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shorter than the fourth; fifth a little longer than the fourth. Thorax and 

 scuteilum with some small less thickly j)iinctured spaces. Thorax without 

 a transverse furrow; hind angles very obtuse, not prominent. Scuteilum 

 with a dull ochraceous apical jiatch composed of three transverse streaks 

 and of an anterior lanceolate longitudinal streak. Pectus with black 

 punctures. Abdomen beneatb with red punctures. Femora and tibiae 

 speckled with black. Corium of the fore wings punctured like the thorax; 

 membrane cinereous, brownish in frout. Length of the body 5 lines. 



a. Amazon Region. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



Symphtlus bipustulatcs. 



Testaceus, brevictlipticus, fusco dense puuclatus ; caput latum; thorax 

 lineis iioniiuUis Iransver.sis indeterminalis impunclalis ; sculellutn 

 niyro himaeulatum ; pectus el venter discis imptinctatis; pedes nigra 

 conspersi. 



Testaceous, convex, short-elliptical, thickly and minutely brown- 

 punctured, pale testaceous beneath. Head broad. Eyes lawny. Rostrum 

 extending to the hind coxae. Second and third joints of the anlennre about 

 equal in length; fourth much longer than the third. Thorax with some 

 impunctate irregular transverse lines ; no transverse furrow; hind angles 

 very obtuse, not i)rominent. Scutelluin with a black subcostal spot on each 

 side near the base. Disk of the pectus and of the under side of the abdo- 

 men not punctured. Legs pale testaceous; femora and tibiae black- 

 speckled. Fore wings with a black patch at the end of the corium, which is 

 punctured like the thorax; membrane brown, cineieous towards the hind 

 border. Length of the body 4 lines. 



a. Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Symphylus diveugkns. 



Testaceus, hrevi-eUipticus, niyro dense punctatm ; thorax strigis sex nigri- 

 cantibus obliquis ; scuteUum nigricante ncbulosum ; pectus et venter 

 discis impunclalis ; pedes nigra conspersi. 



Testaceous, convex, short-elliptical, thickly and minutely black- 

 punctured. Head large, prominent, a little longer than broad. Eyes 

 piceous. Rostrum black towards the tip, extending rather beyond the hind 

 coxae. Thorax on each side with three oblique blackish streaks which 

 diverge hindward; hind angles much rounded, not |)rominent, Scutelluui 

 here and there clouded with blackish. Disk of the pectus and of the under 

 side of the abdomen impunctate. I^egs speckled with black. Length of 

 the body 3 lines. 



The head is much larger and more elongated than that of -V. ubiusus. 

 a. Amazon Region. From AL-. Bales' collection. 



Symphvi,us signatus. 



Cervinus, brcvi-clli]>ticus,subtus paliide testaceus ; caput fulco nebuluutin, 

 strigis duubus longitudinalibus fuscis, lobo intermcdio pnllidc fla- 

 vesccnlc ; thorax lincx pnllidc Jiavcsccntc, strigis duabus albidis 



