700 
rhA&Ohota. 
These insects are common on trees and under loose bark ; they are 
nocturnal in habit and their bite is to be feared. All are warningly 
coloured, are protected by their odour, 
and probably by the stout spines on 
the thorax. The only other common 
insect is Conorhinus rubrofasciatus, de 
G., a common species found at light. 
The nymphs of this species are spiny 
and partially covered in debris which 
they gather ; they are common in houses, 
living in dark dusty corners and pro¬ 
bably preying upon the smaller forms of 
household insect life. Its American ally 
is the so-called “ Kissing Bug.” 
Piratince. —The elongate pronotum, constricted behind the middle, 
is a useful character in distinguishing this group. Ectomocoris quadri- 
Fig. 466— Acanthaspis ram a. 
Fig. 468 —Ectrychotes 
RISPAR. X 3. 
Fig. 469— Pirates 
MUNRULCS. X 3. 
Fig. 467— Pirates 
SANCTUS. 
gultatus , Fabr., and E. cordiger, Stab, are the 
common species of this genus; they are 
nocturnal in habit, found in hiding by day 
and have an intensely painful bite. The large Pirates are readily con¬ 
fused differing only in the smaller tibial furrow ; P. sanctus , Fabr., is 
a common form, as also is P. lepturoidcs , Wolff. 
Echtrichodiince.— The scutellum terminates in two broad apical 
points. Ectrychotes dispar , Rent., and E. abbreviatus, Reut., are moder¬ 
ate sized insects coloured in deep blue with some red markings, found 
under leaves, bark, etc. Physorhynchus and allied genera are remarkable 
