LIST OP HOMOPIEROUS INSECTS. 



14. ACONOPHORA NIGlilVITTATA, Fcill. 



Flava ; prothoracis cornu rufum niijro marijinalum ; alee limpidce. 

 Yellow: head shining, finely punctured, very short, transvei-sely 

 snbfusiforin, sliphtly undulating in front and behind, clothed with 

 white hairs, much narrower than the fore-chest ; fore-chest roiighly 

 punctured, slightly ridged, hardly impressed in front, prolonged in 

 front of the head into a conical much compressed horn with a red 

 disk and a black border; its length does not exceed twice its breadth 

 at the base ; shoulders very short-conical, hardly prominent ; hind 

 part extending far beyond the tip of the abdomen, with slight con- 

 verging ridges along each side, much attenuated towards the tip 

 which is acute: legs clothed with white hairs: wings colourless; 

 fore-wings tawny and punctured at the base and along part of the 

 fore border ; veins tawny. Length of the body 4i lines ; of the wings 

 8 lines. 

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



15. ACONOPHORA GUTTIFEBA, MaS. 



Viridis ; caput Inteo sex-guttatum ; prothorax luteo adspersu.s,flavo 

 vittatiis, antice nigra bimaculattts, postice fusco bimaculatus, 

 apicefuscus ; cornu rufo marginatum ; aim litnpiilte. 

 Pale green : head shining, finely punctured, very short, trans- 

 versely subfusiform, slightly undulating in front and behind, clothed 

 with white hairs, adorned with six luteous dots along the hind liorder, 

 a little narrower than the fore-chest : eyes prominent : fore-cliest 

 roughly punctured, very slightly ridged, speckled with luteous, 

 slightly impressed and with a black mark on each side in front, pro- 

 longed in front of the head into a conical compressed horn with a 

 reddish border ; its length is less than twice its breadth at the base ; 

 shoulders very short-conical, hardly prominent ; hind part ending 

 much before the tip of the abdomen, with a brown spot on the border 

 of each side beyond half its length, attenuated towards the tip which 

 is browu and acute ; middle ridge pale yellow : legs clothed with 

 white hairs ; tibite slightly streaked ; tarsi brownish : wings colour- 

 less ; fore-wings punctured, green and partly luteous at the base 

 and along some of the fore border ; veins tawny, thick, pitchy to- 

 wards the tips ; veins of hind-wings tawny, slender. Length of the 

 body 4 lines; of the wings 9i lines. 



a. St. John's Bluff, E. Florida. Presented by E. Doiddeday, Esq. 



