HEMIPTEBA HETEKOPTERA. 
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6. Tiarodes juncturus. 
Mas. Luleus, longissime ovalis, subtus planus ; caput atrum, pro thoracis 
lobo anlico longius; anlennce capite paullo longiores ; prothoraeis 
lobus anlicus lobo postico paullo brevior ; lobus posticus, sculellum el 
abdominis dorsum atra ; venter apicem versus nigro fascialus ; con- 
nexivum albido maculatum. 
Male. Luteous, very elongate-oval, smooth, shining. Head lanceo- 
late, deep black above, longer than the fore lobe of the prolhorax and 
hardly half as broad; ante-ocular part more than thrice as long as the 
post-ocular. Antennae a little longer than the head ; first and second joints 
thick; first a little shorter than the ante-ocular head; second more than 
twice as long as the first; third shorter than the first; fourth shorter than 
the third. Prothorax with a longitudinal excavation, which occupies the 
hind part of the fore lobe and the fore part of the hind lobe. Fore lobe a 
little shorter than the hind lobe, a prominent tubercle on each fore angle. 
Hind lobe, scutellura and dorsum of the abdomen deep black. Under side 
of the abdomen with variously-shaped black bands towards the tip; its disk 
and the pectus flat. Connexivum with whitish spots. Tibiae, tarsi, tips of 
the four anterior tibice, apical half of the hind tibiae and tarsi black. Fore 
wings deep black; a large round pure white spot near the base; veins 
cinereous-black. Length of the body 15 lines. 
a. —— ? Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
Genus 11. SALYAVATA. 
Salyavata, Serv. Hist. Hem. 349. 
This genus alone forms the Salyavatidae of Serville. 
1. Salyavata vaeiegata. 
variegata, Serv. Hist. Hem. 350, pi. 6, f. 6. 
Cayenne. 
a, Para. Presented by G. Graham, Esq. 
b. Amazon Kegion. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
Genus 12. PETALOCHIRUS. 
Petalocheirus, Pal. Beauv. Ins. 13 — Petalochirus, Burm. I/andb. Eni. ii. 
246. Serv. Hist. Hem. 377. Stal, Hem. Afr. iii. 144. 
Petalochirus and Holulrichius (which latter is here included in 
Reduvius) constitute the Holotrichidre, Serv. Hist. Hem. 376. 
Africa. 
Div. 1. 
A. Head with two spines behind the antennaj. 
Platychiria, H.-Sch. Wanz. Ins. ix. 93. 
1. Petalochirus umbrosus. 
Platychiria umbrosa, H.-Sch. Warn. Ins. ix. 126, pi. f. 945 — Petalochirus 
umbrosus, Stal, Hem. Afr. iii. 145. 
a — e. Natal. From M. Gueinzius’ collection. 
