338 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



a spine, which extends nearly as far as the abdomen. Fore wings 

 punctured at the base, with an elongated vitreous patch which 

 occupies most of the costa, and is angular and bordered with black 

 on its inner side. Hind wings vitreous, slightly cinereous. Length 

 of the body 2i lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 

 a. Tejuca, Kio Janeiro. Presented by the Rev. Hamlet Clark. 



Genus UMBONIA, Cat. Horn. p. 517. 



Umbonia funesta. 

 Umbonia funesta, Stal, Ofv. K. V. A. Fork, 1854, 249. 

 Central America. 



Genus CERESA, Cat. Horn. p. 525. 



Ceresa inteacta. 



Testacm, rnhusta, punctata; caput transversum, brevi-conicum : 

 prothorax ex parte viridis, cornubus duobus planis latis sub- 

 acutis armatvs ; scvtellvm trigonvm ; alee anticcB albido- 

 vitrea^ ban punctata;^ apud marginem posticum interiorem 

 vhides ; posticcB vitrecB. 



Testaceous, stout. Head and thorax punctured. Head short- 

 conical, broader than long. Prothorax partly green, forming a 

 broad short horizontal slightly acute horn on each side. Scutellum 

 triangular. Fore wings whitish vitreous, punctured towards the 

 base, green about the interior part of the hind border. Hind wings 

 vitreous. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



a. Tejuca, Rio Janeiro. Presented by the Rev. Hamlet Clark. 

 Genus SMILIA, Cat. Horn. p. 534. 



SmILIA PERSrSTENS. 



Rufa, punctata, vitta tenui nigra ; protJiorax compressus^ convexus, 

 carinatus, abdomen longe svperans, postice nttenuatus^ apice 

 peracutus ; alcB antica lurida, semihyalina^ macula postica 

 nigra; posticce cinereo-vitrecp. 



Nearly allied to S. vaginata. Red, punctured, with a black 

 stripe, which extends from the front of the head to the end of the 



