LIST Of HOMOPTEBOUS INSECTS. 



16. ACONOI'HOKA MAIIOINATA, Fcm. 



Ferruginea ; caput nigra vittalum ; prothorax apice niger ; comu 

 nigra marginatum ; alee subferruginem. 

 Ferruginous: head finely punctured, transverse, of moderate 

 length, a little narrower than the fore-chest, slightly undulating 

 along the hind border, deeply notched in front for the reception of 

 the face, with a black middle stripe which is slightly widened at each 

 end : fore-chest thickly and minutely punctured, slightly ridged, 

 very slightly impressed on each side in front, prolonged in front of 

 the head into an obliquely ascending much compressed horn ; this 

 has a broad black rim, and slightly deepens towards the tip which 

 is rounded, its length is about four times its breadth ; bind part ex- 

 tending to the tip of the abdomen, much attenuated and with a 

 rather deep keel towards the tip which is black and very acute: legs 

 thinly clothed with short white hairs ; hind-shanks beset with minute 

 black spines : wings pale ferruginous, fore-wings punctured at the 

 base and along one-third of the fore border ; veins ferruginous ; 

 areolets long. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 9^ lines, 

 rt. Mexico. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



17. ACONOPHORA OONCOLOR, Mas. 



Ferruginea ; prothorax antice nigricans ; comu apice futvum ; 

 pectus, abdtvmen et femora nigra : tibite nigra vittata; ; alee 

 subferruginem. 

 Dark ferruginous, very pubescent : fore-chest thickly and mi- 

 nutely punctured, ridged in fiont and towards the tip, blackish and 

 slightly impressed on each side in front, prolonged in front of the 

 head into a very slightly ascending much compressed horn ; this has 

 a broad rim, is rounded at the tip, and very slightly decreases in 

 depth from the base to the tip, tovvards which it is tawny and semi- 

 transparent ; its length is more than twice its breadth ; hind part 

 extending far beyond the tip of the abdomen, much attenuated to- 

 wards the tip which is very acute : breast and abdomen black : thighs 

 black ; tibiae streaked with black ; hind tibia beset with minute black 

 spines : wings pale ferruginous ; fore-wings punctured at the base, 

 brown along the fore border ; veins brown ; areolets long. Length 

 of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 7\ lines, 

 rt. Mexico. Presented by E. P. Coffin, Esq. 



