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PHOXOifOTUS Feti, n. sp. 

 Ovalis, sat convexus, piceo-nitidus, dense punctulatus, pronoto angusto, 

 marginato, tubercuUs 4 hasalihus. Elytris sutura elevata, serie una tuhercv.- 

 loriom, lineis 3 (1 sub-integra), striis 2 — 4 dorsalihus crenatis, 2'^" 3^^ que 

 integris. Long. 2\ lines. 



Hab. : Soutli America. 



I have a specimen of this genus from Peru, which is evidently P. 

 tuhercidatus, Mars. ; the present species is less convex, with the dorsal 

 strife sharply defined, and with only one row of tubercles. There are 

 three or four specimens of this insect in Mr. Fry's collection (after 

 whom I have the pleasure to name it), all taken in the Eio Janeiro 

 district. 



Teeetetosoma festivum, n. sp. 



Suh-cylindricum., viridi-cyaneum, metallicum, undique dense punctatum, 

 antennarum clavd rufd,fronte sub-depressa, in medio Icevi. Elytris tuberculo 

 sub-humerali Icevi pedibusque rufo-brunneis, tibiis anticis 6-, intermediis 5-, 

 posticis 4-spinosis. Long. If line x f. 



Hab. : Parana. 



The beautiful colour of this species reminds one strongly of the 

 genus Pachycltoerus ; it is somewhat more graduate in form than 

 T. facetum, and is a most interesting addition to the genus. 



Teeeteiosoma eacetum, n. sp. 

 Siih-cylindriciim.,nigrum,nitidi{m,iindique sat dense etfortiter punctulatum, 

 fronte convexa, pedibus piceis, antennarum clavd rtifd. Elytris transversim 



basi angustissimis, Icevibus, tibiis anticis 6-, intermediis 5-,posticis 4i-denticulatis. 



Long. If line x f . 

 Hab. : Canada. 



This important acquisition to the North American fauna is broader 



and more robust than T. chalybceum, Horn, and the denticulations of 



the tibiae are very clear and distinct. The double pygidium has the 



dividing angles obtuse, and not so clearly defined as in T. chalybceum or 



festivum. 



Folkestone : June, 1879. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF SOME NEW SPECIES OF HEMIPTERA-HOMO- 

 FTERA FROM CENTRAL AMERICA. 



BY W. L. DISTANT, Sec. Ent. Soc. 



\_The species here described will, with others, be figured in the work now preparing ly 

 Messrs. Oodman and Salvin, entitled, " Biologia America Centralis."^ 



Sphenoehina COSTAEICENSIS. 

 Head and pronotum metallic-green, scutellum blackish. Abdomen above 

 pitchy, lateral borders luteous, with the outer edge and segmental incisures carmine ; 



