HOMOPTERA. 25 



Male. Pale tawny, elliptical, very short and broad, somewhat pilose, 

 testaceous beneath. "Vertex black in the middle, and with a black streak 

 on each side ; front with two black triangular spots ; face with two 

 interrupted black streaks. Prolhorax with two nearly contiguous stripes 

 in ihe middle, and with a black streak on each side near the border, which 

 is slightly dilated and forms a right angle in front ; hind border with a 

 single black stripe. Mesolhorax with eight black stripes, which form four 

 angles ; the middle pair shortened hindward and succeeded by a black 

 spot which emits a curved branch on each side. Wings vitreous, testa- 

 ceous at the base ; veins green, black towards the tips ; a brown streak on 

 each transverse marginal veinlet. Fore wings rather convex in front ; trans- 

 verse veins clouded with brown ; first more oblique and much longer than 

 the second, from which it is parted by twice its length ; third and fourth 

 nearly straight. Length of the body 12 lines ; of the wings 44 lines. 



Bolivia. 



Carineta strigimaego. 

 Fotim. Testaceo-viridis, pilosa ; caput nigra quadrimaculatum ; pro- 

 thorax lituris septem connexis guttisque quatuor laleralibus ; abdo- 

 men maculis duabus apicalibus nigris ; alee vitrew, vcnis testaceo- 

 viridibus apice nigris; anticcB sirigis duplicalis submarginalibus 

 strigisque marginalibus pallide fuscis, venis la, 2a, 5aque transversis 

 nigro-fusco nebulosis ; posticcB macula fusea. 

 Female. Testaceous-green, pilose. Head with two black spots about 

 the ocelli, and with two more in front. Prothorax with seven black con- 

 nected marks, two in front and five behind ; two black dots on each side. 

 Mesothorax with four black loops, and with two black hind spots. Abdomen 

 with shining testaceous hairs; apical segment with two black spots. Wings 

 vitreous ; veins testaceous-green, black beyond the transverse veins. Fore 

 wings with a double pale brown streak near the tip of each marginal 

 areolet; border with pale brown streaks; first, second and fifth transverse 

 veins clouded with blackish brown ; first curved, oblique, parted by more 

 than half its length from the second, which is also curved and oblique, but 

 that in the opposite direction ; third and fourth oblique, the latter curved. 

 Hind wings with a brown spot at the base of the fourth marginal areolet, 

 and another at the tip of the fold. Length of the body 10 — 1 1 lines ; of 

 the wings 30 — 32 lines. 



Colombia. 



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