180 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



Sphenorhina XANTHOMELA. 



Late lutea ; caput peracutum ; thorax guttis duabus lateralibus 

 nigris ; abdomen et pedes nigra ; alee antica nigra?, bad late 

 lutea ; postica nigricante-vitrea . 



Bright luteous. Head very acute. Thorax with a black dot 

 on each side at the base of the fore wing. Abdomen, legs and fore 

 wings black, the latter bright luteous at the base. Hind wings 

 blackish vitreous. Length of the body A\ lines ; of the wings 13 

 lines. 

 a. Tunantins, Amazon Region. From Mr. Bales' collection. 



Sphenorhina bipustulata. 



Picea ; caput sat acutum, antice rufum ; abdomen subtus rufes- 

 cens ; pedes nigri, femoribus apice tibiis basi tarsisque rufis ; 

 ala antica lurida, basi fusca, luteo bimaculata ; postica 

 fuscescenle-vitrea. Var. /3. — Abdomen subtus nigrum, basi 

 supra rufescens ; ala antica rufescentes, apices versus nigra, 

 rufo bimaculata. 

 This species closely resembles S. quadriguttata, but may be dis- 

 tinguished by the dark colour of the fore wings towards the tips, 

 and by the different colour and shape of their spots. Piceous. 

 Head "moderately acute, red in front. Abdomen reddish beneath. 

 Legs black ; femora at the tips, tibiae at the base and tarsi red. 

 Fore wings lurid, brown towards the base, with two luteous spots at 

 two-thirds of the length ; one on the costa ; the other near the hind 

 border, opposite the first and about one-fourth of its size. Hind 

 wings brownish vitreous. Var. (S. — Abdomen black beneath, red- 

 dish towards the base above. Fore wings reddish for nearly two- 

 thirds of the length, beyond which they are black, with two 

 red spots of nearly equal size. Length of the body 4 lines; of the 

 wings 12 lines. 

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



Sphenorhina suffusa, Cat. Horn. p. 689. 



Var. Obscure rufescens ; abdomen fulvum, subtus nigricans, seg- 

 mentis rufo marginatis ; pedes nigri, femoribus viridi-nigris ; 

 ala antica lurida, fasciis duabus ochraceis, \a maculari, 2a 

 Integra; postica cinereo-vitrea, fuscescente marginata. 



