6d4 LIST OF HOMOPTEEOUS INSECTS. 



Rufa; abdomen supra nigrum ; pedes nigro fasciati ; tarsi postici 

 alhi ; alee anticcB fulvce, macula apicali rufa nigro cir- 

 cumdata. 



Red, shilling : head and chest roughly punctured : head above 

 concave; face extremely compressed, forminji^ a right angle ; keel 

 very thin ; cross ridges on each side rather indistinct ; epistuma com- 

 pressed: mouih black, red towards the base : antennae black ; fourth 

 joint tasvny: chest much depressed on each side in front: abdomen 

 black above, red at the base and at the tip: tips of the thighs, of the 

 shanks and of the feet black ; hind-feel white, with black tips : fore- 

 wings tawny, long and narrow ; near each tip a large round red spot 

 surrounded by a black circle : hind-wings almost colourless, pale 

 brown at the tips and along the hind border ; veins black, yellow at 

 the base. Length of the body 4 — 4^ lines ; of the wings 12 — 13 

 lines. 



a. Brazil. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



b. South America. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



^ 26. Sphenorhina paballela. 



Rufa ; pectus nigro fasciatum ; abdomen nigrum ; femora apice, 

 tibice tarsiqu£ nigra; alee anticce fuscce, rufo trivittatce. 



Bright red, shining: head and chest very finely punctured ; 

 head above depressed ; face much compressed, forming a right 

 angle, having a flat black lanceolate compartment between the an- 

 tennae; keel very thin ; a cross ridge on each side, rather indistinct; 

 epistoma compressed: mouth and antennae black; fourth joint 

 tawny : chest depressed on each side in front: breast with a black 

 band across the middle-hips : abdomen black, red at the base and at 

 the tip : shanks, feet, and tips of the thighs black: fore-wings brown, 

 long and narrow, adorned with three red stripes, which are united at 

 the lips ; the middle one extends to the base, which it wholly occu- 

 pies: hind-win<>s almost colourless, pale brown at the tips and along 

 the hind borders ; veins black, bright red at the base. Length of the 

 body 3 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. South America. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



