250 CATALOGUE OF 



3. DlCER^US? LINED LA. 



Diploxys lineola, Am. el Serv. Hern, 38. 

 Buenos Ayves ? 



4. DlCER^US MUTABILIS. 



Prasinvs aut ochraceo varivs aut nchracein;, dense piinctalus ; caput lohis 

 luternlibus aculis loburn medium sat superanlibus ; antenna rufa, 

 gratiles, setuloste ; thorax vix carinatus, lateribus serratis, spinis 

 parris nigris obliguis peracutis; pedes graciles, longiusculi. 



Giass-green, elongate-elliptical, thickly punctured, paler beneath. 

 Head conical; lateral lobes acute, extending rather beyond the middle 

 lobe. Rostrum ochraceous, extending to the hind coxse. Antennae red, 

 slender, setulnse, more than half ihe length of the body ; first joint extending 

 almost to the front of the head ; second much shorter than the third; fourth 

 and fifth shorter ihan the third. Thorax and scutelhini with an extremely 

 slight keel. Thorax with a transverse callus on each side in front ; sides 

 serrated; spines small, black, very acute, obliquely pmjectiiig. Scutellum 

 much attenuated towards the tip. Pectus and under side of the abdomen 

 with a broad ochraceous stripe. Legs slender, rather long. Fore wings 

 with a pale point in the disk opposite the angle of the cerium ; membrane 

 pellucid. Var. li. — Ochraceous. Length of the body 5^ lines. 



a — (/. Constancia. Presented by the Rev. H. Clark. 

 e,/. Tejuca. Presented by the Rev. H. Clark. 

 /. Petropolis. Presented by J. Gray, Esq. 



5. DlCER^US PULCHRICOKNIS. 



Prusinus, rude punctalus, stiblus testaceus ; antennce apices versus rvfa; 



thorax lateribus crentilatis, spinis longiusculis peraculis won obliquis ; 



abdomen apice quadrispinosinn ; pedes pallide virides ; membrana 



translucida. 

 Grass-green, elliptical, somewhat roughly punctured, testaceous be- 

 neath. Head small; lateral lobes lanceolate, extending somewhat beyond 

 the middle lobe. Antennae slender, much shorter than the body; first joint 

 extending a little beyond the front of the head ; the four following joints 

 nearly equal in length; third red towards the tip; fourth and fifth red, 

 pale at tlie base. Thorax with a smooth space on each side in front; sides 

 slightly serrated ; fore angles acute ; spines rather long, very acute, directly 

 diverging. Scuiellum extending to the angle of the corium. Abdomen 

 with four spines at the tip. Legs slender, pale green. Membrane of the 

 fore wings pellucid. Length of the body 5^ lines. 



a. Constancia. Presented by the Rev. H. Clark. 



6. DicerjEus divisus. 



Piceo-nigrr, snhlns luteiis ; thorax fascia spinisque hngis acutis luteis, 

 arigulis anticis spinosis ; venter apicem versus nigra bimaculatus, 

 lateribus flavescentibus ; pedes lutei, nigra conspersi; alee anlicie 

 casta basalt flaveseente. 



