384 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



Sphenorhina selecta. 



Nigra ; caput et prothorax viridi-nigra, pubescentia ; pectus pos- 

 iicum, abdomen, coxa, femora postica tibiaque postica basi 

 late rufa ; alee anticce basi rufa, fascia maculisque duabus 

 (una costali, altera postica) ochraceis ; postica cinereo-vitrea . 



Black. Head and prothorax greenish black, pubescent. 

 Coxae, hind femora, hind tibiae at the base, hind part of the pectus 

 and abdomen bright red. Fore wings red at the base, with an 

 orange band at one-third of the length, and with two orange spots 

 at two-thirds of the length, one on the costa, the other on the hind 

 border. Hind wings grayish vitreous. Length of the body 3 lines ; 

 of the wings 7 lines. 



a — c. Province of Rio. Presented by J. Gray, Esq. 



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PHENORHINA ALBIFASCIA. 



Nigra; caput acutum ; prothorax lurido-fuscus ; abdomen sub tus 

 Icete rufum ; pectus et femora, postica testacea ; ala anticce 

 triente basali fasciaque exteriore pallide Jlavis ; postica 

 cinereo-vitrece. 



Black. Head acute. Prothorax mostly lurid-brown. Abdomen 

 bright red beneath. Pectus and hind femora testaceous. Fore 

 wings pale yellow for almost one-third of the length from the base, 

 and with a pale yellow band at two-thirds of the length. Hind 

 wings grayish vitreous. Length of the body 3^ lines ; of the wings 

 10 lines. 



a. Tejuca, Province of Rio. Presented by the Rev. Hamlet 

 Clark. 



(} Sphenorhina semivitrea. 



Fulva, subtus testacea; caput subacutum ; antenna nigra ; abdo- 

 men rufescens ; pedes testacei ; tarsi nigri, postici basi 

 testacei ; ala vitrea ; antica basi late rufa, costa, fascia 

 venisque exterioribus pallide f us cis. 



Tawny, testaceous beueath. Antenna? black. Head slightly 

 acute. Abdomen reddish. Legs testaceous ; tarsi black ; hind 

 tarsi testaceous at the base. Fore wings vitreous, with strongly 

 marked pale brown veins, bright red towards the base, pale brown 

 along the costa, and with a pale brown band adjoining the red part. 



