182 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



Sphenoehina SIMILIS. 



Testacea ; caput peracutum, carina nigricante ; prothorax nigri- 

 cans, testaceo fasciatus ; scutellum nigricans, apice testaceum ; 

 femora apice, tibia tarsique nigra ; alee antica fuscescentes, 

 basi testacea, fasciis duabus contiguis (una nigricante, altera 

 testacea), vittis duabus exterioribus discalibus testaceis ; pos- 

 tica cinereo-vitrea. 



Testaceous. Head very acute, "blackish along the ridge. Pro- 

 thorax blackish, with a testaceous band. Scutellum blackish, tes- 

 taceous at the tip. Tibiae, tarsi and tips of femora black. Fore 

 wings brownish, testaceous at the base, with a blackish band near 

 the base, followed by a testaceous band, beyond which there are two 

 testaceous discal stripes. Hind wings grayish vitreous. Length of 

 the body 3^ lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



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



^ Sphenoehina assimilis. 



Testacea ; caput rufescens, peracutum, carina lateribus nigrican- 

 tibus ; prothorax antice rufescens et nigro subnotatus, margine 

 postico nigro ; scutellum rufum, apice nigrum ; pectus et ab- 

 domen rufa; pedes nigri, tibiis posticis femoribusque rujis, 

 illis apice nigris ; ala antica fusca, basi vittaque subcostali 

 pallide fiavis, litura costali nigricante; postica cinereo-vitrea. 



Testaceous. Head reddish, very acute, blackish along each 

 side of the keel. Prothorax reddish and indistinctly marked with 

 black in front, black along the hind border. Scutellum red, with a 

 black tip. Pectus and abdomen red. Legs black; femora and 

 hind tibiae red, the latter with black tips. Fore wings brown, pale 

 yellow at the base, and with a pale yellow stripe near the costa, and 

 terminating in the disk at three-fourths of the length ; a blackish 

 mark on tbe costa near the base. Hind wings grayish vitreous. 

 Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



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



Sphenoehina distinguenda. 



Atra ; caput acutum ; prothoracis fascia antica, scutelli latera, 

 pectus et abdomen late rufa ; pectus nigro fasciatum ; genua 

 postica rufa ; ala antica fasciis duabus integris late rufis ; 

 postica nigricante -viireas, basi late rufa. 



