list of homopterous insects. 479 



^25. Membracis Peruviana. 



Membraois Peruviana, Fairm. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2me Serie^ iv. 

 249, 21, pi. 4, f. 26. 



Chili? Peru? 



"^'26. Membracis intermedia. 



Membracis intermedia, Fairm. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2me Serie, iv. 

 249, 22. 



Brazil. 



^ 27. Membracis tricolor. 



Membracis tricolor, Fairm. Ann. Soc Ent. Fr. 2ine Serie, iv. 249, 

 23. 



Columbia. 



r/728. Membracis ambigua. 



Membracis ambigua, Fairm. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2me Serie, iv. 249, 

 24. 



Cayenne. 



C^9. Membracis marginalis, Fem. 



Fusco-testacea ; prothorax convexus, supra caput projectus, antice 

 conicus, subobtusus. 



Dark testaceous : fore-chest minutely punctured, reticulated 

 with ferruginous veins, forming a very thin keel, slightly convex 

 along the back, produced in front of the head into a horizontal 

 cone which has a slightly obtuse tip, and is full half the length of 

 the hind part; the latter extends a little beyond the tip of the ab- 

 domen, and terminates in an acute tip : tibiae slightly dilated : 

 wings testaceous : fore-wings punctured along one-third of the 

 length from the base and along two-thirds of the fore border. Length 

 of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 6i lines. 



a. Para. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



OSO. Membracis ? Pupa. 



Alba, pilosa ; abdomen spinis niyris biseriatim armatum ; pedes 

 nigri. 



Snow-white, compressed, very hairy : ridge of the fore-chest 

 slightly conical, blunt: abdomen very convex, not covered by the 



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