176 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



Genus MONECPHORA, Cat. Horn. 674. 



MONECPHORA NOTATA. 



Sphenorliina notata, Cat. Horn. 689. 



MONECPHORA POSTICATA. 



Monecphora poslicata, Stal^ Kongh. Vet. Akad. Handl. 1855, 192, 

 Brazil. 



Monecphora xanthocephala. 



Nigra ; caput luteum, vertice facieque nigris ; alee anticce apud 

 costam convexce^ apice subtrwicatce ; postica: cinereo-vitrece^ 

 fuscescente marginatcB. 



Black. Head luteous, black between the eyes and towards the 

 rostrum. Scuiellum rather lonj^. Fore wings convex alonp: the 

 costa, somewhat truncated obliquely at the tips. Hind wings 

 grayish vitreous, brownish at the tips and along the hind border. 

 Length of the body 3f lines; of the wiugs 10 lines. 



a. Napo River, South America. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Monecphora inferens. 



Nigra^ tomentosa ; caput, coxce et genua postica rufa; prothorax 

 fascia pallida subobsolela ; alee anticce fusciis duahus testaceis 

 incompletis perangustis ; posticcB fuscescente-vitrea. 



Black, tomentose. Head towards the rostrum, coxaB and hind 

 knees red. Prolhorax with an almost obsolete pale band. Fore 

 wings with two very narrow testaceous bands, the interior one 

 especially incomplete. Hind wings brownish vitreous. This spe- 

 cies very closely resembles 31. neglecta, and may be a local variety 

 of it, but the latter may be distinguished by its red abdomen 

 and legs, and by the fore wings in which the interior band is much 

 more complete ihan the exterior one. Length of the body 3 lines ; 

 of the wings 6 lines. 



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



