180 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 
SpHENORHINA XANTHOMELA. 
Late lutea; caput peracutum; thoraw guttis duabus lateralibus 
nigris ; abdomen et pedes nigra; ale antice nigra, bast late 
lute ; postice nigricante-vitree. 
Bright luteous. Head very acute. Thorax with a black dot 
on each side at the base of the fore wing. Abdomen, legs and fore 
wings black, the latter bright Inteous at the base. Hind wings 
blackish vitreous. Length of the body 4} lines; of the wings 13 
lines. 
a, Tunantins, Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
SPHENORHINA BIPUSTULATA. 
Picea; caput sat acutum, antice rufum; abdomen subtus rufes- 
cens ; pedes nigri, femoribus apice tibtis basi tarsisque rufis ; 
ale antice luride, basi fusca, luteo bimaculate ; postice 
fuscescente-vilree, Var. B.— Abdomen subtus nigrum, basi 
supra rufescens ; ale antice rufescentes, apices versus nigra, 
rufo bimaculate. 
This species closely resembles S. quadriguttata, but may be dis- 
tinguished by the dark colour of the fore wings towards the tips, 
and by the different colour and shape of their spots. Piceous. 
Head moderately acute, red in front. Abdomen reddish beneath. 
Legs black; femora at the tips, tibie at the base and tarsi red. 
Fore wings lurid, brown towards the base, with two luteous spots at 
two-thirds of the length; one on the costa ; the other near the hind 
border, opposite the first and about one-fourth of its size, Hind 
wings brownish vitreous. Var. 6.—Abdomen black beneath, red- 
dish towards the base above. Fore wings reddish for nearly two- 
thirds of the length, beyond which they are black, with two 
red spots of nearly equal size. Length of the body 4 lines; of the 
wings 12 lines, 
a. Para. From Mr. Hewitson’s collection. 
SpHenoruina surrusa, Cat, Hom. p. 689. 
Var. Obscure rufescens ; abdomen fulvum, subtus nigricans, seg 
mentis rufo marginatis ; pedes nigri, yferinrtis viridi-nigris ; 
ale antice luride, fasciis duabus ochraceis, 1a maculari, 2a 
integra ; postica cinereo-vitree, fuscescente marginale. 
