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red, the first five segments beneath with a long black band on the sides behind.
Allied to A. bœrhaviæ, Fabr., but very distinct.
Family Reduviidæ.
Subfamily Reduviinæ.
Reduvius, Fabr., sp.
An immature specimen.
Family Belostomatidæ.
Hydrocyrius herculeus (?).
- Hyotrephes herculeus, Stål, Œfv. Vet.-Akad. Förh. 1855, p. 46.
- Hydrocyrius hercuteus, Stål, Hemipt. Afr. iii, p. 181 (1865).
Prom Lembarene.
Agrees fairly with Stål's description, taken from Caffrarian specimens.
List of Arachnida and Myriapoda sent by Miss
Kingsley to the British Museum.[1]
| A. Ticks. | —Red velvety Tick from Ambaca—Trombidium tinctorium, Linn. | |
| Elephant Tick from Old Calabar—Ixodes sp.? | ||
| B. Spiders. | —1. Nephila femoralis, Luc. | The two species that spin the great webs of which the natives use the silks. |
| 2. Nephila lucasii, Sim. Gold Coast and Old Calabar. | ||
| 3. Heteropoda venatoria, Linn. Old Calabar. Large, long-legged, flattish House Spider. | ||
| 4. Ctenus guineensis, Luc, Old Calabar. Large Spider. | ||
| C. Pedipalp. | —Titanodamon johnstonii, Poc. Old Calabar. Okyon, Talagonga. | |
| D. Millipede. | —Oxydermus vittatus, Cook. Old Calabar. | |
- ↑ All these insects were collected during the dry season.— M, H. K.
