98 MR. walker's catalogue oe homopterous insects 



black on each side. Thorax with five testaceous stripes and with two 

 white stripes. Legs white. Fore wings with several various white stripes, 

 testaceous at the base, lurid towards the tips which are brown. Hind 

 wings dark grey. Length of the body 3 lines j of the wings 7 lines. 

 Mount Ophir. 



Coh. Scarides, Amyot et Serv. 

 G-en. Ledra, lair. 



66. Ledra chxtellieera, n. s. Testacea punctis pallidioribus, capite conico, 

 scutello attenuato, oviduCtu fulvo apice nigro, alis anticis subtuberculatis, 

 posticis limpidis. 



Testaceous. Head and thorax with minute paler dots. Head conical, broader 

 than long. Scutum about twice broader than long. Scutellum attenuated 

 and acuminated at the tip. Oviduct tawny, with a black tip. Fore wings 

 very minutely tuberculate. Hind wings limpid. Length of the body 

 6£ lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



Singapore. 



67. Ledra conifera, n. s. Fulva tuberculis pallidis, subtus testacea, capite 

 conico, alis anticis testaceis venis ex parte rufescentibus, posticis limpidis. 



Tawny, testaceous beneath. Head and thorax thickly covered with very 

 minute pale tubercles. Head conical, hardly broader than long. Scutum 

 not twice broader than long. Scutellum acuminated. Fore wings testa- 

 ceous, very minutely tuberculated ; veins partly reddish. Hind wings 

 limpid. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



Singapore. 



68. Ledra nigrilinea, n. s. Testacea subpunctulata, capite scutique lateri- 

 bus nigro marginatis, capite brevi-conico, alis posticis limpidis. 



Testaceous, very minutely punctured. Head and sides of the scutum bordered 

 with black. Head short-conical, twice broader than long. Scutum not 

 twice broader than long. Scutellum acuminated. Hind wings limpid. 

 Length of the body 3£ lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



Singapore. 



Gen. Penthimia, German. 



69. Penthimia castanea, n. s. Ferruginea leevis nitens, capite antice sub- 

 tusque pectoris margine antico maculisque duabus nigris, pedibus nigris, 

 tibiis spinosissimis, alis anticis apices versus luridis maculis nigris. 



Ferruginous, smooth, shining. Head black in front and beneath. Pectus 

 black in front and with a black spot on each side behind. Legs black ; 

 tibise very spinose. Fore wings lurid, and with black spots towards the 

 tips. Length of the body 2>\ lines j of the wings 5 lines. 



Malacca. 



Coh. Iassides, Amyot et Serv. 

 G-en. Acocephaltjs, Germar. 



70. Acocephalus olivaceus, Walk. Cat. Homopt. pt. 3. 846. 1. 

 Malacca. Inhabits also the Philippine Islands. 



