LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 593 



Combophora signata, Biirm. Silb. Rev. Ent. i. 228, 3. 

 Heteronolus signatus, Burm. Handh. Ent. ii. 1, 130, 1. 



a, h. Brazil. Presented by John Miers, Esq. 



3. Heteronotus vulneeans. 



Heteronotus vulnerans, Eairm. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2me Serie, iv. 



500, 3, pi. 7, f. 25. 

 Combophora vulnerans, Burm. Silh. Rev. Ent. i. 228, 2. 



a. Brazil. Presented by John Miers, Esq. 



b. Brazil. From M. Parzudaki's collection. 



c. Brazil. From Mr. Shuckard's collection. 



4. Heteronotus nigricans. 



Heteronotus nigricans, Delap. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. i. 96, 2, pi. 3, f. 

 8. Fairm. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2nie Serie, iv. 500, 4. 



a, b. Brazil. Presented by John Miers, Esq. 



5. Heteronotus excisus, Mas. 



Niger ; caput jiavo varium ; prothoraxflavo quadrivittatus, postice 

 nodosus spinisque ferrugineis armatus ; abdomen piceum, basi 

 fulvum ; pedes ferruginei ; tarsi fulvi ; alee luridce ; alee 

 anticcs fnsco marginatce. 



Body black, shining ; head yellow on each side and in front 

 with the exception of a narrow interval on each side of the face ; a 

 yellow stripe between the hind border and the face : fore-chest 

 armed with a long slender diverging spine on each side, adorned 

 with four yellow stripes ; the inner pair interrupted ; the outer pair 

 turned inward and forming right angles at their tips ; behind them 

 the fore-chest is binodose, and full twice the length of the abdomen ; 

 the first knob is of moderate size, and is separated by a cylindrical 

 contraction from the second, which is much larger and is aimed 

 beneath with a stout, curved, ferruginous spine ; the latter has a 

 yellow band near its black tip ; the knob has also beneath its hinder 

 part two short ferruginous spines with yellow bands adjoining their 

 black tips : abdomen pitchy, tawny towards the base : legs fermgi- 

 nous; tarsi tawny, with pitchy tips: wings lurid; fore-wings 

 mostly bordered with brown ; veins pitchy, yellow towards the tips. 

 Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



a. Para. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



