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and apex ochraceous ; face, body beneath, and legs ochra- 

 ceous ; tegmina with about basal half purplish brown^ hei'e 

 and there tinged with violaceous, apical half extending 

 inwardly and occupying apex of clavus pale yellowish white, 

 a cretaceous white spot (inconstant) on costal margin near 

 apex of the darker coloration ; vertex deflected, as long as 

 breadth between eyes, broadly rounded anteriorly; face 

 broad, centrally, longitudinally, smoothly subdepressed, the 

 lateral areas transversely striate ; anterior tibioe sulcate ; 

 pronotum (excluding anterior marginal area) finely rugulose 

 and coarsely punctate. 



Long., excl. tegm., ? 13 mm. ; exp. tegm. 26 mm. 



Hab. Amazons {Bates, Brit. Mus.). 



Oncometopia visignis, sp. n. 



Vertex, pronotum, and scutellum lilacinous ; a small trans- 

 verse central spot near apex of vertex, the margins of the 

 ocelli, narrow anterior and posterior margins of pronotum 

 and two oblique spots on its anterior area proceeding from 

 behind the eyes, and anterior margin (angulated posteriorly) 

 and apex of scutellum, black; abdomen above black, large 

 marginal spots, apical segmental margin and anal appendage 

 lilacinous ; body beneath black ; more than basal halves of 

 face and cheeks, lateral areas of sternum, large lateral mar- 

 ginal spots to abdomen, posterior segmental margins, and a 

 large spot on each side of apical segment, lilacinous ; legs 

 lilacinous, bases of femora, apices of tibiae, and the tarsi 

 more or less piceous ; tegmina lilacinous, minutely spotted 

 with greyish, apex (posteriorly widened inwardly to apex of 

 clavus) very pale ochraceous, preceded by a transverse fuscous 

 fascia not extending through the lower apical cell ; wings 

 hyaline, tlie_ veins, apex, and posterior margin fuscous ; 

 vertex as long as breadth between eyes, broadly rounded in 

 front, a very short central incised line at base ; face centrally 

 broadly longitudinally subdepressed and reticulately wrinkled, 

 the lateral areas transversely striate, anterior tibiae sulcate ; 

 pronotum (excluding anterior marginal area) transversely 

 wrinkled, on anterior area two small central foveate 

 depressions. 



Long., excl. tegm., ? 12 mm. ; exp. tegm. 21 mm. 



Hab. Rio Grande do Sul [Ihering, Brit. Mus.). 



To be placed near O. personata, Sign. 



Oncometopia hamleti, sp. n. 

 Vertex ochraceous, with irregular black linear markings 



