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ocliraceoias ; connexivuni piceous with very faint and obscure 

 ucliraceons markinif?. 



Long. $ 11 niillim. Exp. pronot. ang. 5 niillim. 



Ilalntat. CosTA RiCA, Bruschik (Talamanca), Atlantic 

 Slopes (H. Pittier). 



Allied to L. rufospilotus, Westw., from which it differs 

 by havins^f the anterior angles of the pronotum shorter and 

 broa ler, by the narrower and more elongate body, narrower 

 apex of the scutellum, etc. 



Brochymena ctispidata, sp. n. 



Brownish-ochraceous, head, pronotiiin, and l)ase of scutellum 

 darkest ; apical two-thirds of scutellum pale ochraceous, sparingly, 

 coarsely and darkly punctate, with an obscure small dark spot on each 

 lateral margin about one-third from apex which is marked with an 

 elongate spot ; corium ochraceous much marked and mottled with 

 brownish and with a small discal ochraceous spot ; membrane 

 greyish spotted and mottled with brownish ; body beneath and legs 

 ochraceous; head beneath, sternal margins, punctures and irregular 

 lateral spots to abdomen, femora excluding bases and a spot near 

 apex, tibiaj with three annulations above and two beneath, piceous ; 

 rostrum reaching the third abdominal segment, with its apex black ; 

 antennae piceous with the base of apical joint pale luteous. 



Head with the lateral lobes very slightly longer than the central ; 

 pronotum with the lateral margins armed with some very stout 

 prominent spines, the lateral angles acutely produced ; base of 

 scutellum gibbous and with a central carinate elevation ; margins of 

 abdomen strongly produced, the connexivum spotted and punctured 

 with piceous ; membrane extending considerably beyond the apex 

 of the abdomen. 



Long. 5 16 millim ; exp. pronot. ang. 8 millim.; max. abd. lat. 

 10 millim. 



Habitat. CosTA RiCA, San Jose, 1161 m. (P. Biolley). 

 A species at once recognized by the acutely spined 

 lateral angles of the pronotum. 



PadiBus hovillus, sp. n. 



Dark castaneous-brown, thickly and coarsely punctate ; pronotum 

 and scutellum rugulose ; body beneath and legs ochraceous, legs 

 spotted with black; antennas piceous, inner margin of basal joint and 

 bases of third and fourth joints luteous ; (apical joint mutilated). 



