516 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



Genus 11. PHYSOPLIA. 



Physoplia, Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem, 542, 438. 

 Umbonia, Fairm. 



1. Physoplia nigrata. 



Physoplia nigrata, Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 543. 

 Umbonia nigrata, Fairm. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2me Serie, iv. 275, 1, 

 pi. 6, f. 6, 7. 



a. Brazil. Presented by H. G. Harrington, Esq. 



2. Physoplia media, Mas. 



Flava ; caput nigro varium ; prothorax nigro et rufo vittatus ; ab- 

 domen nigro interrwpte vittatum^ subtus maculis nigris bivit- 

 tatum ; pedes rufi ; tibice nigro varice ; aim anticce fulvcB^ basi 

 jiavce. 



Body yellow : head yellow above, varied with black, slightly 

 punctured ; front with a slightly forked rim along each side of the 

 fore border, its breadth more than twice its length ; face small, 

 nearly round, much less than half the breadth of the front : fore- 

 chest bright yellow, thickly punctured, with two slender blackish 

 stripes which include two broad more or less united red stripes; a 

 similar stripe but more indistinct ascends on each side to the horn, 

 between which and the tip there is a single red stripe ; two large 

 black punctures on each side of the fore border ; each shoulder pro- 

 duced into a short cone which is much broader than long and has a 

 black spot on its tip ; middle ridge indistinct in front, more promi- 

 nent as it ascends the horn ; the latter is longer than the body and 

 rises upward obliquely and is then compressed and inclined back- 

 ward horizontally; it is black varied with yellow towards the tip 

 and has on each side a red ridge which sometimes is partly double 

 or treble : breast partly black : a black interrupted stripe along the 

 abdomen beneath where there is a black spot on each side of the 

 fore border of every segment: legs red, clothed with short whitish 

 hairs ; shanks slightly marked with black ; fore-wings tawny, yellow 

 and punctured towards the base ; veins pitchy : hind-wings colour- 

 less. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a — b. Mexico. From Mr. Argent's collection. 

 c. Mexico. From M. Hart\veo:'s collection. 



