Mr. W. L. Distant oti Horaoptera. 201 



broadly reddish yellow ; abdomen above and beneath reddish 

 yellow ; sternum and legs black ; face, lateral margins of 

 profeiernnm, anterior and intermediate femora (excluding 

 base and apex), apices of posterior femora, and tarsal claws 

 reddish yellow; tegmina black, basal third, costal margin 

 (abruptly widening at about one-third from apex, continued 

 round apex and terminating on posterior margin at apex of 

 clavus) reddish yellow ; wings pale fuliginous, extreme base 

 black ; vertex about as long as breadth between eyes, cen- 

 trally longitudinally tricarinate in front of eyes, centrally 

 carinate between the ocelli, and with an impressed line on 

 each side of the ocelli ; face strongly centrally longitudinally 

 ridged, moderately angulated posteriorly (intermediate be- 

 tween the typical forms of Monecphura and Sphetiorhina) ; 

 rostrum reaching the intermediate tibise; pronotum punctate 

 and slightly rugulose, centrally longitudinally carinate, the 

 carination not reaching base, the lateral margins strongly 

 reflexed ; tegmina not three times longer than broad, densely 

 finely punctate, the apical area strongly reticulately veined. 



Long., excl. tegm., 11-1 li mm. ; exp. tegm. 32 ram. 



Hab. Bolivia {Steinharh, Brit. Mus.). 



To be placed near T. cercopoides. Walk. So far as I 

 imderstand Breddin^s descriptions, the T. erigena and T. rodo- 

 pepla of that writer should also belong to this group. 



Tomaspis chilensis, sp. n. 



Vertex, pronotum, and scutellum piceous ; broad anterior 

 margin to vertex, broad lateral margins (which inwardly are 

 vaguely defined and tend to produce discal suffusions) and 

 a narrow anterior margin to pronotum ochraceous ; abdomen 

 (above and beneath) and face ochraceous ; sternum and 

 legs piceous, the femora more or less streaked with ochra- 

 ceous; tegmina piceous, the basal area indefinitely ochraceous, 

 more strongly outwardly accentuated by a transverse spot 

 on costal area; wings pale fuliginous ; vertex almost as long 

 as breadth between eyes, centrally longitudinally carinate, 

 and on each side of the central carination is a short curved 

 carination from a little in front of ocelli to apex ; pronotum 

 feebly centrally carinate, obsoletely so on posterior half, 

 the lateral margins distinctly reflexed; face compressed, 

 centrally longitudinally strongly carinate, a little angulate 

 posteriorly (intermediate between the Monecphora and Sphe- 

 norhina types), very strongly laterally transversely striate; 

 posterior tibise with two strong spines, the shorter almost at 

 base, the longer at about one-third from apex; tegmina 

 about two and a half times as long as broad. 



Ann. d- Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol. iii. 11 



