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Black, rather slender. Prothorax roughly punctured, very 

 pubescent, slightly keeled, vertical and piceous above the head, 

 slightly depressed on each side between the horns, which are hori- 

 zontal and extremely short ; hind part much attenuated, tapering 

 from the base to the tip, which is very acute and extends very far 

 beyond the abdomen. Legs tawny. Fore wings piceous. Hind 

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



a. Brazil. Presented by ^ 



Hemiptycha viridistbiga. 



Obscure fulva^ sultus testacea ; caput breve, latum ; prothorax 

 rude punctatus^ non altus^ anlice convexus et vix carinatus, 

 postice compressus nigro carinatus viridi unistru/atus ; cornu 

 dorsale breve, ei'ectum, compressum, rotundatum; alee anticcB 

 fuscescente luridce, basi punctata ; posticce subcinerece. 



Dull tawny, testaceous beneath. Head short, broad. Protho- 

 rax roughly punctured, not high, convex and very slightly keeled 

 in front; hind part keeled, compressed, black along the keel, forming 

 at some distance behind the shoulders a short upright compressed 

 rounded horn, behind which there is a green streak. Fore wings 

 brownish lurid, punctured towards the base. Hind wings grayish. 

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



a, b. Tejuca, Province of Rio. Presented by the Rev. Hamlet 

 Clark. 



Hemiptycha cumulata. 



Testacea, lata, crassa, nitens, subpunctata ; caput et prothorax 

 anticus rufescentia ; prothorax convexus, angulis humeralihus 

 obtusis, lateribus planis nigro unimaculatis, apice albido non 

 acuto ; alee antiece linea transversa nigra, apice vitrece. 



Testaceous, broad, thick, shining, very minutely punctured. 

 Head and fore part of the prothorax mostly reddish. Head some- 

 what arched in front. Prothorax convex, obtusely angular by each 

 shoulder, flattened and with a large black spot on each side hind- 

 ward ; tip whitish, not acute. Fore wings vitreous towards their 

 tips; a transverse black line bounding the testaceous part. Length 

 of the body 3 lines: of the wings 7 lines. 



a. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



