HOMOPTEBA. 



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apicem versus valde attenuata, abdomen longe superans ; aim 

 vitrecE. 

 ' Very pale testaceous. Prothorax thinly pilose, very roughly punc- 

 tured, not rising above ihe lateral horus, almost straight along the keel. 

 Lateral horns horizontal, short, acute, not curved hiudward; the space 

 between them slightly convex. Dorsal keel commencing at some distance 

 behind the lateral horns, very much attenuated towards the acute tip, 

 extending rather fiir beyond the abdomen. Wings vitreous ; veins very 

 pale testaceous. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



Colombia. 



Genus ACONOPHORA, Fairmaire. 



ACONOPHORA LATA. 



Testacea, robusta ; prothorax fuscescens, rude punctatus, carinis lateralihus 



iestaceis,poslice acutissimus et abdomen sat superans ; cornu anticum 



nigrum, compressum, tanceolatum, oblique ascendens, carinis duabus 



lateralibus rufis ; alee subcinerece ; anticce basi ct apice fuscescentes. 



Testaceous, stout. Prothorax with large brownish punctures, which 



are intersected on each side by five very slight ridges ; fore horn black, 



compressed, lanceolate, obliquely ascending, with a red ridge on each 



side ; hiud part much attenuated and very acute, extending some distance 



beyond the abdomen. Wings grayish. Fore wings brownish towards the 



base and at the tips; veins tawny. Hind wings with black veins. 



Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



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AcONOPHOliA SllRGENS. 



Ferrugineo-fusca ; prothoracis cornu abrupte ascendens, valde compressum, 



e latere latissimum, apice rotundatum, lateribus bicarinatis ; carina 



postica nigra, apice peracuta, abdomen vix superans ; abdomen 



nigrum ; alee poslicte subcinerece, venis nigris. 



Ferruginous-brown. Horn of the prothorax much compressed, very 



broad laterally, rounded at the tip, abruptly though obliquely ascending, 



nearly as long as the breadth of the prothorax between the eyes, with two 



broad lateral ridges which extend nearly to the tip ; dorsal ridge black. 



Hiud part very acute at the lip, extending very little beyond the tip of the 



