420 Mr. W. L. Distant oii Corciclfp. 



Spartocera fusca. 



Ciiuej fuscus, Tliuub. Nov. Ins. Sp. ii. p. 44 (1783). 



Spartocerus difusus, Uhler (^Say ?), Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1893, p. 705. 



Is the S. diffusa, Say, a synonym of this species? I have 

 certainly seen tliree specimens of S. fusca from Florida 

 transmitted as Say's species. The "West-Indian specimens 

 returned to the British Museum by Mr. Uhler are certainly 

 S. fusca, Thunb. 



Spartocera batatas. 



Lygmis batatas, Fabr. Ent. Syst.. Suppl. p. 540 (1798). 

 Spartocera fusca, Uhler (nee Thunb.), Pioc. Zool. Soc. Loud. 1893, 

 p. 705 ; ibid. 1804, p. 178. 



S. batatas, Fabr., has been previously recorded from Cuba. 



Spartocera rubicunda. 



Spartocera rubicunda, Spin, in Gav, Hist, de Chile, Zool. vii. p. 177 



(1852). 

 Spartocera chdensis, Walk. Cat. Het. iv. p. G. n. 11 (1871). 



Spartocera grandis, sp. n. 



Reddish ochraceous ; scutellum, corium, and membrane 

 pale ochraceous; antennte, apices of lateral lobes to head, 

 anterior area and anterior lateral margins to pronotum, basal 

 margin and a broad central fascia to scutellum, base of lateral 

 margins to corium, extreme lateral margin to connexivum, 

 head beneath (excluding margins of eyes), rostrum, sternum 

 (excluding costal spots and area of prosternal angles), legs, 

 and stigmatal spots black. 



Antennge pilose, with the first, second, and third joints 

 subequal in length, fourth shortest ; pronotum rugose and 

 coarsely punctate, its black anterior area levigate, the lateral 

 angles well developed, convex anteriorly, oblique posteriorly, 

 apices subacute ; scutellum transversely striate ; corium 

 thickly and finely punctate ; coimexivura longitudinally 

 striate ; presternum and coxal areas very coarsely punctate. 



Long. 29 millim. ; exp. pronot. angl. 10 millim. 



Tlab. Colombia, (Jali {Rosenberg, Brit. Mus.). 



Allied to S. gigantea, Dist. 



Genus Sephina. 

 Sephina humeralis, sp. n. 



Ochraceous ; antennaj, apex of head, basal, apical, and 

 lateral margins, a central fascia (not reaching base), and a 



