BY EDWARD NEWMAN. 



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Inhabits the New World, particularly South America, in 

 which its range seems extensive. It is a magnificent insect, 

 and rivals in size P. Gigas of Fabricius, on which species the 

 genus appears to have been founded. The above description 

 is not so explicit as I could wish, but I trust that, in conjunc- 

 tion with its habitat, it will be sufficient to identify the species. 

 It is presented by Mr, Walker. 



Class. — Hemiptera. 



Natural Order. — Cicadites, Neivman. 



Genus. — Bruchomorpiia, Newman. 



Facies generis Br uchi. Caput mag- 

 num, cum oculis prothorace 

 latius antice elongate, rostri- 

 formi, medio longitudinaliter 

 carinato : oculi rotund!, late- 

 rales, magni, proalarum humeros 

 fere attingentes : antennae sub 

 oculos sitae, exemplario meo 

 unico laesae : prothorax angustus 

 transversus lateribus acuminatis : mesothorax trigonus quasi 

 Coleopteroruni scutellum sed major : proalae breves, abdominem 

 baud tegentes, corneas, sutura rectA, lateribus rectis, apice quadrate, 

 truncato : pedes mediocres simplices, metatibiis medio extus 

 1 spinosis. 



Bruc. oculata. Nigro-tenea, mridescens, nitida: pedes lutei, 

 femoribus siihtiis nigro-ceneis ; capitis prothoracisque carina 

 longitudinalis testacea: caput prothorax mesothorax et elytra 

 rugose punctata. (Corp. long. "1 unc. ; lat. '04 unc.) 



Inhabits the United States of North America. Mr. Foster 

 took a single specimen at Mount Pleasant, in Ohio. 



Class. — Neuroptera. 



Natural Order. — Myrmeleonites, Newman. 



Genus.-^Stilbopteryx, Newman. 



Caput transversum, pronum, cum oculis prothorace latius; antennae 

 capite duplo longiores, multi-articulatae capitatoe : os sub pectore 



