REPIPTA. 271 
7. Repipta mucosa, n. sp. (Tab. XVI. fig. 17, 3.) 
Moderately elongate, narrow, slender, dull, finely pubescent and also with a few scattered erect hairs, the 
pleura and the basal margin of the pronotum clothed with an agglutinated whitish tomentum; rufo- or 
griseo-fuscous above, paler beneath, the sides of the venter and the dorsal surface of the abdomen sangui- 
neous in fresh specimens, the connexival margins pale; the antenne blackish or fuscous, the first joint 
usually with a pale ring towards the apex, the third joint flavous at the base; the legs stramineous or 
testaceous, the apices of the femora and the bases of the tibie obscurely annulated with fuscous. Head 
about as long as the pronotum, tumid behind the eyes, and considerably narrowed posteriorly, armed with 
two moderately long acute spines, the eyes a little prominent; antennz very slender, longer than the 
body, the third joint in the male thickened at the base. Pronotnm armed with two long slender spines 
on the disc of the posterior lobe and with a similar spine at each of the lateral angles; the posterior lobe 
flattened along the middle of the disc; the anterior angles tukerculiform, transverse. Scutellum flattened 
at the apex. LElytra slightly longer than the abdomen, the discoidal area short. Abdomen unarmed at 
the sides. Legs pilose, slender, the anterior femora thickened towards the base, the hind femora (when 
extended backwards) reaching very little beyond the fourth abdominal segment. 
Length 8-10, breadth 13-2 millim. (¢ 9.) 
Hab. Panama, Bugaba, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion). 
A common insect in Chiriqui. Allied to &. gracilis, but much smaller and less 
elongate, the legs relatively much shorter, the posterior lobe of the pronotum smoother, 
the first joint of the rostrum not much longer than the second, the discoidal area of the 
elytra short. £. mucosa is also very like Zelus nugawx and other small species of that 
genus, but it is easily separable therefrom by the short second joint of the rostrum. 
8. Repipta miniata, n.sp. (Tab. XVI. figg. 18, 18a, ¢.) 
Elongate, rather slender, sparsely pilose; vermilion-red, fading to stramineous, the membrane yellowish- 
hyaline, the pronotal spines and carine yellowish; the antennz fuscous, the basal joint obscurely 
annulated with stramineous, the two outer joints sometimes ferruginous ; the legs stained or irregularly 
annulated with fuscous, the anterior femora with a fuscous line along their upper edge. Head compara- 
tively short, armed with two long spines, the eyes prominent and rather large in both sexes; antenne 
very long and slender, joints 1 and 3 about equal in length, 2 short, 4 longer than 2, 3 slightly thickened 
in the male. Pronotum about one-half longer than the head, armed with two very long spines on the disc 
of the posterior lobe and with a very long spine at each of the lateral angles; the posterior lobe rugulose, 
and with two anteriorly converging carine extending forwards from the base of the spines, the space 
between the carine flattened ; the anterior lobe deeply sulcate down the middle, and with obtuse tuber- 
culiform angles. Scutellum produced at the apex into a rather long horizontal dentiform process. 
Elytra considerably longer than the abdomen; the membrane with the basal area about twice as long 
as the outer one, the latter strongly transverse. Connexival segments 1-5 each armed with a short 
spine at their outer apical angles, the spines becoming very short posteriorly ; the sixth segment with a 
rather long curved spine in the male and a short one in the female. Legs very elongate, slender, the 
anterior femora incrassate. Terminal genital segment of the male armed with a short spine at the apex. 
Length to the apex of the elytra 143-164, breadth 23-33 milim. (d 2.) 
Hab. Panama, Bugaba, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion). 
Two males and one female. Differs from Repipta, as defined by Stal, in the spinose 
sides of the abdomen. It closely approaches the genus Dedilia, but has a differently 
formed post-scutellum, longer elytra, and more obtuse spines at the outer apical angles 
of the sixth connexival segment. ‘his insect bears a certain superficial resemblance 
to some of the similarly coloured species of Saica. 
