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24. DiSCOCEPHALA SORDIDA. 



Sordide Jfuvcscens, eUiplica, funco densissime punctala ; caput thoracis 

 latitudine sat anguslius ; thorax linea transversa impressa, lineolis 

 duabus obliijuis paliide Jlavis, 



Dingy greenish, elliptical, sliininjr, nearly flat, thickly and irregularly 

 browu-punetured, the brown hue forming patches here and tiiere. Head 

 much broader than long, about two-thirds of the breadth of the thorax, 

 rounded in front. Antennas blackish, less than half the length of tlie body; 

 tips of the joints pale testaceous. Thorax with a transverse impressed line, 

 between which and the hind border there are two pale yellow smooth lines, 

 which diverge hindward. Scutelium almost two-thirds of the length oC the 

 abdomen, with pale yellow points along each side, narrow towards the tip, 

 which is pale yellow and rounded. Pectus and under side of the abdomen 

 hlack. Legs pale yellow, shorty stout, black-speckled ; femora incrassaied. 

 Fore wings mostly brown in the disk ; membrane brown, with a curved pale 

 yellowish bind. Length of the body 4 lines. 



It has much resemblance to D. umbraculata, but in the latter the fore 

 part of the head is slightly narrower, the thorax has no oblique lines, the 

 scutelium is broader towards the tip, and the abdomen beneath has only a 

 black stiipe. 



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



25. DiSCOCEPHALA NOTATA. 



Paliide ftava, lata, elliptica, fiilvo punctata, subtus testncoa ; antennee 

 paliide lulece, corporis diniidio breviores ; thorax linea transversa 

 impressa antemedia abbreviala, lateribus subrolundatis ; scutelium 

 nigro unimaculalum, piceo unij'asciatum, apice Jlavum ; alee anlicee 

 membrana paliide cinerea. 



Pale yellow, broad, elliptical, ehining, slightly convex, thickly and 

 minutely tawny-punctured, testaceous beneath. Head nearly twice broader 

 than long, about three-fourths of the breadth of the thorax, rounded in 

 front. Antennaj pale luteous, less than half the length of the body. 

 Thorax with a transverse impressed abbreviated autemedial line; sides 

 slightly rounded. Scutelium ehmgate-conical, extending to ihrce-founhs 

 of the length of the abdomen, with a large black spot in the disk ; a broad 

 piceous band near the tip, which is pale yellow. Legs short, slout. Fore 

 wings with a pale cinereous membrane, wiiich cxieuds a little beyond the 

 tip of the abdomen. Length of the body 4^ lines. 



The markings of this species distinguish it from D. lalifrons, which it 

 resembles in structure. 

 a. Villa Nova. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



26. DiSCOCEPHALA AMPLA. 



Testnrea, lata, ovata,fusco dense punctata; caput conicum, capitis lati- 

 tudine dimidio angtistius ; antenna nigrce, basi fulvw, corporis 

 dimidio longiores, articulis Ao boque basi albidis ; thorax transverse 

 inipressus, lateribus rectis ; abdominis talera nigricante guttata ; al<B 

 anticcE macula media fusca, membrana cinerca. 

 Testaceous, broad, oval, shining, thickly and minutely brown-punctured. 

 Head conical, less than half the breadth of the thorax ; lateral lobes coii' 



