180 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



Sphenorhina XANTHOMELA. 



LcBte. lutea ; caput peracutum ; thorax guttis duabus lateralihus 

 nigris ; abdomen el pedes nigra ; alee antics nigrce, basi Icete 

 lutecB ; postiae nigricante-vitrece. 



Bright Inteous. Head very acute. Thorax with a black dot 

 on each side at the base of ihe fore wing. Abdomen, legs and fore 

 wings black, the latter bright Inteous at the base. Hind wings 

 blackish vitreous. Length of the body 4^ lines ; of the wings 13 

 lines. 

 a. Tunantins, Amazon Kegion. From Mr. Bales' collection. 



Sphenorhina bipustulata. 



Picea ; caput sat acutum^ antice rufum ; abdomen subtus rufes' 

 cens ; pedes nigri, femoribus apice tibiis basi tarsisque rufis ; 

 al(E anticcB luridce^ basi fusca, luteo bimaculata ; postica 

 fuscescente-vitrecB. Var. $. — Abdomen suhtus nigrum^ basi 

 supra rufescens ; alcB anticce rvfescentes, apices versus nigrce, 

 rufo bimaculatce. 

 This species closely resembles S. quadriguttata, but may be dis- 

 tinguished by the dark colour of the fore wings towards the tips, 

 and by the different colour and shape of their spots. Piceous. 

 Head moderately acute, red in front. Abdomen reddish beneath. 

 Legs black ; femora at the tips, tibiae at the base and tarsi red. 

 Fore wings lurid, brown towards the base, with two luteous spots at 

 two-thirds of the length ; one on the costa ; the other near the hind 

 border, opposite the first and about one-fourth of its size. Hind 

 wings brownish vitreous. Var. /3. — Abdomen black beneath, red- 

 dish towards the base above. Fore wings reddish for nearly two- 

 thirds of the length, beyond which they are black, with two 

 red spots of nearly equal size. Length of the body 4 lines; of the 

 wings 12 lines. 

 a. Para. From Mr. Hewitson's collection. 



Sphenorhina suffusa, Cat. Hom.-p. 689. 



Var. Obscure rufescens; abdomen fulvum, subtus nigricans, seg- 

 mentis rufo marginatis ; pedes nigri, femoribus viridi-nigris ; 

 alee anticce luridcB, fasciis duabus ochraceis, \a maculari, 2a 

 Integra; posticce cinereo-vitrecE, fuscescente marginatce. 



