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Show 1895.] HEMIPTEEA-HOMOPTEEA OF THE ISLAND OF ST. VINCENT. 83 antenna?; cheeks moderately broad, pale; apex of tylus brown ; rostrum long, pale testaceous, brown at tip. Pronotum transverse, broadly curved on the sides posteriorly, the anterior margin very broadly curved, the fine punctures almost effaced; the posterior submargin with a dark line which ends each side in a black oblique spot, the anterior margin sometimes fuscous. Scutellum faintly scabrous, a little clouded with brownish. Legs pale dull testaceous, the tarsi piceous at tip. Wing-covers light yellow, occupied by slender oblique black, usually complete, lines ; the apical margin dark brown, with the two middle areoles long and straight; the veins yellow; wings a little smoky, the veins dark brown. Abdomen pale yellow, the tergum broadly black on the middle. Male genital valve long, collar-like, the following pieces liguliform. Length to tip of wing-covers 3|~4 m m . ; width of pronotum lg m m . Three specimens were captured in St. Vincent. One was found in the mountain forest in July at an altitude of 2000 feet, another occurred at 3000 feet, and the third was secured in June. AGALLIA CAPITATA, sp. nov. Head wider than in the preceding species; colour yellow, spread and striped with dull black. Vertex blunt, moderately short, marked with two small black dots parallel to the ocelli, and the ocelli placed on larger dots which are connected by a dark brown band, a longitudinal streak crosses the band; front long, sinuated each side below the curved summit, almost covered by a blackish stripe which keeps on to the tip of the tylus ; superior cheeks yellow, inferior ones narrow, blackish ; rostrum fulvo-testaceous, long and slender. Pronotum transverse, distinctly punctate, yellow, crossed near the base by a black band between two large spots ; the middle line black, wrinkled ; the anterior margin broadly curved, narrowly brown. Scutellum dull yellow, brown on the middle and at base, the tip long acuminate. Legs pale testaceous, with a black speck at the knees, and the tip of tarsi brown. Wing-covers smoke-black, with a long subfusiform hyaline stripe occupying nearly half the width of the corium from the costa inwards and extending from near the base to next the tip and surrounded by a black border including the costa, the remaining surface with long narrow yellow lines, including the veins and sutures; wings smoky; with the veins darker. Disks of the sternal and pleural pieces blackish. Venter pale yellow; the tergum black, with the base, tip, and edges of the segments yellow. Male genital valve lone, collar-like, with the attached pieces slender, long, cerciform. Length to tip of wing-covers 3 | mm.; width of pronotum 1 m m . Only two specimens of this peculiar species were brought from the island. It bears some resemblance to the preceding species, but, apart from the broader form and peculiar markings, it may be 'at once recognized by the slender process at the tip of its scutellum. |