BOLBONOTODES.—PHILYA. 21 
One female specimen. This is a very distinct and extraordinary insect, and is very 
hard to describe; the figure, however, will give a much better idea of it than can be 
obtained from a description. | 
PHILYA *. 
Philya, Walker, List of Homopt. Ins., Suppl. p. 126 (1858). 
Aichmophora, Stal, Kongl. Sv. Vet.-Ak. Handl. Band viii. no. 1, p. 39 (1869). 
This peculiar genus is described by Walker as being ‘“‘ Enchenope affinis ;” in several 
points, however, it is more closely allied to Spongophorus, although it may certainly 
be regarded as affording a connecting link between the two genera. I believe that 
Azinia, Walker (Ins. Saunders., Homopt. p. 63), is very closely allied to or identical 
with this genus; the single specimen on which its only species, A. pallidipennis, is 
described is very like Philya vitreipennis, but it is very much broken and can hardly 
be identified. The locality is given as “ China,” but it is possible that some mistake 
may have been made on this point. Stal has completely overlooked Walker’s genus. 
1. Philya lituus, sp. n. 
Elongata, angusta, unicolor, fusca vel fusco-ferruginea; pronoto in cornu prelongum ad apicem reflexum et 
dilatatum et utrinque carinatum prolongato, fortiter rugosius punctato, humeris vix prominulis; dorso 
acute carinato pone humeros angustato et ad apicem posteriorem subparallelo, apice ipso obtuso ; tegmi- 
nibus fuscis, fere totis intectis ; tibiis dilatatis. 
Elongate, narrow, of a uniform fuscous or ferruginous fuscous colour, with the pronotum very coarsely punc- 
tured, especially in front, and produced into a long thick horn (about as long as the rest of the body), 
which is curved upwards before the apex, and at the apex is dilated; the dilatation, if viewed from above, 
is bordered and furnished with a carina, which is continued down the metopidium ; the dorsal carina is 
strong, and on either side of the horn is a carina which ceases before the shoulders and apex, and below this 
on each side a second carina, the latter pair meeting in front and forming the border of the dilated part 
of the apex of the horn; behind the shoulders, which are scarcely prominent, the pronotum is narrowed 
and is subparallel to its posterior apex, which is blunt; the greater part of the tegmina, which are of a 
uniform fuscous colour, is exposed, and a considerable portion is visible from above at the sides of the 
pronotum ; legs fuscous, with the tibia moderately dilated. 
Long. 11 millim.; lat. int. hum. 2 millim. 
Hab. Mexico (coll. Signoret, in Mus. Vind. Ces.). 
Allied to P. bicolor, Walk., but differently coloured, with the punctuation coarser, 
the back of the pronotum more uneven, and the horn more curved before the apex. 
2. Philya vitreipennis, sp. n. 
Precedenti affinis, sed multo minor et angustior, ferruginea, pronoto minus fortiter punctato, cornu magis 
ascendente, et processu postico longiori et tenuiori ; tegminibus liberis, hyalinis, venis dilute testaceis ; 
tibiis testaceis. 
Much smaller and narrower than the preceding, with the prothorax ferruginous, less strongly punctured, and 
* There is a genus of Pentatomide named Philia by Schiddte, which St& has altered to Philya, Hem. Afr. i, 
p. 33; it has, however, nothing to do with the present genus. 
