142 LIST OF HOMOPTEEOUS INSECTS. 



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Genus HEMIPTYCHA, Cat. Horn. p. 567. 



Div. 1. Fairm. 



Subdiv. I. Fairm. 



Hemiptycha bigutta. 



Testae eo-fiava, robusta ; prothurax altissimus, pubeseens^ rude 

 punctatus, vix carinatus^ apicem versus nigrum peracutum 

 attenuatus, vittis duabus anticis piceis, lateribus depressis^ 

 guttis duabus lateralibus nigris ; cornua iateralia plana, 

 breviuscula, apice nigra ; alee anticce ferruginece, punctata: ; 

 posticce subcinerecE. 



Testaceous-yellow, very stout. Prothorax roughly punctured, 

 pubescent, vertical and rising very high above the head; lateral 

 horns horizontal, directly diverging, rather short, black at each tip, 

 whence a piceous stripe proceeds to each shoulder ; hind part hardly 

 keeled, flattened and with a black dot on each side, attenuated near 

 the tip, which is black and very acute, and extends rather far 

 beyond the abdomen. Fore wings ferruginous, punctured. Hind 

 wings grayish. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 11 lines. 



a. Guatimala. From M. Scherzer's collection. 



Hemiptycha gibbosa. 



Obscure fulva, ex parte testacea, valde robusta; caput brevissi- 

 mum, lalissimum; prothorax altissimus, subpubescens, rude 

 punctatus, cornubus duabus Lateralibus planis trigonis obtusis 

 nigro maryinatis ; carina dorsalis obtusa, tubercidis duabus, 

 fascia postica testacea, abdomen sat superans ; pedes testacei ; 

 alee cinerecB. 

 Dull lawny, partly testaceous, very stout. Head very broad 

 and short. Prutborax slightly pubescent, roughly punctured, verti- 

 cal and very high above the head, armed on each side with a short 

 horizontal triangular obtuse black-bordered horn ; dorsal keel ob- 

 tuse, slightly concave between the two protuberances, of which the 

 hind one is broader and lower than the fore one ; hind part with an 

 irregular testaceous band, acute at the tip, which extends some dis- 

 tance beyond the abdomen. Legs testaceous. Wings gray 

 Length of the body 4.\ lines; of the wings 8 lines. 

 a, Ega. From Mr. Bales' collection. 



