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Gemis 13. HOMCEOCEROIDES. 



Corpus gracile. Caput hrevc, suliquadratuni ; lobi a^quales. Rostrum 

 coxas anlicas paullo superans. Anienns gracilcs, corpore brevioies ; 

 arliculus 4us lo longior. Prothoracis anguli poslici roUuulati, non 

 proininuli. 



Body slender. Head sliort, subquadrate ; lobes of equal length. 

 Eyes prominent, near the prothorax. Rostrum extending a little beyond 

 tlie fore coxfB ; second and third joints nearly equal in length. Antenna; 

 slender, somewhat shorter than the body; joints from the first to the third 

 successively decreasing in length ; fourth longer than the first. Prothorax 

 very finely scabrous; sides straight; hind angles rounded, not prominent. 

 Legs slender. 



1. HOMCEOCEROIDES DIVE RSICORNIS. 



Homoeocerus diversicornis, C. H. 44t:>. 



a. Bahia. Presented by M. Reiche. 



b. Columbia. From iM. Goudot's collection. 



c. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



d. Constancia. Presented by the Rev. H. Clark. 



2. HoM^OCEROIDES INCONGRUUS. 



Mas. Testaceus; antenna: picea, corpore paullo breviores, articulo \o 

 testaceo ; prothorax sitbtilissime scabcr, augulis posticis rotundatis 

 non prominulis ; scutellutn rufescens, macula busali triangulari 

 testacea, apice albtdo ; ula anticcc striga lanceolata nigra, membrana 

 diaphana. 



Male. Testaceous, slender. Rostrum extending a little beyond the 

 fore coxse. Antennae piceous, a little shorter than the body ; first joint 

 testaceous, very little longer than the second ; third much shorter than the 

 second. Prothorax very finely scabrous; transverse callus near the fore 

 border and transverse ridge near the hind border well defined ; hind angles 

 rounded, not prominent. Scutelluin reddish, with a testaceous triangular 

 spot on the fore border and with a whitish tip. Fore wings with a black 

 lanceolate streak along the exterior border of the corium; membrane 

 pellucid. Length of the body 7 lines. 



a. Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus 14. EUPLATYCORIS. 



Mas. Corpus latum. Caput parvum, breve, tuberculis antenniferis 

 prominulis. Rostrum coxas intermedias attingens, articulo 4o brevi. 

 Antenna^ corpore breviores; articulus ^us subdilatatus. Prothoracis latora 

 subdeutata ; anguli postici acuti, prominuli, perparum ascendentes. Pedes 

 sat validi ; femora apice supra dentuta ; femora postica snbtiis apices 

 versus dentata. 



