;>14 LIST or iioMoPTEnous insects. 



depression whose disk is black ; a retuse lobe on eacb side of the 

 face whicb is small and nearly triangular ; episloma triangular, 

 longer and broader tban the face : fore-chest bordered with red, 

 thickly covered with black punctures of various sizes, with a larger 

 depression in from on each side of the middle ridge, concave behind 

 each shoulder and slightly convex nearer the tip ; each shoulder 

 forming an obtuse angle whose length is much less than its breadth 

 at the base ; tip very acute, extending nearly to the tip of the abdo- 

 men : legs pale red, clothed with long whitish hairs ; a black spot 

 on each shank : wings colourless ; veins pale red. Length of the 

 body 4 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. ? Presented by J. G. Children, Esq. 



b—d. ? 



17. Hoi>LOPHORA coNCOLOB, Fem. 



Viridis ; pedes flavi ; tarsi rufi ; al<£ anticm subfulvce ; aim pos- 

 tic(B UmpiiUe. 



Body green : head slightly punctured ; front slightly retuse on 

 each side of the fore border, its breadth more than twice its length ; 

 face nearly round, not half the breadth of the front; epistoma tri- 

 angular, longer than the face : fore-chest thickly punctured, slightly 

 concave behind each shoulder which forms a cone whose length is 

 less than its breadth at the base; middle ridge very slight; tip very 

 acute, extending nearly to the tip of the abdomen : legs pale yellow, 

 clothed with whitish hairs ; feet red : fore-wings with a pale tawny 

 tinge, punctured at the base ; veins pale red: hind-wings colourless. 

 Length of tlie body 3 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 

 a. Columbia. From Mr. Turner's collection. 



18. HOPLOPHORA HUMILIS, Mas. 



Fulva, nigro varia ; tibiee nigra vitiate ; tarsi nigri ; al<e anticw 

 subfulvcB ; alai posticte subcinerete. 



Tawny : head a little narrower than the fore-chest ; crown black, 

 with tawny marks ; eyes prominent : fore-chest obconical, roughly 

 punctured, marked with black, extending to the tip of the abdomen, 

 ending in a sharp point, with a very slight middle ridge which is 

 black in front ; shoulders angular, slightly prominent : shanks 

 slightly striped with black ; feet mostly black : fore-wings pale tawny, 

 slightly rugulose, punctured and with some black and luteous marks 

 towards the base ; veins pitchy, partly tawny along the fore border : 



