Mr. A. White on some new Homopterous Insects. 37 



mixed with brown ; the fore margin to beyond the middle is pale, 

 and from the end of the pale part there is an oblique broad bar 

 abruptly broken off before reaching the middle of the hemelytron ; 

 between the end of the bar and the tip of hemelytra there is a 

 narrow white lunule. The wings are of a smoky gray, and slightly 

 iridescent. 



Thorax yellow, spotted with black. Expanse of hemelytra 

 1 inch 1 line. 



Hab. Java. James Wilson, Esq., F.R.S.E. ; StoU, Cigales, t. 7. 

 f. 33 ? 



Aphcena leucostidica. — Hemelytra at the base darkish green, 

 with numerous blackish spots and dots, none on the anterior 

 margin ; end of hemelytra brownish yellow, with two or three mi- 

 nute white spots arranged in two outwardly bending lines. Wings 

 at the base bluish verdigris-green, palest at the end, with a few 

 black spots ; end and margin blackish brown, with several milk- 

 coloured dots. Head pale brown. Thorax with a greenish tinge. 

 Body at the end above verdigris-green; under side and legs 

 blackish. Expanse of hemelytra 1 inch 9 lines. 



Hab. Philippine Islands ; collected by Mr. Cuming. 



AphcBna delicatula. — Hemelytra very pale greenish brown; 

 basal part with many black spots (at least twenty), six of them on 

 the anterior margin ; the end darker brown, beautifully reticu- 

 lated with pale greenish brown ; wings at the base vermilion-red, 

 with largish black spots, irregular on either side (at least seven) ; 

 tip widely black ; a large acutely-triangular sea-green mark on 

 fore-edge between the red and black parts. Antennse orange. 

 Head and thorax above of a pale brownish colour with a kind of 

 bloom over them. Body and legs blackish brown with a slight 

 bloom. Expanse of hemelytra 1 inch 7^ lines. 



Hab. China (Nankin) ; G. Tradescant Lay, Esq. 



G. Tradescant Lay, Esq., in a note dated " British Consulate, 

 Canton, 19th January, 1844,^^ referring to this insect, says, " The 

 gay Fulgoridce were found in a grove not far from Nankin cling- 

 ing to the trunk of a tree. They were however so much on the 

 alert that it was very hard to capture them. I imagine they 

 take their food and their pastime during the night and spend the 

 day in sleep .'^ Both the above species come near the Aphaena 

 variegata of Guerin-Meneville in his ^ Iconographie Regne Ani- 

 maVt. 5 8. f. 3. 



