HOMOPTERA. 



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fore border nearly to the highest part ; the second forming about three- 

 fourths of an irregular ringlet, which is widest in the middle, and 

 most contracted along the lower side of the prolhorax. Length of the 

 body 2^ lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 

 Venezuela. 



Membracis juncta. 

 Nigra, M. divisae valde affinis ; prolhorax aniice conicus, postice rectus, 

 fasciis duabus albis arcuatis. 

 Black. Prothorax conical iu front above, straight hindward, with two 

 white marks; the first forming a short curved band, which is dilated 

 at each end, occupies the fore end of the edge, and extends from thence 

 into the disk ; the second forming a band near the tip. This species 

 much resembles 31. divisa, but the outline of the prothorax is somewhat 

 less conical, and the white marks are dififerent. Length of the body 2^ 

 lines ; of the wings 5^ lines. 

 Para. 



Membracis sexmaculata. 

 Nigra ; prothorax pallidejlavus, maculis sex, fascia apiceque nigris ; ala 

 anticcB nigricantes ; posticce cinerece. 

 Black. Prothorax pale yellow, with the keel comparatively low ; its 

 tip excavated (mutilated ?) ; a black dot by each eye and one by each 

 shoulder ; keel with two black spots, with a posterior black band and with 

 a black tip. Fore wings blackish. Hind wings gray. Length of the 

 body 2| lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 

 Honduras. 



Genus ENCHENOPA, Amyot. 



EnCHENOPA MELALEUCA. 



Foem. Atra, valida ; prothorax punclatus, villa fasciaquc subiipicali 

 albis, cornu brevi obliquo compresso longi-conico ; tibia poslicm valde 

 serratoB ; tarsi testacei ; alee posliccB cinerascentcs. 

 Female. Stout, deep black. Prothorax with a white stripe and 

 a white subapical bund, roughly punctured hindward, more finely punc- 

 tured in front, where it forms a short oblique compressed elongate-conical 



