



list of homopterous insects. 687 



5. Sphenorhina liturata? 

 Cercopis liturata? St. Farg. et Serv. Enc. Meth. x. 606, 9. 



j^nea ; caput anticum, pectus, abdomen et pedes nigra ; pectus rufo 

 maculatum ; alee anticce rufo trivittatce. 



Brassy, thiclily punctured : head black in front ; keel very pro- 

 minent, and forming in front an almost right angle, with transverse 

 furrows on each side ; mouth red at tlie base : breast and abdomen 

 black, the former red about the hips: oviduct red: legs black; 

 knees and trochanters red : fore-wings black, very thickly and mi- 

 nutely punctured, covered with gilded down, adorned with three red 

 stripes ; first near the fore border, joining the second near the tip of 

 the wing ; second and third accompanying the longitudinal veins ; 

 second with a short fork near the base : hind-wings brown ; veins 

 black. Length of the body 5^ lines ; of the wings 15 lines. 



a. Brazil. 

 h. ? 



6. Sphenorhina venosa. 



Nigra ; scutelli latera et metathorax picea ; abdomen basi rufescens; 

 alcB anticce nigro-picecE rufo-venosce. 



Black, almost dull : head shining, keeled and very angular in 

 front, with transverse furrows : fore-chest very thickly punctured : 

 hind-chest and sides of the scutcheon pitchy : abdomen reddish at 

 the base, somewhat dilated on each side : fore-wings piceous black, 

 red along the veins which are also red : hind-wings dark brown ; 

 veins black. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 15 lines. 



a. ? From Mr. Argent's collection. 



^ 7. Sphenorhina elliptica. 



Nigra, rufo varia ; alee anticce rufce nigra marginat<B et bimacu- 

 latce. 



Black, shining : head in front bright red and forming an an- 

 gular and very acute keel : hinder sides of the fore-chest, sides and 

 tip of the scutcheon and hind-chest bright red : oviduct and part of 

 the breast red : fore-wiugs black ; disk and part of the base bright 



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