Hoiiwpterons fcDnUji ]Membvacicla>. 217 



compressed, termiuating abruptly iu a sharply acumiuated spine- 

 like process ; horns castaneous, black at the tips; terminal spine 

 black ; body reddish-tawny ; tegmina testaceous hyaline, the 

 base and the veins towards the anterior margin mahogany-red ; 

 a black dot at external angle, and a large l^lack s})ot at apex. 

 Length 10 mm. 



Brazil. Type Brit. Mus. 



This insect has the same angular thoracic projections at the 

 base of the tegmina as in C. malina, but the form of the pro- 

 notum differs considerably from all descrilied species. 



16. Ceresa Sallei. 



Ceresa Sallei, Stal, Stett. Ent. Zeit. 18(!4-, p. TO. 

 Mexico. 



17. Ceresa Stdlii, n. sp. PI. Ill, f. 11. 



Allied to C. cariconiis, but the pronotum higher, highest in 

 the centre, slightly bisinuate between the anterior horns, the 

 latter curving a httle more upwards ; altogether paler in coloiu-, 

 the tegmina with a black sjiot on the inner margin. Length, 

 including tegmina, 11 mm, 



Mexico. Type Brit. Mus. 



1<S. Ceresa testacea. 

 Ceresa testacea, Fairm., Ann. Ent. Sc'r. 2, iv, p. 284, 4 



(iS4(;). 



Mexico. Brit. Mus, 



Alhed to C. siijf'iisa of Walker, but larger. 



19. Ceresa jmii^nelis. 



Ceresa patruelis, Stal, Stett. Ent. Zeit. 18G4, p. 09. 

 Vera Cruz. Brit' Mus. 



20. Ceresa qfflnis. 



Ceresa affinis, Fairm., Ann. Ent. Sch-. 2, iv, p. 2S 1^ ]>!. ,'>, 

 fig. 21 (184(i). 



Brazil. Brit. Miis. 



