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Genus 13. HO.MCEOCEROIDES. 



Corpus gracile. Caput breve, subquadratum ; lobi tequales. Rostrum 

 coxas anticas paullo superans. Antennas graciles, corpore breviores ; 

 articulus 4us lo longior. Prothoracis anguli postici rotundati, non 

 prominuli. 



Body slender. Head short, subquadrale ; lobes of equal length. 

 Eyes prominent, near the prothorax. Rostrum extending a little beyond 

 the fore coxa? ; second and third joints nearly equal in length. Antennae 

 slender, somewhat shorter than the body; joints from the first to the third 

 successively decreasing in length; fourth longer than the first. Prothorax 

 very finely scabrous; sides straight; hind angles rounded, not prominent. 

 Legs slender. 



1. HOMCEOCEROIDES DIVE RSICORNIS. 



Homceocerus diversicornis, C. H. 446. 



a. Bahia. Presented by M. Reiche. 



b. Columbia. From M. Goudot's collection. 



c. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



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



e. ? 



2. HoMjEOCEROIDES incongruus. 



Mas. Testaceus; antennae picecc, corpore paullo breviores, articulo \o 

 testaceo ; prothorax subtilissime scaber, angulis posticis rolundatis 

 non prominuiis ; scutellum rufescens. macula basali triangulari 

 teslacea, apicu albido ; ala anticce striga lanceolata nigra, membrana 

 diaphana. 



Male. Testaceous, slender. Rostrum extending a little beyond the 

 fore coxas. Antennae piceous, a little shorter than the body; first joint 

 testaceous, very little longer than the second ; third much shorter than the 

 second. Prothorax very finely scabrous; transverse callus near the fore 

 border and transverse ridge near the hind border well defined ; hind angles 

 rouuded, not prominent. Scutellum reddish, with a testaceous triangular 

 spot on the fore border and with a whitish tip. Fore wings with a black 

 lanceolate streak along the exterior border of the corium ; membrane 

 pellucid. Length of the body 7 liues. 



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



Genus 14. EUPLATYCOR1S. 



Mas. Corpus latum. C.ipnt parvum, breve, tuberculis antenniferis 

 prominuiis. Rostrum coxas intermedias attingens, articulo 4o brevi. 

 Antennae corpore breviores; articulus 3us subdilatatus. Prothoracis latpra 

 subdentata ; anguli postici acuti, prominuli, perparum ascendentes. Pedes 

 sat validi; femora apice supra dentata; femora postica subtus apices 

 versus dentata. 



