66 Mr. W. L. Distant on Homoptera. 



above black, the apex and lateral margins ochraceous ; body 

 beneath and legs ochraceous ; tegmina castaneous, mottled 

 with ochraceous, this dark coloration extending to a little 

 before the basal transverse veins of the apical cells, the larger 

 of the ochraceous mottlings are costal and macular, very 

 distinct on clavus and forming a spot above apex of clavus, 

 apical area extending inwardly to claval apex, ochi'aceous ; 

 vertex about as long as breadth between eyes, somewhat 

 truucately rounded anteriorly; pronotum finely wrinkled, 

 strongly foveately depressed on each lateral area ; scutellum 

 transversely linearly impressed behind middle ; face broadly, 

 centrally, longitudinally flattened and finely granulosc, the 

 apical areas transversely striate. 



Long., excl. tegm., li mm. ; exp. tegm. 27 mm. 



Hah. Brazil (Brit. Mus.). 



The specimen from Avhich this species is described was 

 presented by the late Mr. Wm. Wilson Saunders, and was 

 probably procured by one of his South-American collectors, 



Oncometopia capita, sp. n. 

 Vertex lilacinous, two small central oblique spots near 

 apex and an annulation to each ocellus, which is obliquely 

 connected with the lateral margin and longitudinally with 

 the basal margin, black, eyes ochraceous ; pronotum black, 

 the posterior half thickly and finely mottled with greyish, 

 the anterior half more sparingly but more largely mottled 

 with ochraceous ; scutellum lilacinous, a short longitudinal 

 line enclosing basal angles, a short central transverse im- 

 pression and the apex black ; abdomen above black, lateral 

 marginal spots, posterior margin of apical segment, and anal 

 segment (excluding base) lilacinous ; body beneath lilacinous ; 

 three small spots on basal margin of face, central apical area 

 of face and clypeus, disk of sternum, and segmental margins 

 and central spots to abdomen black ; legs ochraceous, tibise 

 somewhat lilacinous ; tegmina dull dark brownish, thickly 

 irrorated with small pale ochraceous or greenish spots, the 

 apical area extending inwardly to claval apex ochraceous ; 

 wings hyaline, the veins black, apex and posterior margin 

 fuliginous ; vertex as long as breadth between eyes, truu- 

 cately rounded in front, foveately depressed before eyes ; 

 face centrally broadly longitudinally depressed and finely 

 granulose, lateral margins transversely carinate ; pronotum 

 foveately depressed on each lateral area. 



Long., excl. tegm.^ 11 mm.; exp. tegm. 19 mm. 

 Hab. South Brazil; Therseopolis (Brit. Mus.); Larges 

 (Coll. Dist.). 



