58 Mr. W. L. Distant on 



TlBICENIN^, 



Fidicina amazona, sp. n. 



^ . Body above olivaceous, inclining to ochraceous. Head 

 with a central fascia to front and an irregular transverse 

 fascia between the eyes (enclosing the ocelli) black, Pro- 

 notum with the anterior margin, the fissures, and a central 

 transverse spot on the inner edge of posterior margin, black. 

 Mesonotum with four obconical black spots, the central pair 

 shortest ; the anterior margin of the basal cruciform elevation 

 and a small spot in front of each of its anterior angles black. 

 Abdomen much shaded with black ; the black markings are 

 situate on the abdominal segments, narrowing to apex and 

 again obliquely branching off from near base to lateral 

 margins ; the inner areas of the tympana and four longitu- 

 dinal stripes on anal appendage — the central pair short — 

 black. Body beneath and legs olivaceous ; the central sulca- 

 tion (partly) and transverse striations to face, margins of face, 

 coxal spots, femoral shadings, apices of anterior and inter- 

 mediate tibise and the tarsi, base, lateral margins, and apex of 

 abdomen, black ; abdomen with the anal appendage and a 

 large spot on apical lateral margins ochraceous, and with a 

 central series of blackish spots ; opercula olivaceous, with 

 their bases and margins black. 



Tegmina and wings pale hyaline, the venation fuscous ; 

 tegmina with the costal membrane and basal cell olivaceous ; 

 bases of both tegmina and wings narrowly blackish. 



The front has a distinct central sulcation ; the face is pro- 

 foundly sulcated and striated j the head beneath, sternum, 

 and legs strongly pilose ; the rostrum reaches the posterior 

 C0X8P, and has its apex black ; the opercula are small, just 

 meeting at their inner basal angles, their posterior margins 

 sinuated. The first and third apical areas of the tegmina are 

 equal in length. 



Long., excl. tegm., (J 25 millini. ; exp. tegm. 87 millim. 



Hab. Ega, on the Amazons. 



A strikingly marked species, to be easily recognized by 

 the black fasciated abdomen. 



Fidicina hogotana^ sp. n. 



Body above brownish ochraceous ; the eyes, lateral and 

 posterior margins to pronotum, and the posterior margins of 

 the abdominal segments pale ochraceous. Head with the 

 anterior margin of front, a transverse fascia between the eyes, 



