198 ^\y. W. L. Distant on Plomoptern. 



between eyes, not carinate ; teo;mina abont two and a half 

 times as long as bioad ; posterior tibiie with two strong 

 spines, the first and shortest near base, the second and longer 

 near middle. 



Long., excl. tegm., 9 mm. ; exp. tegm. 26 mm. 



HuO. Jamaica (Brit. Mas.). 



Tomaspis multicolor, sp. n. 



Head, pronotura, and scutcllnm black, greyishly pilose ; 

 a spot on each lateral margin of vertex between apex and 

 eyes and continued beneath between base of face and eyes, 

 and lateral margins of pronotum ochraceous ; basal margin 

 of ])ronotum and lateral margins and apex of scutellum 

 purplisli red ; body beneath black ; lateral margins of pro- 

 sternum, coxfe, legs, and apex of abdomen sanguineous; 

 apices of tarsi black; teguiina stramineous; rairgins and 

 apex of clavus, basal fourth of corium, a central transverse 

 fascia broadest on costal margin and extending to apex of 

 clavus, and apical fourth black ; vertex much shorter than 

 breadth between eyes, broadly rounded in front, distinctly 

 centrally longitudinally carinate ; face of the Moaecphora 

 type, somewhat broad, flattened at sides, centrally longi- 

 tudinally carinate and transversely striate, grarluallyconvexly 

 continued to clypens ; posterior tibia? with two prominent 

 spines, one near base, the longer nearer apex. 



Long., inch tegm., 11 mm. 



Hab. Central Brazil; Chapada {A. Robert, Brit. Mus.). 



This species may be placed near M. scita, Walk. 



Tomaspis dissimilis, sp. n. 



Vertex dull testaceous red, eyes greyish with their posterior 

 margins black; [)ronotum stramineous, a dull testaceous- 

 red patch behind middle of anterior margin, followed by and 

 united with a transverse black spot; scutellum piceoas, its 

 lateral margins stramineous; body beneath and legs dull 

 ochraceous ; face, disk of presternum, anterior and inter- 

 mediate femora, and abdomen above dull testaceous red ; 

 apex of rostrum, extreme apices of femora, anterior tibiae 

 and tarsi, bases and apices of intermediate tibiae, the inter- 

 mediate tarsi and apices of posterior tarsi, black ; tegmiua 

 dark luteous, a short basal streak on costal area and an 

 oblique basal fascia occupying nearly half of clavus strami- 

 neoxis ; wings subhyaline, the abdominal area piceous ; 

 vertex about as long as broad between eyes, the anterior 

 margin broadly rounded, a longitudinal impression on each 



