188 CATALOGUE OF 



niving much beyoiifl the midclle lube. Anteniue black'sli. banlly s* tulose, 

 more tban half the leuglh ol' the Imrlv, tawny towards tlie base ; t'oiiith and 

 fifth joints whitish towards the base; fourth longer ll)an the lliird and than 

 the fifth. Thorax transversely in) pressed near the fore border, which is » 

 little more than half the breadth ot the hind border; sides straight. Scu- 

 lelluin elongate-conical, a little more than three-fourths of the abdomen. 

 Abdomen witli blackish dots along each side. Legs minutely setulose. 

 Fore wings with an irregular brown spot in the disk ; membiane cinereous, 

 hardly extending beyond the abdomen. Length of the body 5^ lines. 



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



27. DiSCOCEPHALA SIGNATA. 



Testacea, lata, ovata, fusco dense conspersa ; ayiienncp nigra, nitentes, 

 basi fulvcB ; thorax capile duplo latior, fascia Inlea antemedia 

 inlerrupta abbreviata, guttis gvaluor posterioribus Jluris, tateribus 

 revtis ; sculellum basi luteo bimacidatum ; pectus poslice piceum, 

 rvfo marginatum; venter vitta brevi lata nigra ; aUc anticcc macula 

 media picea, membrana fusca. Var. (3. — Scutellum nnn maculatum. 



Testaceous, oval, broad, shining, slightly convex, thickly and minutely 

 brown-punctured. Head a little broader than long, about half the breadth 

 of the thorax, the lateral lobes conniving beyond tbe middle lobe. Antennae 

 lilack, sliining, pubescent; first joint lawny, not extending beyond the 

 head. Thor.ix witli an irregular uUerrupted and abbreviated luteous ante- 

 meduil baud; four pale yellow dots in a transverse line, tbe inner pair 

 behind the ends of the band, the outer pair submaryinal ; fore border about 

 half tlie length of the hind border; sides straight. Sculellum about ihree- 

 lourilis of the length of the abdomen, slightly tapering from the base to the 

 lip, which is rounded; a luteous spot on each side at the base. Hind part 

 of ibe pectus piceous, bordered with red. Abdomen beneath with a liroad 

 black abbreviated stripe. Legs sbori, stout, pubescent. Fore vvin^s with 

 a piceous spot in the middle; costa rounded; membrane brown, hanily 

 extending beyond the abdomen. Var. (i. — Band on the thorax almost 

 obsolete. Scutellum not spotted. Length of the body 5^ lines. 



a, b. St. Paulo, Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



28. DiSCOCEPHALA TRANSVERSA. 



S.-rdide Jfavrscens, subovala, nigricante punctata et subnebidosa ; caput 

 conicum, angustum ; antenncB piceee, graciles, basi fulvce ; thorax 

 linea transversa lulea subunyulosa, antice angustum, luleribus reclis ; 

 pedes testacei, robusii, fusco-conspersi ; alee anticce costa basi rufa, 

 upicein versus subrotundata, membruna cinerea. 



Dingy y<llowish, rather flat, nearly oval, partly clouded and very 

 tbickly punciurtd with blackish, tawny beneath. Head conical, not more 

 llian one-lbiid of the breadth of the thorax; lateral lobes conniving much 

 b('\oud the middle lobe. Antennfe piceous, pubescent, slender, nut more 

 than half tiie length of lite body, tawny towards the base; fifth joint much 

 bmger than the fourth. Thorax with a trausverse slightly zigzag luteous 

 line between the hind angles; fore border less than half the breadth of the 

 1) lid border. Scutellum elongate-conical. Legs testaceous, stout, brown- 

 speckled. Fore wings with the costa red towards the base, slightly rounded 

 t'lvvards the tip; membrane and hind wings cinereous. Length of the body 

 8^ lines. 



a, Santarcm. From Mr, Bates' collection. 



