STICTOPELTA. BB 
STICTOPELTA. 
Stictopelta, Stal, Kongl. Sv. Vet.-Ak. Handl. Band viii. 1, p. 32 (1869) ; Butler, Cist. Ent, ii. 
p- 339. 
Cryptoptera, Stal, loc. cit. p. 32. 
This genus, as here constituted, contains upwards of twenty species from Central or 
Tropical South America. I feel, however, very doubtful as regards several of these, for 
they run in many cases into one another, and it will be necessary to examine a much 
larger amount of material than is at present available before the constitution of the 
genus can be finally settled; the venation of the tegmina is very distinct, two veins 
only proceeding from the base, and being forked near the middle at about equal 
distances from the base. I have included the genus Cryptoptera, Stal, under Stictopelta, 
as it only appears to differ in its elongate form, and certain species of Stictopelta lead 
up to it, 
1. Stictopelta affinis. 
Darnis affinis, Guér. Icon. Régne Anim., Ins. p. 364, t. 59. fig. 2 (1829-44) ". 
Stictopelia affinis, Butl. Cist. Ent. ii. p. 339°, 
Darnis transversalis, Walk. List of Homopt. Ins., Suppl. p. 148°. 
Hab. Mexico 1 (Sailé? *), Temax in North Yucatan (Gaumer). 
We have received a single specimen of this species from Yucatan. 
2. Stictopelta bipunctata. (Tab. IV. figg. 19, 194, 3.) 
Darnis bipunctata, Burm. Rev. Ent. Silb. iv. p..171. 
Stictopelta bipunctata, Butl. Cist. Ent. ii. p. 340’. 
Darnis adusta, Burm. Rev. Ent. Silb. iv. p. 170°. 
Stictopelta adusta, Butl. Cist. Ent. ii. p. 340+. 
Hab. Mexico!?? (Mus, Holm.), Amula in Guerrero (H. H. Smith), Cuemavaca 
(Bilimek, in Mus. Vind. Ces.), Oaxaca (Sallé, in Mus. Brit.*). 
S. adusta is a light or immature greenish-brown variety of the type-form, which is of 
a rich shining brown colour, with a short marginal orange patch on each side behind 
the shoulders. We have received one specimen of this species from Amula, which 
~we figure. | 
3. Stictopelta strigifrons. 
Darnis strigifrons, Fairm. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. sér. 2, iv. p. 481°. 
Stictopelta strigifrons, Butl. Cist. Ent. li, p. 840%, 
Hab. Mexico }2. 
I have not seen a specimen of this insect, which is described by Fairmaire as “ Tota 
