^Ir. W. L. Distant on Ilomoptcra. 485 



bronzy tint, the venation brownish ochraceous, tegniina with 

 the outer margins very broadly and wings with the outer 

 margins less broadly fuscous ; costal membrane of teginina 

 reddish brown ; rostrum almost reaching posterior coxas ; 

 opercula in male short, narrow, transverse, not completely 

 covering the cavities ; face profoundly longitudinally sulcat". 



Ijong., cxcl. tcgm., f{ 25-2S mm. ; exp. tegm. 73-81 mm. 



JIaf>. Bolivia : St. Paulo {P. 0. Sitnons) and Toungas de 

 la Paz (Brit. 11 us.). 



By the outer fuscous shadings of tlie tegmina and wings 

 this species is allied to C.formosa, Germ. 



Carineta illustri's, sp. n. 



Body and legs umber-brown ; head with a large spot on 

 each side of front, the area of the ocelli, and a spot on each 

 lateral margin of vertex, black ; pronotum with a broad 

 central discal fascia, widened anteriorly and attenuated poste- 

 riorly, where it is connected with a central, transverse, curved, 

 linear fascia, and the lateral margins black ; mesonotum with 

 four black-margined obconical spots, the outermost largest, 

 and a lanceolate spot in front of cruciform elevation, black ; 

 abdomen above with a subobsolete, central, longitudinal, pale 

 fascia, and with a prominent patch of grey pile on each basal 

 lateral area; sternum thickly greyishly pilose; face ochra- 

 ceous, with two central longitudinal black fasciae ; a spot at 

 inner margins of eyes, a subapical annulation to anterior 

 femora, intermediate and posterior femora (excluding apices), 

 bases and apices of anterior and intermediate tibiae, posterior 

 tibiae (excluding base), the tarsi, and apex of rostrum, shining 

 piceous ; tegmina and wings glossy hyaline, the venation 

 umber-brown, tegmina with the costal membrane and a basal 

 patch extending to nearly middle of radial area and occupying 

 the whole of lower ulnar area, and wings with a basal patch 

 which does not reach the middle of radial area and is broadly 

 continued along the margins of anal area, rich deep umber- 

 brown ; transverse veins at bases of first and second ulnar 

 areas darkly infuscate, the colour linearly continued across 

 third ulnar area; rostrum reaching the posterior coxae; head 

 (including eyes) much narrower than base of mesonotum ; 

 abdomen in male as long as space between apex of head and 

 base of cruciform elevation. 



Long., excl. tegm., J* 22 mm. ; exp. tegm. 6S mm. 



JIab. Amazons; Iquitos (Stockholm Mus.). 



