672 LIST OF HCMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



O 14. TrIECPHORA BELLA. 



Nigra; caput suhtus et pectus lutea ; thorax hiteo hivittatus; 



pedes lutein tibiis tarsisque posticis nigris ; alee anticcB apice 



jiavo maculates. 

 Deep black : head and chest shagreened : head beneath and 

 breast orange ; an orange spot on each side of the front ; epistoma 

 with indistinct parallel slightly oblique ridges on each side of the 

 keel: mouth orange with a black tip: antennae black, orange to- 

 wards the base ; third joint emitting a bristle, which is longer and 

 more slender than the fourth joint ; an orange stripe along each 

 side of the chest as far as the base of the fore-wing ; a large pitchy 

 spot on each side of the hinder part of the breast : abdomen black, 

 shining, broader than the chest; lower appendage recurved, forked : 

 legs orange ; middle-feet and tips of fore-feet pitchy ; hind-shanks 

 and hind-feet black, hairy, the former orange at the base: fore- 

 wings black, long and narrow, with a large pale yellow transparent 

 spot, occupying almost the whole breadth near each tip : hind-wings 

 almost colourless, broader than the fore-wings, pale brown at the 

 tips and along the hind border ; veins black. Length of the body 

 4 lines; of the wings 12 lines. 

 a. Columbia. From Mr. Turner's collection. 



15. Triecphora fereuginea. 



Testacea ; ales anticce ferruginea. 



Jlfale. — Testaceous, shining : head and thorax finely punctured : 

 head above somewhat depressed, with a pitchy spot on each side be- 

 tween the eyelet and the eye ; epistoma semi-transparent, with 

 a broad flat conical front, on each side of which are slightly curved 

 parallel transverse ridges : antennas black : chest with a pale pitchy 

 spot on each side near the fore border; scutcheon with a broad rim 

 on each side : two lower appendages of the abdomen long, slender, 

 slightly curved upward, furnished each with a long setiform process, 

 which forms nearly a right angle with the first joint, between these 

 are two short slightly curved processes ; upper appendages short : 

 tips of the feet pitchy : fore-wings ferruginous, with an irregular 

 pale band near the base : hind-wings pale gray, with a slight brown 

 tinge along the hind borders and at the tips ; veins black. Length 

 of the body 3 lines; of the wings 8 lines. 



a. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



b. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Wood's collection. 



