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ovate, siibsemiglobose behind e)^e3, neck short ; nntennre 7-jointed, basal joint 
subclavate, passing the apex of the head ; basal joint of rostrum much longer 
than 2nd ; scutellum with 2 distant spines ; metasternum elevated ; apical 
joint of posterior tarsi as long as the others together. Sp. S.pulcher, sp. n., 
Mayr, p. 441, from Java. 
Metastemma serripes, Costa, 1 . c. p. 134, pi. 1. fig. 6. (iiec 6 ut cit), from 
Italy. 
Loriccrm n.villaris, Costa, 1 . c. p. 79, from Japan. 
Ilammatoccrus mixtus^ Costa, 1. c. p. 80, from Cayenne ? — llammatocerus 
minutus, Mayr, 1 . c. p. 439, of unknown origin. 
Pirates alhomactilatus, Mayr, 1 . c. p. 438, from Brazil. 
S 2 nmger miniaceus, hrunneus, and Jlaxipennisj Mayr, 1 . c. p. 439, from 
Brazil. 
Larymna color ata, Mayr, 1. c. p. 439, from Java. 
Ilarpacior cmgulatus, Fieber, Wien. ent. Mon. Bd. viii. p. 321, from Sicily. 
Plceogaster ? Jlavo^mstvlatm, Costa, 1. c. p. 139, pi. 1. fig. 8, origin not stated. 
Costa considers that this may form a new genus, for which ho proposes the 
name of Gastroploeus, 1 . c. p. 140. 
Sycanus tricolor, Mayr, l.c. p, 436, from Java. 
Phcjnius ruhripennis, Mayr, 1 . c. p. 437, from Manilla. 
Dehilia longicornis, Mayr, 1. c. p, 441, from Surinam ; and D. incrmis, 
Mayr, ibid., from Brazil. 
Rihirhis dentipcs, Mayr, 1 . c. p. 437, origin unknown. 
Pijdodus cognatus, Costa, 1 . c, p. 81, from Mexico. 
Snccodcrcs trinotatus, Costa, 1 . c. p. 140, pi. 2. fig. 1, origin not stated. 
Sphceridops incrmis, Mayr, 1 . c. p. 438, from Brazil. 
Sphinctocoris, g. n., Mayr, 1 . c. p. 440. Allied to Cimhus j head with a 
lamina between the antennre, neck cylindrical; antennae 8-jointed, joint 1 
passing the apex of the head; basal joint of rostrum much longer than the 
other two together. Sp. S. corallinus, sp. n., Mayr, ibid., Sunda Islands. 
Lahidocoris, g. n., Mayr, 1. c. p. 440. Allied to preceding genus ; a lamelli- 
form tooth outside the base of each antenna ; joint 1 of rostrum about equal 
to 2. Sp. L. elegans, sp. n., Mayr, ibid., of unknown origin. 
CeMromelus stali Mayr, 1 . c. p. 437, from Brazil. 
Petalochirus gazella, Costa, 1 . c. p. 141, origin not stated. 
Lisarda javana, Mayr, 1 . c. p. 437, from Java. 
Saldid^. 
Saida imlchella (Curt.) figured by Douglas & Scott, pi. 17. fig. 9. 
Saida gamma, sp. n., Fieber, Wien. ent. Mon. Bd. viii. p. 212, from the 
south of France. 
Lcptopus dufourii, sp. n., Signoret, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4® ser. tome v. p. 121, 
from the south of France. — L. sardous, sp. n., Costa, Ann. Mus. Zool. Nap. ii. 
p. 106, from Sardinia. 
Hydrometrida?. 
The following species of this group are figured by Douglas & Scott, 
Brit. Ilemiptera, i. : — Jlydromctra gibhifera (Schum.), Velia currens (Fab.), 
