406 CATALOGUE OF 



Tawny, smooth and pale yellow beneath. Head luteous, smooth. 

 Antennaj luteous; lips of the second and third joints black. Thorax 

 thickly punctured, luteous and smooth along each side, which is reflexed. 

 Scutellum sligiitly attenuated towards the lip. Abdomen broader than the 

 fore winfjs. Le.2:s pale testaceous. Fore wings purplish, less thickly punc- 

 tured in the disk ; membrane cinereous. Length of the body 3| lines. 

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



2. BoEA POSTICA. 



Teslacea, vage punctata, subtus pallide flava ; caput glahrum, disco sub- 

 ochraceo ; anlenme niyrce, basi leslacece ; thorax transverse impressus, 

 posiice subochraciiis ; scutellum apice laliusculumrotundalum, macula 

 subapiculi purpurea ; alee anliccB corii margine apicali purpurea, 

 memhrana patlide cinerea. 

 Testaceous, very thinly punctured, pale yellow beneath. Head 

 smooth, slightly ochraceous in the disk. AntenuiB black; first joint tes- 

 taceous. 'J'horax transversely impressed on each side ; hind part some- 

 what ochraceous. Scutellum rouuded and rather broad at the tip, with a 

 purple subiipical spot. Fore wings purple about the outer border; mem- 

 brane pale cinereous. Length of the body 3^ lines. 



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



3. BoEA AURIFLUA. 



Ochracca, vage punctata ; caput vitta purpurea postice dilatata ; antennm 

 nigrce ; thorax purpurea bimaculatus ; scutellum purpurea bislri- 

 gatum ; femora apice libia<]ue purpurea ; ahe antic(B purpurece, basi 

 costaque ochraceis, membrana purpurea limpido late marginata. 



Ochraceous, very thinly punctured. Head contracted in front, with a 

 purple stripe, which is dilated hindward and occupies the v\hole space 

 between the eyes. Antennae black ; first joint luteous at the base. Thorax 

 with two large purple spots which join the hind bolder and are separated 

 by a slender stripe and are rounded on the outer side. Scutellum with two 

 purj)le marginal streaks which are parallel to each other except towards the 

 base, where they diverge. Femora purple towards the tips; tibiae purple ; 

 fore tibiaj with ochraceous tips; tarsi purple above at the base. Fore wings 

 purple, ochraceous at the base and along the costa ; membrane purple, with 

 a broad colourless border. Length of the body 4 lines. 



a, b. Ega. From Mr, Bates' collection. 



Genus 77. LELL\. 



Corpus latum, subellipticum. Caput rotundatum ; lobi asquales. 

 Rostrum coxas posticas atiingens. Antennae corporis dimidio breviores ; 

 arliculus lus frontem non attingens. Thorax lateribus anticis serratis, 

 cornubus duobus porrectis lalipsimis rectangulatis. Scuitlluiu apice sub- 

 attenuatum. Pectus vix carinatum. Spina ventralis coxas mcdias superaus. 

 Pedes sal graciles; tibiiE sulcaiae ; tarsi triarticulali. 



