176 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 
Genus MONECPHORA, Cat. Hom, 674. 
MonercrHora NOTATA. 
Sphenorhina notata, Cat. Hom. 689. 
Monecpuora posticara. 
Monecphora posticata, Stal, Kongb. Vet. Akad. Handl. 1855, 192, 
Brazil. 
MonecpHORA XANTHOCEPHALA. 
Nigra ; caput luteum, vertice facieque nigris; ale antice apud 
costam convene, apice sublruncate ; postica cinereo-vitrea, 
Suscescente marginale. 
Black. Head luteous, black between the eyes and towards the 
rostrum. Scutellum rather long. Fore wings convex along the 
costa, somewhat truncated obliquely at the tips. Hind wings 
prayish vitreous, brownish at the tips and along the hind border. 
ength of the body 33 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 
a, Napo River, South America, From Mr. Stevens’ collection. 
MonecrHora INFERENS. 
Nigra, tomentosa ; se come et genua postica rufa; prothorax 
fascia pallida subobsoleta ; ale antice fusciis duabus testaceis 
incompletis perangustis; postice fuscescente-vitree, 
Black, tomentose. Head towards the rostrum, coxe and hind 
knees red. Prothorax with an almost obsolete pale band. Fore 
wings with two very narrow testaceous bands, the interior one 
especially incomplete. Hind wings brownish vitreous. This spe- 
cies very closely resembles M, neglecta, and may be a local variety 
of it, but the latter may be distinguished by its red abdomen 
and legs, and by the fore wings in which the interior band is much 
more complete than the exterior one. Length of the body 3 lines ; 
of the wings 6 lines. 
a. Mexico, From M. Salle’s collection. 
