Schmidt, Tribus Ischnorhinini, ein Beitrag z. Kenntnis d. Cercopiden. 93 



Originalbeschreibung : 



„Vertex abiaut as long as breadth between eyes, angularly 

 narrowed anteriorly, centrally longitudinally carinate, and longi- 

 tudinally ridged near the anterior margin of each eye ; face very 

 strongly compressed , almost straightly deflected downward to a 

 point apposite base of clypeus , to which it is then truncately 

 directed ; rostrum slightly passing the interniediate coxae ; pro- 

 notum a little longer than broad , the anterior lateral margins 

 oblique , not convexly rounded but a little concavely sinuate. 

 longer than the posterior lateral margins, centrally finely longi- 

 tudinally carinate , anterior margin truncate and not extending 

 beyond eyes, posterior margin angularly concavely sinuate; scu- 

 tellum a little longer than broad at base ; abdomen above with 

 the connexivum strongly broadly upwardly ridged ; legs long and 

 slender , posterior tibiae with two spines , posterior tarsi long, 

 first and third joints subequal in length ; tegmina long and nar- 

 row, slightly more than three times as long as broad. 



Type, N. ocellata. Walk. 



The peculiar structure of the pronotum , with the pointed 

 Vertex and long narrow tegmina , are the .salient characters of 

 this Genus." 



1. Xeosphenorhimt ohellata Walker. 



List. Hom. Ins., 3, p. 693 (1851). Dist., Ann. Mag. Nat. 

 Hist. (8), Vol. 3, p. 206 (1909). Lall., Gen. Ins. Cerc, p. 103 

 (1912). 



Originalbeschreibung : 



„Rufa vel testacea ; pectus, abdomen et pedes nigra; alae 

 longae, angustae ; alae posticae fuscae, basi rufae. 



Bright red : head flat above ; front prominent , with three 

 (listinet keels, transversely furrowed : mouth black : ehest very 

 minutely punctured ; a rim on each side of the scutcheon : breast, 

 abdomen , and legs black : wings rather long and narrow : hind- 

 wings brown, red at the base ; veins black. Length of the body 

 4\'2 lines ; of the wings 15 lines. 



Var. (i. Head and ehest testaceous. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



b. — ? 



Rufa ; abdomen supra nigrum ; pedes nigro fasciati ; tarsi 

 postici albi ; alae anticae fulvae , macula apicali rufa nigro cir- 

 cumdata. 



Red, shining : head and ehest roughly punctured : head above 

 conc'ave ; face extremely compressed, forming a right angle; keel 

 very thin ; cross ridges on each side rather indistinet ; epistoma 



