338 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



a spine, which extends nearly as far as the abdomen. Fore wings 

 punctured at the hase, with an elongated vitreous patch which 

 occupies most of the costa, and is angular and hordered with hlack 

 on its inner side. Hind wings vitreous, slightly cinereous. Length 

 of the body 2^ lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



a. Tejuca, Rio Janeiro. Presented by the Rev. Hamlet Clark. 



Genus UMBONIA, Cat. Horn. p. 517. ° 



Umbonia funesta. O 

 Umhonia funesta, Stal, Ofv. K. V. A. Fork. 1854, 249. 

 Central America. 



Genus CERESA, Cat. Horn. p. 525.- 

 Ceresa inteacta. 

 Testacea, robusta, punctata; caput transversum, brevi-conicum ; 

 pmthorax ex parte viridis, cornubus duobus planis latis sub- 

 acutis armaius ; scutellum trigonvm ; alee anticce albido- 

 vitrece, ban punctata, apud marginem posticum interiorem 

 virides ; posticce vitrece. 



Testaceous, stout. Head and thorax punctured. Head short- 

 conical, broader than long. Prothorax partly green, forming a 

 broad short horizontal slightly acute horn on each side. Scutellum 

 triangular. Fore wings whitish vitreous, punctured towards the 

 base, green about the interior part of the hind border. Hind wings 

 vitreous. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



a. Tejuca, Rio Janeiro. Presented by the Rev. Hamlet Clark. 

 Genus SMILIA, Cat. Horn. p. 534. v 



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Smilia persistens. 

 Ruj "a, punctata, vitta tenui nigra ; pmthorax compressus, convexus, 

 carinatus, abdomen longe superans, postice attenuatus, apice 

 peracutus ; alee anticce luridce, semihyalincc, macula poslica 

 nigra ; posticce cinereo -vitrece. 



Nearly allied to S. vaginata. Red, punctured, with a black 

 stripe, which extends from the front of the head to the end of the 



