shorter than the 
ante-ocular head ; second a little longer than the ante-ocular bead. Pro- 
thorax with two ridges, which diverge on the hind lobe; angles rounded, 
not prominent ; fore lobe rather longer than the hind lobe, with oblique 
furrows on each side. Scutellum compressed at the tip. Abdomen 
rounded, and extending much beyond the fore wings on each side, keeled 
beneath. Legs rather long and slender; fore femora incrassated, serrated 
beneath; four anterior tibiee tawny, with two brown bands; fore tibiae 
slightly curved. Fore wings extending nearly to the tip of the abdomen. 
Length of the body 8 — 10 lines. 
a — c. Ega. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
6. Oncocephalus ventralis. 
Mas. Testaceus, gracilis, postice sublatescens, subtus piceo bivittatus ; 
caput prothorace multo brevius ; rostrum nigrum, basi Jlavo- 
fascialurn; antennae capite et prothorace ad unum breviores ; pro- 
thorax piceo univittatus ; pedes graciles, femoribus anticis valdi 
incrassatis subtus dentalis. 
