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shorter than the fourth; fifth a little longer than the fourth. Thorax and 

 scutellum with some small less thickly punctured spaces. Thorax without 

 a transverse furrow; hind angles very obtuse, not prominent. Scutellum 

 with a dull ochraceous apical patch composed of three transverse streaks 

 and of an anterior lanceolate longitudinal streak. Pectus with black 

 punctures. Abdomen beneath with red punctures. Femora and tibiae 

 speckled with black. Corium of the fore wings punctured like the thorax; 

 membrane cinereous, brownish in front. Length of the body 5 lines. 



a. Amazon Region. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



Symphylus bipustulatus. 



Testaceus, brevielliplicus, fusco dense punclalus ; caput latum; thorax 

 lineis nonnullis transversis indeterminatis impunctatis ; scutellum 

 ?iigro bimaculaium; pectus el venter dis-cis impunctatis ; pedes nigro 

 conspersi. 



Testaceous, convex, short-elliptical, thickly and minutely -brown- 

 punctured, pale testaceous beneath. Head broad. Eyes tawny. Rostrum 

 extending to the hind coxse. Second and third joints of the antenna; about 

 equal in length; fourth much longer than the third. Thorax with some 

 impunctate irregular transverse lines ; no transverse furrow; hind angles 

 very obtuse, not prominent. Scutellum with a black subcostal spot on each 

 side near the base. Disk of the pectus and of the under side of the abdo- 

 men not punctured. Legs pale testaceous; femora and tibia; black- 

 speckled. Fore wings with a black patch at the end of the corium, which is 

 punctured like the thorax; membrane brown, cinereous towards the bind 

 border. Length of the body 4 lines. 



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



Symphylus divergent 



Testaceus, brevi-ellipticus, nigro dense punctatus ; thorax strigis sex nigri- 

 canlibus oblif/uis; scutellum nigricante nebulosum ; pectus el venter 

 discis impunctatis ; pedes nigro eonspersi. 



Testaceous, convex, short-elliptical, thickly and minutely black- 

 punctured. Head large, prominent, a little longer than broad. Eyes 

 piceous. Rostrum black towards the tip, extending rather beyond the hind 

 coxae. Thorax on each side with three oblique blackish streaks which 

 diverge hindward ; hind angles much rounded, not prominent. Scutellum 

 here and there clouded with blackish. Disk of the pectus and of the under 

 side of the abdomen impunctate. Legs speckled with black. Length of 

 the body 3 lines. • 



The head is much larger and more elongated than that o[ S. oblusus. 



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



Symphylus sign \ i us. 

 Ccrvinus, grevi-ellipticus t sublus pallide testaceus ; caput fulvo nebulosum, 



strigis duUOUS longitudinalibus fuscis, lidin inliruudiii pallide Jln- 



vescentei thorax linea pallide flavescente^ strigis duabus albidis 



