LIST OF H0M0PTER0U3 INSECTS. 593 



Combophora signata, Burm. Silh. Rev. Ent. i. 228, 3. 

 Heteronolus signalus, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 1, 130, 1. 

 a, b. Brazil. Presented by John Mieis, Esq. 



3. Hetebonotus vulnehans. 



Heteronotus vulnerans, Fairm. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2me Sine, iv. 



500, 3, pi. 7, f. 25. 

 Corabopiiora vulnerans, Burm. Silb. Rev. Ent. i. 228, 2. 



a. Brazil. Presented by John Miers, Esq. 



b. Brazil. From M. Parzudaki's collection. 



c. Brazil. From Mr. Shuckard's collection. 



4. Heteronotus nigbicans. 



Heteronotus nigricans, Delap. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. i. 96, 2, pi. 3, f. 



8. Fairm. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2me Sirie, iv. 600, 4. 

 a, b. Brazil. Presented by John Miers, Esq. 



5. Heteronotus excisus, Mas. 



Niger; caput flavo varium; ■protlioraxflavoquadrivittatus,poslic^ 

 nodosus spinisque ferrugineis artnatus ; abdomen picevm, ban 

 fitlvum ; pedes ferruginei ; tarsi fulvi ; aire furidce ; alee 

 anticce fusco marginatw. 



Body black, shining; head yellow on each side and in front 

 with the exception of a narrow interval on each side of tlie face ; a 

 yellow stripe between the hind bordei; and the face : fore-chest 

 armed with a long slender diverging spine on each side, adorned 

 with four yellow stripes ; the inner ])air interrupted ; the outer pair 

 turned inward and fi)rming right angles at their tips : behind them 

 the fore-chest is binodose, and full twice the length of the abdomen ; 

 the first knob is of moderate size, and is separated by a cylindrical 

 contraction from the second, which is much larger and is armed 

 beneath with a stout, curved, ferruginous spine ; the latter has a 

 yellow band near its black tip ; the knob has also beneath its hinder 

 part two short ferruginous spines with yellow bands adjoining their 

 black tips : abdomen pitchy, lawny towards the base: legs fermgi- 

 nous; tarsi tawny, with pitchy tips: wings lurid; fore-wings 

 mostly bordered with brown ; veins pitchy, yellow towards the tips. 

 Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 

 a. Para. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



