420 Mr. W. L. Distant on Coreide. 
Spartocera fusca. 
Cimex fuscus, Thunb, Nov. Ins. Sp. ii. p. 44 (1788). 
Spartocerus diffusus, Uhler (Say F), Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1893, p. 705. 
Is the S. diffusa, Say, a synonym of this species? I have 
certainly seen three specimens of S. fusca from Florida 
transmitted as Say’s species. The West-Indian specimens 
returned to the British Museum by Mr. Uhler are certainly 
S. fusca, Thunb. 
Spartocera batatas. 
Lygeus batatas, Fabr. Ent. Syst., Suppl. p. 540 (1798). 
Spartocera fusca, Uhler (nec Thunb.), Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1893, 
p. 705; ibid. 1894, p. 178. 
S. batatas, Fabr., has been previously recorded from Cuba. 
Spartocera rubicunda. 
Spartocera rubicunda, Spin. in Gay, Hist. de Chile, Zool. vii. p. 177 
(1852). 
Spartocera chilensis, Walk. Cat. Het. iv. p. 6. n. 11 (1871). 
Spartocera grandis, sp. n. 
Reddish ochraceous; scutellum, corium, and membrane 
pale ochraceous ; antennee, apices of lateral lobes to head, 
anterior area and anterior lateral margins to pronotum, basal 
margin and a broad central fascia to scutellum, base of lateral 
margins to corium, extreme lateral margin to connexivum, 
head beneath (excluding margins of eyes), rostrum, sternum 
(excluding costal spots and area of prosternal angles), legs, 
and stigmatal spots black. 
Antenne pilose, with the first, second, and third joints 
subequal in length, fourth shortest; pronotum rugose and 
coarsely punctate, its black anterior area levigate, the lateral 
angles well developed, convex anteriorly, oblique posteriorly, 
apices subacute; scutellum transversely striate; corium 
thickly and finely punctate; connexivum_ longitudinally 
striate ; prosternum and coxal areas very coarsely punctate. 
Long. 29 millim.; exp. pronot. angl. 10 millim. 
Hab, Colombia, Cali (Rosenberg, Brit. Mus.). 
Allied to S. gigantea, Dist. 
Genus SEPHINA. 
Sephina humeralis, sp. n. 
Ochraceous; antennae, apex of head, basal, apical, and 
lateral margins, a central fascia (not reaching base), and a 
