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Piceoiis-black, roughly punctiived, nearly elliptical ; under side luteous, 

 with minute blackish pur.ctures. Head elongate-conical, shorter than the 

 tliorax; lateral lobes extending very little beyond the middle lobe. 

 Rostrum extending to the hind coxae. Antennoe not more than half the 

 length of the body ; joints from the first tf) the fifth successively incieasing 

 in length; first not extending to the fiont of the head. Thorax sloi)ing ill 

 front of a smooth luteous band between the spines, wliich are also luteous 

 and are long, acute and directly divertring; sides slightly curved iuward, 

 fcligbtly crenulated in front; fore angles forming two small acute spines. 

 Scutellum extending a little beyond the angle of tiie corium. Abdomen 

 beneath with two large black s|)ots, one on the fourth sei»ment, the other 

 on the filth; sides yellowish. Legs luteous. thickly black-speckled. Fore 

 wings yellowish along the basal part of the costa ; membrane piceous. 

 Lenulh of the body 5 lines. 



a. Amazon Ilegion. From Mr. Bates' collection, 



7. DiCEli.EUS? SPINMCEPS. 



MVia. spiuiceps, H.-Sch. Wanz. Ins. v. 72, pi, 178, f. 517. 



Brazil. 



Genus 8. BOLACA. 



Corpus longi-ellipticum, sat planum, scite et conferte pnnctatum. 

 Caput lanceolatum, lobis lateralibus apice spinosis lobum medium longe 

 superanvibus. Rostrum gracile, coxus po>ticas attiniiens. Antennae graciies, 

 corporis dimidio non longiorts; ariiciili vicessini longiores. Thoriix 

 autice annalis duobus oblongis ghibris petiolatis ; latera subcreniiluta ; 

 anguH postici recti, non exlensi. Scutellum apicem versus altenuatuni. 

 Sefiraenta ventralia subarcuata. Pedes graciies, lougiusculi ; tarsi tri- 

 articulati. 



Body elongate-elliptical, rather flat, thickly and minutely punctured. 

 Head lanceolate, much shorter than the thoras ; lateral lobes extending 

 much beyond the middle lobe, slightly notched on the outer side, teruii- 

 naling in two spines. Eyes not prominent. Rostrutu slender, extending 

 to the hind coxa;. Anlennie slender, about half the length of the body; 

 joints successively increasing in length ; first not extending to the front of 

 the head. Thorax with a small oblong ringlet on each side in front, con- 

 nected by a streak wiih the margin, which is slightly crenuiated; fore 

 angles prominent; hind angles rectangular, slightly prominent. Scutellum 

 attenuated towards the tip, extending rather beyond the an>;le of the 

 corium. Ventral segments slightly arched. Legs slender, rather long; 

 tarsi three-jointed. Membrane of the fore wings with five longitudinal 

 veins, of v\hich the subcostal one is forked. 



I. BoLACA UNICOLOK. 



FerriKiinea ; antenna apices versus piceie ; alec anticce menihrana cinerea 

 fcrrugineo venosa. 



Ferruginous, hardly paler but more shining beneath. Antenn<E 

 piceous towards the tips. Membrane of the fore wings ciuereous, with 

 fcrrugiuous veins. Length of the body 7i lines. 



a, Noith llindoslau. From Ur. Hookci's collcctiou 



