684 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



28. MONECPHORA INCOMPLETA. 



Fusca; caput fulvo fasciatum ; pectm testacmm,nigro maculaium ; 

 pedes fulvi ; alee anticw fulvo bimaculata et bivitiatte. 



Pale brown, shining : head and chest thickly punctured: head 

 flat, tawny along the fore border on each side between the eyes and 

 the face ; face very convex, keeled ; cross-ridges on each side dis- 

 tinct, slightly oblique : epistoma and mouth dark tawny : hind- 

 chest and breast pale testaceous, the latter with a large transverse 

 subquadrate black spot: legs dark tawny : fore-wings pale brown ; 

 fore border and hind border pale yellow along two-thirds of the 

 length from the base; a pale yellow spot on each border nearer the 

 tip: hind-wings almost colourless; veins brown. Length of the 

 body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 

 o. Para. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



29. Monecphoha demissa. 



Nigro-ienea ; pectus et abdomen testacea, hoc piceo bimaculatum ; 

 pedes nigri; femora poslica testacea; alts anticce fuscce,fvlvo 

 quadrimaculata. 



jEneous-black, slightly shining : head and chest thickly punc- 

 tured: head above depressed on each side; face brown, convex; 

 keel prominent ; cross-ridges on each side distinct, hardly oblique : 

 mouth tawny with a pitchy tip : chest almost flat ; hind-chest, breast 

 and abdomen testaceous ; breast witli a large piceous spot on each 

 side : Ics black ; hind thighs testaceous ; hind-shanks and hind- 

 feet ferruginous towards the base: fore-wings brown, with three 

 tawny spots at one-third of the length, forming an interrupted band, 

 the two hinder spots small ; a tawny spot on the fore border at two- 

 thirds of the length : hind-wings almost colourless, pale brown at 

 the tips and along the hind borders ; veins brown, tawny at the 

 base. Length of the body 2^ lines ; of the wings 8 lines, 

 o. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



