350 Mr. Butler on variovs genera of the 



o£ the femora piceous. form o£ A. flavipes, pronotum ratliev 

 coarsely punctured. Lengtli with tegmina 8 ; with horn, thorax 

 and tegmina 10 ; width at humeral angles 3 mm. 

 Brazil (Miers). Type Brit. Mus. 



Erroneously referred by Mr. Walker to A . iincumhem^. 



21. Aconophora j^ninitia, n. sp. PI. VII, f. 19. 



Dull laky-red Avith the thoracic horn purplish, apical third of 

 tegmina semihyaline pale brown ; pronotum rather finely punc- 

 tured, the thoracic horn moderately long, rather slender, scarcely 

 ascending above the dorsal line, rounded at the apex, bordered 

 by a tolerably wide keel ; head black with laky-red border, its 

 posterior margin straight in the centre but deeply siniiate on 

 each side ; corium pubescent ; tibia?, particularly of the posterior 

 pair of legs, coarsely pubescent. Length with tegmina 6-| ; with 

 horn, thorax and tegmina 1-^ ; width at humeral angles 2^ mm. 



Mexico, Oaxaca (Salle) ; Peru (ex Coll. Saunders). Type 

 Brit. Mus. 



We have four examples of this very distinct little species. 



Aronoj^hora innivihens has been separated l)y Dr. Stal to form 

 his genus Argante. 



22. Aconophora ohtusa. 



Aconophora ohtusa, Walker, List Homopt. ii, p. 542, 20 

 (1851). 



Brazil. Type Brit. Mus. 



23. Aconophora ccnijlra, w. sp. PI. VII, f. 17. 



Chocolate-brown, tegmina paler with yellowish liyaline internal 

 angles ; legs ferruginous ; front of pronotum and head pubes- 

 cent; thoracic horn porrect, obtusely conical, laterally compressed 

 at the borders, acutely conical when viewed from above, occupy- 

 ing nearly half the pronotum ; terminal process acute, spine-like 

 with a well defined dorsal carina. Length with tegmina 1) ; 

 with horn, thorax and tegmina 12 ; -width at humeral angles 

 3^ mm. 



Mexico (ex Coll. Saunders). Type Brit. Mus. 



The dorsal line of the pi'onotmn (including the horn) is 

 oblique, with a scarcely preceptible angle at the base of the horn, 

 but with the terminal process horizontal and slightly convex. 



