92 me. walkeb's catalogue of homoptebotjs insects 



Gen. Plata, Fair. 

 37. Flata obscura, Fair. Syst. Wiyn. 49. 16. 

 Singapore. Inhabits also Hindostan. 



/Gen. Colobesthes, Anmot et Serv. ^ 

 38. Colobesthes albiplana, il. s. Alba, ahs anticis'apudr costam convexis, 

 margine exteriore quadrato, angulo interiore attenuato peracuto, posticis 

 vix acuminatis. 

 White. Fore wings convex in front, rectangular at the tips, straight and 

 quadrate from thence to the interior angle which is attenuated and very 

 acute ; hind border straight. Hind wings hardly acuminated at the tips. 

 Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 



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makginata, n. s. Viridi-alba, mesothorace vittis duabus 

 testaceis luteo-unilineatis, ahs anticis fascia marginali lutea, basi subtuber- 

 culatis, apud costam convexis, margine exteriore quadrato, angulo interiore 

 attenuato acuto. 



Greenish white. Front not broader than long, with a slightly elevated border 

 and a slight keel ; sides slightly rounded. Mesothorax on each side with 

 a testaceous stripe which includes a luteous line. Fore wings minutely 

 tuberculate towards the base, convex in front, rectangular at the tips, 

 straight and quadrate from thence to the hind angle which is attenuated 

 and acute ; hind border straight ; a pale luteous marginal band extending 

 from f ths of the length of the costa nearly to the middle of the hind border. 

 Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



Malacca. 



Gen. P<ecilopteba, Latr. 



40. Poeciloptera maculata, Guer. Icon. Regne Anim. Ins. pi. 58. f. 7. 

 Malacca and Singapore. Inhabits also Java. 



41. Pcecilopteba LUTEIMAEGO, n. s. Subtestaceo-viridis, fronte subcari- 

 nata, lateribus subelevatis rotundatis, prothorace arcuato verticem ex parte 

 superante, ahs anticis margine exteriore subquadrato, fascia apicali lutea 

 fusco-marginata, posticis limpidis. 



G-reen, with a slight testaceous tinge. Front a little longer than broad, with 

 the border slightly elevated, and with a slight keel ; sides rounded. Thorax 

 not keeled. Prothorax nearly semicircular, extending over the vertex. 

 Mesothorax broader than long. Fore wings subquadrate at the tips, about 

 which there is a luteous brown-bordered band. Hind wings limpid. 

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



Singapore. t * 

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42. PceCtlOpteea niveina, n. s. Alba, P. luteimarginis structura, ahs anti- 

 cis fascia marginali testacea. 



White, in structure like P. luteimargo. Fore wings with a testaceous mar- 

 ginal band which extends from two-thirds of the length of the costa to the 

 base of the hind border. Length of the body 2£ lines j of the wings 7 lines. 



Mount Ophir. 



