ITomoptercnis famihi ^lembraciclgs. 345 



Hciiiipfiicha camelH.-<, Fairm., Auu. Eut. Ser 2, iv, p. 319, 21 ; 

 pi. (), %/21 (1.S46). 



Heiniptycha sagata, Gonnar, Sillj. Revue 3, p. 245, 2 (1(S35). 

 Triquetra valida, Walker, List Homoj)t. 2, p. 524, K! (1851). 

 Thelia obliqua, Walker, Ins. Saiinders p. 73 (1858). 

 Mexico. AValker's types, Brit. Mus. 



2. J/i/piiirioe v/'ridissv/ta. 



9 TIemiptiicha viridl:^::iiiia, Walker, List Ilomopt. 2, p. 572, 

 21 (1851). 



Mexico (Glennie, &c.). Type Brit. Mus. 



Dr. Stal lias sunk this as a synonym of the preceding on tlie 

 authority of Walker (List Homopt. Suppl. p. 140), but, as I 

 think, wrongly ; we have three examples of each form and 

 II. viiidisfima not only differs in size and colour, being much 

 larger and greeuer than //. cameluf:, but it has considerably 

 longer tegmina, is far more coarsely punctured, has the front 

 margin of the pronotum bracket-shaped (r^-A-^^)^ the humeral 

 horns prominent, and the posterior process longer. 



3. Hyphinoe glohiceps. 



$ Ileiniptijclia globiceps, Fairm., Ann. Ent. Ser. 2, iv, p. 319, 

 21 ; pi 6, fig. 19 (184G). 



$ Ileiiiiptyclia cuneata, Fairm., I.e., 23; pi. fi, fig. 2(1 (1840). 

 Mexico (Salle). Brit. Mus. 



The females of this species are more like that sex of //. 

 camelus than are examples of the preceding species. 



4. Jlypliiiine plwida. 



TJeiinptycha jilaridd, (Jermar, Silb. Revue 3, p. 240, 4 (1835). 

 Rio Janeiro (A. Fry). Brit. Mus. 



Erroneously referred by Dr. Stal to his genus Pyrantlir. 



5. IlypJdnoe bigntta. 



Ilemiptycha hd/iiffa, Walker, List Homopt. Siipj.l. p. 142 

 (1.S58). 



Guatemala (Scherzer). Type Brit. Mus. 



