540 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



16. ACONOPHOEA MAKGINATA, Fem. 



Ferruginea ; caput nigro vittatum ; prothorax apice niger ; cornu 

 nigro inarginatum ; ales subferruginece. 



Ferruginous: head finely punctured, transverse, of moderate 

 length, a little narrower than the fore-chest, slightly undulating 

 along the hind border, deeply notched in front for the reception of 

 the face, with a black middle stripe which is slightly widened at each 

 end : fore-chest thickly and minutely punctured, slightly ridged, 

 very slightly impressed on each side in front, prolonged in front of 

 the head into an obliquely ascending much compressed horn ; this 

 has a broad black rim, and slightly deepens towards the tip which 

 is rounded, its length is about four times its breadth ; hind part ex- 

 tending to the tip of the abdomen, much attenuated and with a 

 rather deep keel towards the tip which is black and very acute: legs 

 thinly clothed with short white hairs ; hind-shanks beset with minute 

 black spines : wings pale ferruginous, fore-wings punctured at the 

 base and along one-third of the fore border ; veins ferruginous ; 

 areolets long. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 9| lines. 



a. Mexico, From Mr. Argent's collection. 



17. AcoNOPHORA coNcoLOR, Mas. 



Ferruginea , prothorax antice nigricans ; cornu apice fulvum ; 

 pectus^ abdomen et femora nigra : tibiee nigro vittatoe ; al(B 

 subferruginea. 



Dark ferruginous, very pubescent : fore-chest thickly and mi- 

 nutely punctured, ridged in front and towards the tip, blackish and 

 slightly impressed on each side in front, prolonged in front of the 

 head into a very slightly ascending much compressed horn ; this has 

 a broad rim, is rounded at the tip, and very slightly decreases in 

 depth from the base to the tip, towards which it is tawny and semi- 

 transparent ; its length is more than twice its breadth ; hind part 

 extending far beyond the tip of the abdomen, much attenuated to- 

 wards the tip which is very acute : breast and abdomen black : thighs 

 black ; tibiae streaked with black ; hind tibiae beset with minute black 

 spines: wings pale ferruginous; fore-wings punctured at the base, 

 brown along the fore border ; veins brown ; areolets long. Length 

 of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 7^ lines. 



a. Mexico. Presented by E. P. Coffin, Esq. 



