ASPH^EA.— HOMOPHCETA, 405 



produced in front, the sides flattened, the surface impunctate ; scutellum black ; elytra impunctate, the base 

 slightly raised, the black bands not extending to the lateral margin, the posterior margin of the basal band 

 rather rounded ; the first joint of the posterior tarsi as long as the two following joints united, the claw- 

 joint very moderately swollen. 



Hab. Guatemala, San Geronimo (Champion) ; Costa Riga (Van Patten). — Colombia, 

 Bogota (coll. Jacoby). 



Of this species I have three specimens before me which differ in the black or fulvous 

 colour of the head, and in the more or less narrowed posterior band of the elytra, which 

 in one specimen is as broad as the basal one, while in the two others it is reduced to 

 half the width. I must separate the species from several closely allied forms, notably 

 from A. limitata, Har., and A. curialis, Erichs., by the black, not metallic green, colour 

 of the elytral bands and by the testaceous abdomen ; this colour in one specimen is 

 confined to the last two segments. A. civilis, IUig., seems also closely allied, but differs 

 in the colour of the underside, legs, and also of the elytral bands. 



HOMOPHGETA. 



Momophoeta, Erichson, Wiegm. Arch. 1847, i. p. 172 ; Harold, Col. Heffce, xv. 1876, p. 96. 



This genus is principally characterized by the white frontal patch of the head, and by 

 the anteriorly, but never laterally, produced anterior angles of the thorax ; the posterior 

 claw-joint is but very moderately swollen. A very limited number of species, often very 

 variable in coloration, are at present known ; a single one up till now from Central 

 America. 



l. Homophceta variabilis. (Tab. XXIII. fig. 2.) 



Momophoeta variabilis, Jacoby, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 440 \ 



Hab. Mexico 1 (coll. Jacoby) ; Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, David, Caldera 1 200 feet, 

 Tole (Champion). — Colombia 1 ; Venezuela 1 (coll. Jacoby) ; Bkazil 1 . 



This is evidently one of the most variable species of Homophceta, and one that has 

 most probably been described under different names. In Mr. Baly's collection this 

 species is named H. per sonata, IUig., which may be another of its many varieties. I 

 must refer here to my descriptions of these differently marked forms in the ' Proceedings 

 of the Zoological Society' (loc. cit.). All the specimens obtained by Mr. Champion, 

 of which one is figured here, belong to my variety a. It is probable that H. ceguatorialis, 

 Harold, represents one of the varieties described by myself. 



; 2. HomophcBta recticollis. (Tab. xxm. fig. 3.) 



(Edionychis recticollis, Baly, Ann. & Mag. N. H. ser. 5, i. p. 319 \ 

 Homophceta militaris, Jacoby, P. Z. S. 1880, p. 172 2 . 



