184 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



Sphenorhina SELECTA. 



Nigra ; caput et prothorax viridi-nigra, pubescentia ; pectus pos- 

 ticum, abdomen, coxes, femora postica tibiaque posticce basi 

 late rufa ; alee anticce basi I'ufce, fascia maculisque duabus 

 {una costali, altera postica) ochraceis ; posticce cinereo-vitreee . 



Black. Head and prothorax greenish black, pubescent. 

 Coxae, hind femora, hind tibiaB at the base, hind part of the pectus 

 and abdomen bright red. Fore wings red at the base, with an 

 orange band at one-third of the lenyjth, and with two orange spots 

 at two-thirds of the length, one on the costa, the other on the hind 

 border. Hind wings grayish vitreous. Length of the body 3 lines ; 

 of the wings 7 lines. 



a — c. Province of R-io. Presented by J. Gray, Esq. 



Sphenobhina albifascia. 



JSigra ; caput acutum ; prothorax lurido-fuscus ; abdomen sub tus 

 Icete rufum ; pectus et femora, postica testacea ; al<B aniias 

 triente basali fasciaque exteriore pallide Jiavis ; posticce 

 cinereo-vitrece. 



Black. Head acute. Prothorax mostly lurid-brown. Abdomen 

 bright red beneath. Pectus and hind femora testaceous. Fore 

 wings pale yellow for almost one-third of the length from the base, 

 and with a pale yellow band at two-thirds of the length. Hind 

 wings grayish vitreous. Length of the body 3^ lines ; of the wings 

 10 lines. 



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

 Clark. 



Sphenorhina semivitrea. 



Fulva, subtus testacea; caput subacutum ; antennce nigrce ; abdo- 

 men rufescens ; pedes testacei ; tarsi nigri, postici basi 

 testacei ; alee vitrecB ; antica; basi Icele rufce, costa, fascia 

 venisque exterioribus pallide f us cis. 



Tawny, testaceous beueath. Antennae black. Head slightly 

 acute. Abdomen reddish. Legs testaceous ; tarsi black ; hind 

 tarsi testaceous at the base. Fore wings vitreous, with strongly 

 marked pale brown veins, bright red towards the base, pale brown 

 along the costa, and with a pale brown band adjoining the red part. 



