234 HEMIPTERA-HOMOPTERA. 
This and the following species are closely allied to Phera aurea, from which they 
differ in the short rounded head. Walker’s type was from an unknown locality !. 
An example from Teapa is figured. 
16. Oncometopia anceps, sp. n. (Tab. XIV. fig. 26.) 
Preecedenti affinis, sed major et robustior, sat nitida, fusco-brunnea ; capite et pronoto flavis vel rufo-flavis vel 
albido variegatis, illo brevi lato, oculis magnis prominentibus, hoc longitudine sesqui-latiori, sat fortiter 
rugose punctato; scutello fusco-flavo notato; tegminibus subhyalinis, apicem versus sensim paullo 
angustioribus, fusco-flavis vel fuscis, apice vix dilutiori, quatuor maculis parvis pone medium flavis 
instructis, posterioribus seepe deficientibus ; corpore subtus cum pedibus testaceis vel piceo-testaceis. 
Allied to the preceding (O. speculifera), but larger and stouter, of a brown or fuscous-brown colour, with the 
head and thorax marked with reddish-yellow or whitish; head short, broad, with large prominent eyes ; 
pronotum with three longitudinal abbreviated reddish-yellow or whitish bands, which are usually more 
or less broken up into spots; scutellum with the centre, apex, and extremities of the base yellowish-red or 
whitish, very finely sculptured; tegmina smooth and shining, subhyaline, gradually narrowed to the 
. apex, with the apex scarcely, if at all, lighter, the veins prominent ; just behind the middle of the tegmina 
there are one or two rather conspicuous, although small, yellowish or whitish spots, and often two more are 
present behind these, and other minute spots on the veins ; underside and legs testaceous or pitchy-brown. 
Long. 13 millim.; lat. ad hum. 34 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Misantla (&. D. G.); GuatemaLa, Las Mercedes, Cerro Zunil 
(Champion); PanaMa, Bugaba, Tolé (Champion). 
A specimen from Las Mercedes is figured. 
17. Oncometopia oaxace, sp. n. 
Sat lata, capite nigro, obscure fusco-rufo variegato ; pronoto nigro, sat fortiter rugose punctato; scutello nigro, 
obscure fusco-rufo notato; tegminibus hyalinis, fusco-flavescentibus, macula flava irregulari ante apicem, 
nigra vitta ad partem cincté instructis ; corpore subtus et pedibus piceis, lateribus illius flavo-testaceis. 
A rather short species, with the head, pronotum, and scutellum black, the head, scutellum, and the anterior 
edge of the. pronotum with obscure fuscous-red markings, the pronotum rugosely punctured; tegmina 
hyaline, fuscous-yellow or fuscous-brown, with an irregular yellow spot before the apex, bounded before 
‘the apex, which is vitreous, by a black fascia, which is continued for a short distance upwards at the 
suture ; underside and legs pitchy, the sides of the body light testaceous-yellow. 
Long. 122 millim.; lat. ad hum. 33 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Oaxaca (Mus. Brit.). 
This species appears to be very distinct from any other member of the genus. 
18. Oncometopia flava. 
Tettigonia flava, Sign. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1855, p. 799, t. 24. fig. 19°. 
Hab. Mexico (Mus. Berol.'). 
I have not seen an example of this species, which, to judge from the description, 
appears to be intermediate between Phera and Oncometopia, having the rounded head 
of the latter, but furnished with a longitudinal furrow as in the former. Signoret 
describes it as yellow, but, according to his figure, it is an obscure brown insect, with 
the front parts and apex of the tegmina lighter. 
