144 LIST OF H0M0PTER0US INSECTS. 



Div. 2. Fairm. 



Hemiptycha pubescens. V 



Picea ; caput ferruginosum; prothorax subcarinatus, dense punc- 

 tatus, cinereo pubescens, antice ferruginosus ; cornua lateralia 

 brevissima, apice rectangulata ; carina postica lata, convexa, 

 apicem versus attenuata et subrecta, abdomen sat superans ; 

 pedes ferruginei ; tarsi iestacei ; ala antica punctatce ; pos- 

 tica subcinerea. 



Piceous. Head and fore part of the prothorax vertical, some- 

 what ferruginous, the latter with a very slight keel. Prothorax 

 thickly punctured, with gray pubescence ; lateral horns extremely 

 short, rectangular at their tips, with a concave space on each side 

 behind them ; hind part broad and convex for half the length, 

 attenuated and almost straight from thence to the tip, which 

 extends rather far beyond the tip of the abdomen. Legs ferrugi- 

 nous ; tarsi testaceous. Fore wings punctured. Hind wings 

 grayish. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Mexico. From M. Salle's collection. 



HeMIPTYCHA APRIFORMIS. 



H. pubescenti simillima, iuberculis lateralibus brevioribus. Nigra, 

 valde pubescens ; prothorax rude punctatus, non carinatus, 

 lateribus oblique depressis ; tibice picea; tarsi fulvi ; aid 

 postica cinerea. 



This is very nearly allied to H. pubescens, and may be the male 

 of that species, but the lateral protuberances are shorter. Black, 

 very pubescent. Prothorax roughly punctured, not keeled ; horns 

 rudimentary ; hind part much obliquely depressed on each side, in 

 shape like that of "H. pubescens. Tibiae piceous. Tarsi tawny. 

 Hind wings gray. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 

 9 lines. 



a, b. Mexico. From M. Salle's collection. 



Hemiptvcha attenuata. «" ; 



Nigra, sat gracilis; prothorax rude punctatus, valde pubescens, 

 subcarinatus, antice piceus et ulrinque impressus, postice at- 

 tenuatus, apice peracutus, abdomen longe superans; coimua 

 lateralia brevissima, plana ; pedes fulvi, femoribus piceis ; ala 

 antica picea ; postica cinerea. 



