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shorter than the fourth i fifth a little longer than the fourth. Thorax and 
scuteilum with some small less thickly punctured spaces. Thorax without 
a transverse furrow; hind angles very obtuse, U(»t prominent. Scutelluin 
with a dull ochraceous apical patch composed of three transverse streaks 
and of an anterior lanceolate longitudinal streak. Pectus with black 
punctures. Abdomen beneath with red punctures. Femora and tibi® 
epeckled with black. Coriura of the fore wings punctured like the thorax; 
membrane cinereous, brownish in front. Length of the body 5 lines. 
a. Amazon Region. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
Symphylus bipustulatus. 
Testaceus, hrevi-ellipticus, fusco dense punctatus ; caput, latum; thorax 
lineis nonnuliis Iransversis indeterminatis impunctatis ; scutellum 
nigro bimaculalum ; pectus et venter discis impunctatis; pedes nig ro 
conspersi. 
Testaceous, convex, short-elliptical, thicTtly and minutely brown- 
punctured, pale testaceous beneath. Head broad. Eyes lawny. Rostrum 
extending to the hind cox®. Second and third joints of the antenn® about 
equal in length; fourth much longer than the third. Thorax with some 
irnpunctate irregular transverse lines ; no transverse furrow; hind angles 
very obtuse, not prominent. Scutellum with a black subcostal spot on each 
side near the base. Disk of the pectus and of the under side of the abdo- 
men not punctured. Legs pale testaceous; femora and tibi® black- 
speckled. Fore wings with a black patch at the end of the corium, which is 
punctured like the thorax; membrane brown, cinereous towards the hind 
border. Length of the body 4 lines. 
«. Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates^ collection. 
Symphylus divebgeks. 
Testaceus^ brevi-ellipticus, nigro dense punctatus ; thorax strigis sex nigri- 
cantibus obliquis ; scutellum nigricante nebulosum ; pectus et venter 
discis impunctatis ; pedes nigro conspersi. 
Testaceous, convex, short-elliptical, thickly and minutely black- 
punctured. Head large, prominent, a little longer than broad. Eyes 
piceoLis. Rostrum black towards the tip, extending rather beyond the hind 
cox®. Thorax on each side with three oblique blackish streaks which 
diverge hindward; hind angles much rounded, not prominent. Scutelluin 
here and there clouded with blackish. Disk of the pectus and of the under 
side of the abdomen irnpunctate. Legs speckled with black. Length of 
the body 3 lines. 
The head is much larger and more elongated than that of S. obtusus. 
a. Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
Symphylus signatus. 
Cervinus, brevi-ellipticus, subtus pallide testaceus ; caput fulvo nebulosum, 
strigis duabus longitudinalibus fuscis, lobo intermedio pallide Jla- 
vescenie ; thorax linea pallide Jlavescente, strigis duabus albidis 
