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STICTOPELTA NIGRIFRONS, Fowl. 
(Plate XXIIT. fig. 5.) 
Fowl. l.c. Tab. Y. figs. 4, 4a, p. 58. 
Colour ochreous green ; the fore-part of the pronotum black for about one-third 
of its length ; tegmina grey-green, with the greater part covered by the pronotum ; 
legs short and ferruginous brown. Not unlike Dan/is incerta of Walker. 
Size, 7x4 mm. 
Habitat.- —Temax, North Yucatan. 
Fowler’s Collection. 
STICTOPELTA INDETERMIN AT A, Walk. 
(Plate XXII1. fig. G.) 
Fowl. Tab. V. fig. 5. 
Large ; concolorous sordid ochreous yellow; some examples have a greenish tint; 
pronotum glabrous, sinuous, and obtusely rounded under the shoulders ; apical point 
black or very dusky ; tegmina quite covered ; frons long and narrow ; the pronotal 
margin shows generally an obscure fuscous band. 
This species is common in collections. It varies greatly as to size and colour and 
so much, that some might make diverse species from a series of specimens. 
Size, 13 x 6 to 11 x 5 mm. 
Habitat. —Vera Cruz, Panama, Rio de Janeiro. 
There is a specimen in the Hope Collection labelled Stictopelta incerta, Walker, or 
Ochrolomia incerta , Butler, which I cannot separate from iS. indeterminata , though it 
is smaller. It has a similar habitat. Fowler includes incerta, however, in his 
“ Catalogue of Species,” but he gives no diagnosis. 
The character as to how much of the tegmina is covered by the pronotum is of 
doubtful value. 
It is remarkable how closely the wings and the legs can be folded and packed 
into small compass when the insect is at rest. During flight, and some time after 
it, the abdomen is depressed and fully exposed to view. 
STICTOPELTA ACUTULA, Fairm. 
(Plate XXIII. fig. 7.) 
Darnis acutula, Fairm. l.c. p. 481; 1). brevis, Fairm. l.c. p. 488; Cryptoptera acutula, Butl. Cist. 
Ent. ii. p. 342; G. brevis, Butl. l.c. p. 842; Fowler, l.c. Tab. V. figs. 6, 6b, p. 60. 
Rather small, and not unlike the next species, /S. olivacea, but more ochreous in 
colour, and the hyaline tegmina have a reddish neuration; these tegmina often show 
above the margins of the pronotum. 
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