G4 Mr. W. L. Distcant on Homoptera. 



which enclose six ochraceous spots — two quadrate and cen- 

 tral, one large and irregular before each eye, and one smaller 

 on each side of apical margin ; eyes black, with ochraceous 

 basal margins ; pronotuni ochraceous, an oblique spot on 

 each lateral area, and an angulate spot behind each eye, 

 three spots in transverse series near middle, a central spot at 

 base, and very narrow basal margin black, some irregular 

 linear purplish markings on disk and near margins ; scutel- 

 lum ocliraceous, with black markings enclosing two central 

 spots and one near each basal angle ; abdomen above piceous 

 brown, margins of the segments black, lateral marginal spots 

 and the anal appendage pale ochraceous ; face, body beneath, 

 and legs ochraceous ; face with black markings enclosing a 

 basal roundish spot ; apex of clypeus, central spot to sternum, 

 abdominal segmental markings, and apices of tibise and tarsi 

 black ; tegmina pale yellowish grey, somewhat closely 

 covered with small pnrplish circular rings, a black spot on 

 disk before middle, another near apex of clavus, and a third 

 nearly crossing tegmina at about one-third from apex, these 

 black spots are largely broken up by paler ones, apical area 

 posteriorly extending to apex of clavus pale ochraceous, with 

 a posterior and a marginal fuscous spot, and j^receded by a 

 short central black line ; wings pale fuliginous, the veins 

 darker, the disk more or less hyaline ; vertex about as long 

 as breadth between eyes, broadly rounded in front; face 

 broadly, centrally, longitudinalty smooth, the lateral areas 

 transversely striate ; anterior tibite sulcate ; pronotum some- 

 what foveately depressed on each lateral area. 



Var. — Tegmina with the ground-colour pale carmine-red, 

 not yellowish grey, but with the markings similar. 

 Long., excl. tegm., ^ 12 mm. ; exp. tegm. 25 mm, 

 Hab. Brazil ; Constancia and Tejuca {Hamlet Clark, Brit. 

 Mus.) ; Therseopolis (Brit. Mus.) ; Larges (Coll. Dist,). 



Oncometopia venosala, sp. n. 

 Oncometopiu venosula, Bredd., MS. 



Body black or piceous black ; an elongate spot on the 

 lateral margins of scutellum, lateral margins of the abdomen 

 above, and abdomen beneath (excluding apex) brownish 

 ochraceous ; tegmina dark purplish black to the commence- 

 ment of the anteapical cells, remaining area and apex of 

 clavus palely infuscate, the veins black, and inwardly suffused 

 with pale purplish ; wings hyaline, the veins black, about 

 basal third dark fuscous, extreme posterior and apical mar- 

 gins fuscous ; vertex about as long as breadth between eyes. 



