60 Mr. W. L. Distant on 



on tlie lateral areas ; anal appendage with an irregular black 

 fascia on each side. Body beneath and legs ochraceous and 

 thickly pilose. 



Tegmlna and wings pale hyaline, the venation ochraceous ; 

 tegminn with the costal membrane, postcostal area, and basal 

 cell ocln-aceous, the extreme base also narrowly ochraceous ; 

 wings with the base narrowly pale ochraceous and the upper 

 half of the abdominal area pale sanguineous. 



The head is broad, with a profound central sulcation to 

 front, the face is also profoundly sulcated and striated ; the 

 anterior angles of the cruciform elevation are very ill-defined ; 

 the rostrum only just passes the intermediate coxaa. 



Long., excl. tegm., ? 30 millim. ; exp. tegm. 100 millim. 



Hab. Brazil (sic). 



A species to be recognized by the ochraceous and sanguine- 

 ous base of the wings and the obsolete nature of the anterior 

 angles of the cruciform elevation. 



Tympanoterpes colomhicBj sp. n. 



(J . Body above brownish ochraceous. Head with the 

 front black, its base and a central longitudinal fascia ochra- 

 ceous ; a broad irregular fascia between the eyes and enclosing 

 the ocelli, anterior angles of vertex, and inner and posterior 

 margins of eyes, black. Pronotum with two central longitu- 

 dinal fascia3 (united posteriorly) and the fissures black, the 

 posterior margin pale greenish or ochraceous, its inner edge 

 and a spot near lateral angles black. Mesonotum with four 

 large obconical spots (the central pair shortest) , a large trian- 

 gulated spot in front of cruciform elevation, and a transverse 

 waved spot on each side of same, black. Abdomen with 

 central transverse segmental fasciaj, narrowing and becoming 

 obsolete towards apex. Body beneath and legs pale ochra- 

 ceous ; the opercula and the margins of the sternum greyishly 

 tomentose ; discal portion of the transverse striations to face, 

 a large spot at inner margin of eyes, and the apex of the 

 rostrum, black. 



Tegmina and wings pale hyaline, the venation ochraceous 

 or fuscous ; tegmina with the costal membrane and upper 

 half of basal cell greenish or ochraceous, the postcostal area 

 fuscous; extreme bases of both tegmina and wings narrowly 

 pale fuscous, the wings with a pale fuscous streak on basal 

 half of abdominal area. 



The costal edge of the tegmina is finely serrated, with the 

 teeth minute and fuscous in hue ; the face is globose, sul- 

 cated and striate ; the rostrum just passes the posterior coxaj ] 



