538 LIST OF HOiMOPTEEOUS INSECTS. 



12. AcoNOPHORA POERECTA, Fem. 



Flava ; caput nigro univittaium, liiteo higuttatum ; prothorax 

 luteo vittatus ; abdomen fusco fasciatum ; tibicB nigro stri- 

 gat<2 ; alcB limpidce. 



Yellow : head very short, shininp:, slightly punctured, trans- 

 versely spindle-shaped ; crown slightly undulating in front and 

 behind, Ivery concave in the middle of the fore border for the recep- 

 tion of the face, which is small ; hind border with a short black 

 stripe and a luteous dot on each side : eyes prominent : fore-chest 

 roughly punctured, very slightly ridged, prolonged in front of the 

 head into a much compressed conical horn whose length exceeds 

 twice its depth at the base (the horn of A. rubrivittata is less than 

 twice its depth), a luteousstripe extends along each side from the tip 

 of the horn to the disk of the fore-chest which has also a few other 

 more indistinct luteous marks and some black impressions in front ; 

 shoulders nearly rectangular, slightly prominent ; hind part extend- 

 ing nearly to the tip of the abdomen, much attenuated towards the 

 tip, on approaching which its ridge becomes more distinct : hind 

 borders of the abdominal segments brown : tibise streaked with 

 black : wings colourless ; veins tawny. Length of the body 5 lines; 

 of the wings 8 lines, 

 fl. ? Presented by the Entomological Club. 



13. AcONOPHORA. VIRIDESCENS, Fcm. 



Flava ; viridi varia, prothorax luteo guttatus ; cornu riifo margi- 

 natum ; tibicE nigro strigata ; ala limpidce. 



Yellow: head shining, slightly punctured, very short, trans- 

 versely subfusiforra, undulating in front and behind, clothed with 

 white hairs on the fore border : eyes prominent : fore-chest roughly 

 punctured, partly green, adorned with luteous dots, transversely im- 

 pressed on each side above the eye, hardly ridged, prolonged in front 

 of the head into a conical much compressed red-edged horn, whose 

 length exceeds twice its depth at the base ; shoulders short-conical, 

 slightly prominent ; hind part extending nearly to the tip of the 

 abdomen, much attenuated towards the tip which is acute : legs 

 thickly clothed with white hairs : abdomen tinged with green : tibiae 

 streaked with black : wings colourless: fore-wings punctured, green 

 and w ith luteous marks at the base and along part of the fore border ; 

 veins of the fore-wings thick, pitchy, of the hind-wings slender, 

 tawny. Length of the body 4^ lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



