182 . HEMIPTERA-HOMOPTERA. 
which are very finely sculptured; head large, with the metopidium produced; apex of the tegmina with 
scarcely a trace of rugose reticulation ; legs pitchy. 
Long. 9 millim.; lat. max. 53 millim. 
Hab. Mexico (Signoret, in Mus. Vind. Ces.). 
A single specimen, standing under the MS. name of Sphenorhina obscura. The species 
is not represented in our collection. | 
17. Tomaspis miles, sp.n. (Tab. XI. figg. 12, 12a.) 
Oblongo-ovata, leviter pubescens; capite (vertice nigro excepto), oculis ocellisque sanguineis; metopidio 
producto; pronoto longitudine sesquilatiori, viridi-eneo, marginibus utrinque antice rufis, dense sat 
fortiter punctato; scutello nigro, leviter rugoso; tegminibus sanguineis, vittaé laté ad medium et tertia 
parte apicali nigra, dense subtiliter punctatis, ad apicem leviter reticulatis ; corpore subtus piceo, femoribus 
piceis, coxis, genibus, tibiis tarsisque ad partem rufo-testaceis. 
Oblong-ovate, very finely pubescent; head red, the vertex in part black; metopidium produced; pronotum 
dark, with an neous reflection, rugosely punctate, the sides rather broadly red; tegmina very closely 
and finely punctured, dull, scarlet, with a broad band at the middle and the apical third black; femora 
pitchy, the tibize and tarsi mostly rufo-testaceous. 
Long. 11 millim.; lat. max. 54 millim. 
Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 8000 feet (Champion). 
This is a very handsome and distinct species. On remounting the single specimen 
received I found an Acarid (apparently a Gamasus) which had evidently been attached 
to it; I have not before noticed that any homopterous insects have been attacked 
by Acari. 
18. Tomaspis handlirschi, sp. n. (Tab. XI. figg. 13, 13 a.) 
Oblongo-ovata, brunneo-rufa; capite unicolori, metopidio peracute producto ; pronoto margine anteriori quatuor 
maculis flavis instructo, marginibusque posterioribus rufo-flavis, longitudine fere duplo latiori, distincte sat 
fortiter punctato; tegminibus maculis octo (quatuor utrinque) ante medium, quatuorque pone medium 
(duabus utrinque) rufo-flavis lineatim dispositis, apicibus vix reticulatis; pectore abdomineque rufis, 
pedibus piceo-rufescentibus. 
Of a brownish-red colour, with four spots on the margin of the pronotum (two at the angles and two in the 
middle) yellow, and the posterior margin orange, and with ten orange spots on the tegmina—six in front 
of and four behind the middle, arranged in two transverse lines; pronotum distinctly punctured, rather 
shiny; scutellum comparatively small; tegmina very finely sculptured, dull; abdomen and breast red; 
legs pitchy-red. 
Long. 12 millim.; lat. max. 6 millim. 
Hab. CentraL America (Mus. Vind. Ces.). 
One specimen, labelled “ Friedth. 839.” This is a very distinct and unmistakable 
species, although it is possible that, when more are discovered, the ground-colour will 
be found to be somewhat darker. I have named this insect after Herr Handlirsch, of 
the Vienna Museum, who has kindly assisted me in sending specimens for examination. 
