1895.] HEMIPTEEA-HOMOPTEBA OV THE ISLAND OF ST. VINCENT. 73 

 SCABPOSA TTIMIDA, Sp. DOT. 



General form of Ormenis, but tumid at the base of the wiug- 

 covers, with the costal region expanded in a wide curve, greenish. 

 Head above with an obscure brown broad stripe which is carried 

 back upon the mesonotum, the lateral raised margins highly 

 polished, pale fulvous; front with a brown cloud above, pale 

 testaceous below and including the clypeus ; rostrum reaching to 

 the posterior coxae. Prouotum greenish yellow on the sides ; 

 mesonotum dull testaceous each side, with the two callosities dark 

 brown. Beneath and legs tawny yellow. Wing-covers greenish, 

 the inner ridge and margin of the clavus, besides a streak near its 

 tip and the gi-auules near the tip, blackish ; corium in the angle 

 behind base of costa, a spot at and broad stripe beyond on the 

 the inner area, a broad less distinct band aci-oss the middle 

 including the veins, a bent diagonal stripe running back from the 

 lower angle of the apex, the almost truncate margin of the apex, 

 one or two spots near the upper angle, and the granules of the 

 costal area black or dark brown. Outer border of the venter red. 



Length to tip of abdomen 5-5| mm. ; length to tip of wing- 

 covers 7-8 mm. 



This genus comes next to Ci/arda in its general features, but 

 the venation of the wing-covers is more open, varied, and simple, 

 and the narrowed apex is not much protracted. 



Two specimens were secured on the island. One of these lacks 

 the broad band aci-oss the middle of the wing-covers. The acute 

 knob near the base of the radial area is more prominent in the 

 female than in the male. 



ACANONIA SEETILLEI, Spin. 



Three specimens, of somewhat smaller size than the average of 

 those from Florida and Cuba, were collected on the leeward side 

 of the island. 



Fam. J A s s I D .D. 



Xeeophmea viridis, Fabr. 



Five specimens were taken on the island by Mr. H. H. Smith. 

 This and the following species were determined by Mr. W. H. 

 Ashmead. 



Xerophloea geisea, Germar. 



Four specimens of this insect were captured on the island. 

 These insects are so variable, and our knowledge of them is so 

 insufficient at present, that there is no settled standard by which 

 to gauge the species. T am in doubt as to this being the true 

 X qrisea as described by Germar, and figured by Burmeister in his 

 ' Genera Insect.' The figure is that of a species with more acute 

 and longer head, and with an absence of most of the markings 

 present in the species from St. Vincent, 



