144 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



Div. 2. Fairm. 



Hemiptycha pubescens. 



Picea ; caput ferruginosum; prothorax subcarinatns, dense pvnc- 

 tatus, cinereo pubescens, antice ferrvginosus ; cnmtia lateralia 

 brevissima, apice rectangulata ; carina postica lata, convexa, 

 apicem versus attenuata et subrecta, abdomen sat snperans ; 

 pedes femiginei ; tarsi iestacei ; alee antica pun ctatce ; pos- 

 tica subcinerecB. 



Piceous. Head and fore part of the prothorax vertical, some- 

 what ferruginous, the latter with a very slight keel. Prothorax 

 thickly punctured, witli gray pubescence ; lateral horns extremely 

 short, rectangular at their tips, with a concave space on each side 

 behind them ; hind part broad and convex for half the length, 

 attenuated and almost straight from thence to the tip, which 

 extends rather far beyond the tip of the abdomen. Legs ferrugi- 

 nous ; tarsi testaceous. Fore wings punctured. Hind wings 

 grayish. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Mexico. From M. Salle's collection. 



Hemiptycha apriformis. 



H. pubescenti simillima, fuherculis lateralibus brevioribns. Nigra, 

 valde pubescens ; prothorax rude punctatns, non carinatus, 

 lateribus oblique depressis ; tibice picea; tarsi fuhi ; alee 

 postica cinerea. 



This is very nearly allied to H. pubescens, and may be the male 

 of that species, but the lateral protuberances are shorter. Black, 

 very pubescent. Prothorax roughly punctured, not keeled ; horns 

 rudimentary; hind part much obliquely depressed on each side, in 

 shape like that of H . pubescens. TilDiae piceous. Tarsi tawny. 

 Hind wings gray. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 

 9 lines, 

 a, b. Mexico. From M. Salle's collection. 



Hemiptycha attenuata. 



Nigra^ sat gracilis; prothorax rude punctatus, valde pubescens^ 

 subcarinatus, antice piceus et utrinque impressus, postice at- 

 tenuatvs, apice peracuius, abdomen longe superans ; comua 

 lateralia brevissima, plana ; pedes fulvi,fe7noribus piceis ; ala 

 aniica picea ; postica cinerea. 



