242 CATALOGUE OF 



Scutellum irregularly pale testaceous along each side, Abdoraen deeply 

 emarginated at the tip. slightly furrowed beneath from the base to the hind 

 border of the fourth segment. Fore wings with a white point in the disk 

 beyond the middle; membrane limpid, with a few bluish green points. 

 Length of the body 7^—8^ lines. 



The greater length of the second joint of the antennse and the black 

 spines of the thorax distinguish it from the other species of the genus, 

 a, b. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's colleolion, 



4, LOXA HiEMATICA, 



Cimex hsemalicus, H.-Sch. Wanz. Ins. vi. 70, pi, 203, f, 636. 

 Brazil, 



5, LoXA VIGENS, 



vigens, Stal, Rio Jan. Hem. 19, 

 Rio Janeiro, 



6, LoXA CURVIDENS, 



curvidens, Mayr, Verk. Zool. Bot. Wien. xiv. 909 ; Novara Hem. 50, f. 8, 

 Brazil. 



7. LoXA INVARIA, 



Testacea ; thorax spatiis duabus glabris uniiuberculatis, sjmiis acttlis vix 



ascendentibus ; venter subsulcatus ; alee anticct punclis nonnullis 



pallidioribus, membrana pellucida. 



Testaceous, minutely punctured, paler beneath. Head finely and 



transversely striated. Rostrum extending to the hind border of the first 



abdominal segment. Thorax with a tubercle in a smooth transverse space 



on each side near the fore border; sides serrated; spines acute, hardly 



ascending. Abdomen beneath with a very slight furrow, which extends to 



the hind border of the fourth segment. Fore wings with a few paler points ; 



membrane and hind wings peUucid. Length of the body 10 lines. 



It much resembles L. affinis, but the head is narrower in front, the 

 sides of the thorax are more finely serrated, and the spines are more slender 

 and a little longer. 



a. British Guiana, 



8, LoXA DEDUCTA, 



Viridis, atomis plurimis pallidioribus ; capitis lalera testacea; anten- 

 narum ariiculus 2us 3o paullo brevior ; thorax spatiis duobus glabris 

 iinituberculatis, spinis ferrugineis vix ascendentibus ; ventris discus 

 testaceus ; alee antica: membrana pellucida cyaneo-viridi conspersa. 



Grass-green, finely punctured, much paler beneath, where the disk of 

 the abdoraen is pale testaceous. Head finely and transversely striated ; 

 sides pale testaceous. Rostrum extending a little beyond the hind border 

 of the second abdominal segment. Antennae pale testaceous, much shorter 

 than the body ; first joint extending to the front of the head ; second a little 

 shorter than the third ; fourth a little longer than the third ; fifth not longer 

 than the second. Thorax, scutellum and corium with numerous paler 



