LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 179 



^ MoNECPHORA DEPRIVATA. 



Testacea ; thorax fascia antica interrxipta nigra ; postica cinereo- 

 vitrecE. 



Testaceous, unvarying. Prothorax with an interrupted black 

 hand in front. Hind wings grayish vitreous. Length of the body 

 2 lines; of the wings 5 lines. 



a. Australia. Presented by the Haslar Hospital. 



MONECPHORA MAC V LATA. 



Cercopis fulvoscutellata, Griff. Anim. Kingd. Ins. 109, 2. 

 Monecphora maculata, Cat. Horn. 675, 6. 



' Genus SPHENORHINA, Cat. Horn. p. 686 



(P Sphenorhina plammans. 



Late rufa, nitens, subtus nigra ; capitis latera, abdomen et pedes 

 nigra ; aim antica disco margineque exterioribus nigris ; 

 postiea nigricante-vitrea. 



Bright red, shining, black beneath. Head black on each side 

 above. Abdomen and legs black. Apical half of the fore wings 

 bordered with black and with a black disk. Hind wings blackish 

 vitreous. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



a, b. Petropolis, Province of Rio. Presented by the Rev. Hamlet 



Clark. 

 c. Petropolis, Province of Rio. Presented by J. Gray, Esq. 



Sphenorhina cercopoides. 



Fulva ; abdomen, tibia? et tarsi nigra; ala? antica ex maxima 

 parte nigral vittamfulvam includentes ; posticce cinereo-vitrea, 

 basi fulva. 



Tawny. Abdomen, tibiae and tarsi black. Fore wings o*lack 

 for nearly two-thirds of the middle part ; this black part extends 

 along the costa to the tip of the wing, and is partly divided by a 

 tawny subcostal stripe. Hind wings grayish vitreous, tawny at the 

 base. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 14^ lines. 



a. Para. From Mr. Hewitson's collection. 



