UrMlI'TP-HA HKTEHorTtllA. 183 



1, PlIRICODES IIYSIRIX. 



Aiatliis liystrix, Germ. Silb. Rev. Ent. v. 134 — Pliiicodes hystiix, Spin. 

 Maif. ZooL 1840, pi. 40. Sign. A. S. E. F. -Inw Ser. vii. 327, pi. 9, 

 f. 3. Slal, Hem. Afr. i. 02 — Steiiostonia Desjardiiisii, Weslw. Trans. 

 Ent. Soc. iv. 240, pi. 18, C. 6— Phricodes fasciatiis, Sign, A. S. E. F. 

 3mp Ser. vii. 924. 



Caffiaiia. Madaga.scar. Mauritius. 



Genus II. PHINEUS. 

 Phiueus, Stal, Stell. Ent. Zeit. xxii. 07. 



1. Phineus fdscopunctatus. 

 fuscopunctatus, Stal, Stelt. Ent. Zeit. xxii. 97. 



Genus 12. DISCOCEPH ALA, C. H. 14(5. 

 Mexico. 



1. DlSCOCKPH.\L\ NOTULATA. 



notulata, Slal, Enl. Ztil. Sletl. .sxiii. Ofi. 

 Mexico. 



2. DlSCOCEPHAl-A CI.YPE.VTA. 



clypeata, Slal., Ent. Zeit. Stelt xxiii. 96. 

 Mexico. 



3. DiSCOCEPHALA INOBTRUSA. 



Testacea, elli plica, fuscn coil ferin punctata; caput thoracis latiludine di- 

 midia latins; anlenn<B corporis dimidio hreviores ; thoracis latera 

 rotundala ; alee anticce meinbrana cinerea. 



Testaceous, ellijitical, nearly flai, tliickly and minutely punctured with 

 hrown, paler beneath. Head very n)uch broader than lon^, about two- 

 thirds of the breadth of the thorax, rounded in front, where the lateral lobes 

 connive and extend much beyond the middle lobe. Antennae slender, 

 minutely setulose, less than half the length of the body; first joint not 

 extendin<!; beyond the border of the head ; fourth joint much longer than 

 the third, a little shorter than the fifth. Thorax nearly twice broader 

 than long ; sides rounded. Scutellum conical, extending to three-fourths 

 of the length of the abdomen. Legs rather short. Fore wings with a 

 cinereous membrane which extends a little beyond the abdomen. Length 

 of the body 3^ lines. 



Much shorter than D. marmorea, to which it has most resemblance. 



a, h. Oajaca. From M. Salle's coliectinn. 



c. Orizaba. From ^L Salle's collection. 



d. Vera Cruz. From M. Salle's collection. 



South America. 



4. DiSCOCEPHALA MARMOREA, C.H. 146. 



Kio Janeiro. 



a. South America. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



