LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 185 
Hind wings vitreous. Length of the body 2 lines; of the wings 6 
lines. 
a. Para. From Mr. Hewitson’s collection. 
SPHENORHINA BRACONOIDES. 
Mas. Trestacea, gracilis; caput acutum; abdomen luteribus 
apiceque nigricantibus; tibie postice apice, genua et tarsi 
nigra; femora antica nigro strigata; tibia anteriores nigra, 
basi testacee ; ale antice lurido-vitree, basi testacee, apices 
versus obscure fusce ; postice vitree. 
Male. Testaceous, slender. Headacute. Abdomen blackish 
along each side and at the tip, which is armed with two long for- 
ceps. Knees and tarsi black; fore femora streaked with black; 
anterior tibie black, testaceous towards the base; hind tibia with 
black tips. Fore wings lurid-vitveous, testaceous at the base; 
nearly one-third of the apical part dark brown. Hind wings 
vitreous. Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 8 lines. 
a, Birmah. From Mrs. Waring’s collection. 
SPHENORHINA APPROXIMANS. 
Altra, gracilis ; caput acutum, pubescens ; ale postice vitree, mar- 
gine fuscescente. Mas.—Abdomen basi marginibusque anticis 
albis ; ale antice guttis duabus albis, macula costali exteriore 
rufa. Eoem.—Abdomen busi testaceum ; ale antice fasciis 
duabus, una maculari alba, altera attenuata et nonnunquam 
interrupta rufa. : 
Closely allied to S. contigua, intermedia and prowima. Deep 
black, slender. Head acute, pubescent. Hind wings vitreous, 
brownish along the borders. Male.—Abdomen white at the base 
and on the hind borders of the three basal segments; apical appen- 
dages very long. Fore wings with two white dots placed in an ob- 
lique line near the base; a red spot by the costa at two-thirds of 
the length, Female—Abdomen testaceous at the base. Fore 
wings with a white band composed of two hardly divided spots, and 
with an irregular red band, which is attenuated and sometimes in- 
ee hindward. Length of the body 3—4 lines; of the wings 
—9 lines, 
a. North Hindostan. From Dr. Hooker's collection. 
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