list of homopteeous insects. 696 



^12. Heteronotus fuscus. 



Heteronotus fuscus, Delap, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. i. 98, 6. 

 Brazil. 



'^13. Heteronotus reticulatus. 

 ^^' Combophora reticulata, Burnt. Silb. Rev. Ent. i. 227, 1. 



04. Heteronotus bulbifer. 

 cTCombophora bulbifera, Burm. Silb. Rev. Ent. i. 229, 4. 



O 15. Heteronotus hoeeidus. 



^Membracis horridus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. 21, 18. 

 ^ Centrotus horridus, Fabr. Syst. Rhyn. 16, 4. 



Cayenne. 



C 16. Heteronotus abcisus, Fem. 



Fulvus ; caput nigro bivittatwn ; prothorax antice nigro quadri- 

 vittatus, utrinque Jiavo bivittatus, disco ferrugineus, postice 

 binodosus ferrugineo varius ; pedes fulm ; alee lurida. 



Tawny : head almost triangular, much depressed, with two 

 black stripes : four irregular interrupted connected black stripes on 

 the fore part of the fore-chest which has a ferruginous disk and a 

 yellow stripe on each side ; it is armed with two very long slender 

 black curved obliquely diverging horns; the hind part of the fore- 

 chest is binodose and much longer than the abdomen ; the knobs 

 have ferruginous disks and black interrupted bands ; the first knob 

 is of moderate size and separated by a short contraction from the^ 

 second, which is larger and is armed behind with three very long 

 slender slightly curved ferruginous spines which are yellow towards 

 their black tips ; the upper pair diverge almost directly from each 

 other, but are slightly inclined backward ; the lower one is much 

 longer and is curved upward : legs tawny ; hind-shanks beset with 

 rows of very small black spines: wings lurid; veins ferruginous, 

 black ■'klong the fore border. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the 

 wings 12 lines. 



a, b. Brazil. From Dr. Leach's collection. 

 c — e. Para. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



