242 CATALOGUE OF 



Scutellum irregularly pale testaceous along eacli side. Abdomen deeply 

 emarginated at the tip. sligblly furrowed beneath from the base to tbe biiul 

 border of tbe fourth segment. Fore wings with a white jioiut iu the disk 

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

 Length of the body 71 — 8^ lines. 



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

 spines of tlie thorax distinguish it from the other species of the genus. 



a, b. St. Domingo. From xMr. Tweedie's collection. 



4. LOXA H^JIATICA. 



Cimex hEematicus, H.-Sch. Wanz. Lis. vi. 70, pi. 203, f. 636. 

 Brazil. 



5. LoXA VIGENS. 



vigens, Stal, Rio Jan. Hem. 19. 

 Rio Janeiro. 



6. LoXA CUUVIDENS. 



curvidens, Mayr, Verh. Zool. Bot. Wien. xiv. 909 ; Novara Hem. 60, f. 8. 

 Brazil. 



7. LoXA INVARIA. 



Testacea ; thorax spatiis duabus glabris unituberculalis, spinis aciilis vix 

 ascendentibus; venter subsulcatus ; alee anticcb punctis nonnullis 

 pallidiorihus, 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 ; 

 membraue and hind wings pellucid. 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 latera testacea; anlen- 

 narum articulus 2us 3o pauUo brevior ; thorax spatiis duobus glabris 

 uniluberculatis, spinis ferrugineis vix ascendentibus ; ventris discus 

 testaceus ; alee anticcc membrana pellucida cyaneo-viridi conspersa. 



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

 the abdomen 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, sculellum and coriura with numerous paler 



