LIST OF HOMOPTEKOUS INSIiCTS. 



27. Spuenobuina contioua. 



Nigra; abdomen rufum; pedes picei ; attc antica fusca, rufo 

 bimaculatte et unifasciattc. 



Black, shining: head rather long-, somewhat concave ahove; 

 face produced, conical, very hairy, quite smooth ; first joint of the 

 niouili red : fourth joint of the antenna pale : chesl roughly punc- 

 tured, rather long and narrow in front, where there are two transverse 

 furrows; three slight longitudinal furrows hetween the fore-wings: 

 abdomen bright red, with a black tip: legs pitchy : fore-wings dark 

 brown, with a slightly oblique red band near the biise ; two red spots 

 at two-thirds of the length, one extending from the fore border to the 

 disk, the other very small, near the hind border ; hind-wings almost 

 colourless, very slightly tinged with brown at the lips and along the 

 hind borders ; veins black, red at the base. Length of the body 4 

 lines ; of the wings 9 lines, 

 a, h. North India. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 



28. Spiienorhina intekmedia. 



Nigra; abdomen rufum ; alee anticce angusUe,Jlavo miifasciata:, 

 rufo unimaculal<e. 



Black, shining : head rather long, depressed above ; face pro- 

 duced, conical, compressed, almost acute at the tip, wilh longitudi- 

 nal ridges on each side, having a long, narrow, flat, smooth, pitchy 

 compartment in front: mouth pitchy: chest with an indistinct cross 

 furrow in front : abdomen bright red with a black tip : fore-wings 

 narrow, wilh a broad, pale yellow, slightly oblique band near the 

 base, and a red spot near the fore border at iwo-thirds of the length : 

 hind-wings almost colourless, pale brown at the tips and along the 

 hind border ; veins tawny, red at the base, brown towards the tips. 

 Length of the body 3i lines ; of the wings 8 lines, 

 a. North India. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 



29. Sphenorhina proxima. 



Nigra; abdomen supra mfum; alec anticw fivscm, albido bifas- 

 ciata. 



Black, shining : head and chest finely punctured : head rather 

 long, slightly concave above ; face produced, conical, smooth, very 



