^Ir. W. I.. Distant on iromoptera. 190 



side a little before tlie eyes ; face somewhat broad, only 

 TTioderatelv compressed, roundly and evenly continued to 

 clypens (Monecphora type) ; rostrum reaching the inter- 

 mediate coxae; pronotum densely and very finely wrinkled, 

 a distinct broad depression at the middle of the black sp')t ; 

 posterior tibise with a long spine near middle and a short 

 spine near ba^e. 



Long., excl. iegnn., 8 mm. ; exp tegm. 23 ram. 



Hah. Colombia; R. Dagua (Brit. Alus.). 



Tomaspis astralis, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, and scutellum bright shining olivaceous 

 green, shortly palely pilose ; abdomen above, body beneath, 

 and legs testaceous red : head beneath, anterior and inter- 

 mediate tibise, apices of posterior tiliise, the tarsi, and anal 

 segment black ; tegmina black, two short basal testaceous- 

 red streaks, one on posterior claval margin, the other above 

 clavus, six ochraceous spots, situate one and smallest near 

 middle of clavus, two in almost transverse series about one- 

 third from base, and three at commencement of apical area 

 (one on costal margin, one on inner margin, and the tlurd 

 on disk a little bej'^ond the others) ; wings pale fuliginous ; 

 vertex about as long as breadth between eyes, somewhat 

 angularly rounded anteriorly, strongly centrally longitu- 

 dinally carinate, depressed on each lateral area, where there 

 is a short longitudinal incised line; pronotum with a trans- 

 verse cicatrice on anterior margin, from which proceeds a 

 short central longitudinal carination not reaching middle; 

 face a little angulate (intermediate between the Monecphora 

 and Spkenorhina types) ; posterior tibiae with two spines, a 

 very short one near base, and a much longer one near apex. 



Long., excl. tegm , 5 mm. ; exp. tegm. 16 mtn. 

 . Huh. Bolivia; Yungas de la Paz (Brit. Mus.). 



Toinaspu fanehris, sp. n. 



Vertex, pronotum, and scutellum black ; lateral margins 

 of vertex in front of eyes narrowly testaceous ; abdomen 

 above dull sanguineous, the central area and connexivum 

 somewhat piceous ; body beneath and legs black, basal 

 margin of face testaceous; tegmina black; wings fuliginous, 

 sanguineous at base ; vertex about as long as breadth 

 between eyes, somewhat angularly rounded in front ; cen- 

 trally longitudinally carinate, transversely impressed near 

 middle and in fiont of this impression, the margins of the 

 central area or lobe are also ridged ; pronotum rugulosely 



