D418 CATALOGUE OF 
Tawny, black-punctured. Middle lobe of the head black towards the 
tip. Eyes piceous. Rostrum with a black tip. Third and following ? joints 
of the antenne black. ‘Thorax with four black stripes, the outer pair 
each emitting a branch to the outer angle. Scutellum with a black curved 
streak on each side extending from the base. Pectus and under side of 
the abdomen with irregularly black sides; disk of the latter red towards 
the base; a black spot on the subapical ventral segment. Legs speckled 
with brown. Fore wings with a black irregular subcostal streak, and with 
some black patches which are occasionally obsolete; membrane cinereous, 
with brown veins. Length of the body 5} lines. 
a,b. Oajaca. From M. Sallé’s collection. 
Genus ANSA. 
Corpus aspere punctatum. Caput subrostriforme, antice rotundatum, 
thoraci equilongum ; lobi equilongi. Rostrum segmentum ventrale 8um 
paullo superans. Antenne setulose, sat graciles; articulus lus faciem non 
allingens; 2us brevissimus; 4us 30 valde brevior; 5us 40 longior. Thorax 
lateribus anticis serratis, angulis posticis acutis productis. Scutellum 
longiusculum, apice latum rotundatum. Venter basi subsulcatus. Pedes 
eraciles; tarsi triarticulati. Membrana venis longitudinalibus exparte 
fureatis et conjunctis. 
Body elongate-elliptical, roughly punctured. Head porrect, subrostri- 
form, rounded in front, as long as the thorax, narrower including the eyes 
than half its breadth; lobes of equal length. Eyes prominent. Rostrum 
extending a little beyond the hind border of the third abdominal segment. 
Antenve setulose, rather slender; first joint not extending to the front of 
the head; second about one-sixth of the length of the third; fourth very 
much shorter than the third ; fifth rather longer than the fourth. Thorax 
about twice as broad as long; hind angles acute, prominent; sides serrated 
in front. Scutellum much more than half the length of the abdomen, 
broad and rounded at the tip. Abdomen beneath slightly furrowed towards 
the base. Legs slender; tarsi three-jointed. Tore wings not extending 
beyond the abdomen; membrane with longitudinal veins, a few of which 
are forked and connected in the disk. 
The structure of the head and the serrated sides cf the thorax 
distinguish it from Ageus, and it differs from Canomorpha in the shortness 
of the second joint of the antenne, in the less attenuated scutellum, and in 
the narrower abdomen. 
1. ANSA DISTINCTA. 
Rufa, sublus nigra; antenne nigre; thorax antice nigro bistrigatus ; 
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scutellum callis duobus basalibus nigris ; abdomen nigro marginatum ; 
pedes nigri, femoribus apice libiisque basi rufis ; membrana saturate 
fusca. 
Red, black beneath. Eyes piceous. Rostrum black, piceous at the 
base. Antenne black. Thorax in front with a thinly punctured band, 
which is bordered at each end by an oblique black streak, the latter pro- 
ceeding from the fore border. Scutellum with a small black callus on 
