696 LIST OF HOMOPTEEOUS INSECTS. 



hairy : fourth joint of ihe antennse tawny : chest rather long and 

 narrow in front, with an indistinct cross furrow : abdomen red, 

 black towards the tip and beneath : hind-hips reddish : fore-wings 

 dark brown, rather narrow, with two whitish, very slightly oblique 

 bands ; one broad, at one-third of the length, the other narrow, in- 

 terrupted, and not joining the hind border, at two-thirds of the 

 length : hind-wings almost colourless, pale brown at the tips and 

 along the hind borders ; veins black, pale yellow at the base. Length 

 of the body S^ lines; of the wings 7 lines. 



a. North India. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 



^ 30. Sphenoehina peoducta. 



Nigra ; scutelli latera, abdomen et pedes rufa ; aim anticce rufce^ 

 apice nigra. 



Black, shining : head depressed on each side above ; face much 

 produced, conical, smooth, hairy above, ferruginous at the tip, 

 whence a broad ferruginous stripe extends to the epistoma, which 

 has an elliptical concave compartment adjoining the mouth; the 

 latter is red with a black tip: feelers pitchy; fourth joint pale: 

 chest finely punctured, clothed with short pale hairs, depressed on 

 each side in front: sides and tip of the scutcheon, hind-chest, abdo- 

 men and legs bright red ; tips of the shanks and of the feet black : 

 fore-wings bright red with black tips, narrow towards the base ; hind- 

 wings colourless ; veins tawny, bright red at the base and along the 

 fore border. Length of the body 3^ lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



a—j. ? 



3L Sphenoehina teansiens. 



Ferruginea ; caput nigrum; scutelli latera et abdomen tesiacea; 

 femora tibiceque picea ; alcB anticce fuscce. 



Ferruginous, shining : head and chest minutely punctured, 

 covered with tawny down : head black, depressed on each side above, 

 hardly concave along the hind border, semicircular in front ; face 

 convex, prominent, keeled, spindle-shaped, with about ten oblique 

 cross ridges on each side : sides of the scutcheon and abdomen tes- 

 taceous : thighs and feet mostly pitchy : fore-wings brown : hind- 

 wings pale gray ; veins black, tawny at the base. Length of the 

 body 2^ lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



a. Brazil. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



