182 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



Sphenoehina SIMILIS. 



Testacea ; caput peracntum, carina niyricanie ; prothorax nigri- 

 cans, testaceo fasciatits ; scutellum nigricans, apice testaceum ; 

 femora apice, iibice tarsique nigra; alee anticce fuscescentes, 

 basi testacea, fasciis duabus contignis [una nigricante, altera 

 testacea), vittis dnabus exterioribus discalibus testaceis ; pos- 

 ticcB cinereo-vitrea. 

 Testaceous. Head very acute, "blackish along the rido;e. Pro- 

 thorax blackish, v»'ith a testaceous band. Scutellum blackish, tes- 

 taceous at the tip. Tibiae, tarsi and tips of femora black. Fore 

 win^s brownish, testaceous at the base, with a blackish band near 

 the base, followed by a testaceous band, beyond which there are two 

 testaceous discal stripes. Hind wings grayish vitreous. Length of 

 the body 3i lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



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



Sphenoehina assimilis. 



Testacea ; caput rufescens, peracutuin, carinoe lateribus nigrican- 

 tibus ; prothorax antice rufescens et nigro subnotatus, margine 

 postico nigro ; scutellum rnfuvn, apice nigrum ; pectus et ab- 

 domen rufa; pedes nigri, tibiis posticis femoribusque rufis, 

 illis apice nigris ; alee anticce fusees, basi vittaque subcostali 

 pallide flavis, litura costali nigricante ; posticce cinereo-vitretB. 



Testaceous. Head reddish, very acute, blackish along each 

 side of the keel. Prothorax reddish and indistinctly marked with 

 black in front, black along the hind border. Scutellum red, with a 

 black tip. Pectus and abdomen red. Legs black; femora and 

 hind libisB red, the latter with black lips. Fore wings brown, pale 

 yellow at the base, and with a pale yellow stripe near the costa, and 

 terminating in the disk at three-fourths of the length ; a blackish 

 mark on the costa near the base. Hind wings grayish vitreous. 

 Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



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



Sphenoehina distinguenda. 

 Atra ; caput acutum ; prothoracis fascia antica, scutelli latera, 

 pectus et abdomen late rufa ; pectus nigro fasciatum ; genua 

 postica rufa ; alee antica fasciis duabus integris late rufis ; 

 postica nigricante-vitrecB, basi late rufce. 



