166 MR. walker's catalogue oe homopterotjs insects 



Subtrib. Aphrophorides, Amyot et Serv. 



^ , Glen. Ptyelus, St. Farg. et Serv. 



* 136. Ptyelus amplus, Walk. Cat. Eomopt. pt. 3. 706. 11. 



Inhabits also Java. 



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 >/ 137. Ptyelus ineffecttts, n. s., foem. Piceus, tibiis posticis fulvis, alia 



anticis linea transversa angulosa subobsoleta fulva, postieis nigro-cinereis. 



Female. Piceous. Pectus with a tawny spot on each side. Hind tibiae dull 



tawny. Fore wings with an indistinct transverse zigzag tawny line. 



Hind wings blackish-grey. Length of the body 3£ lines ; of the wings 



8 lines. 



Gen. Amartjsa, n. g. 2= fL g 



Corpus longum. Caput breve, arcuatum, lateribus vix brevioribus ; frons 



sulcis transversis. Scutum antice impressum, margine pestico excavato ; 



scutellum oblanceolatum. Pedes brevissimi. Alee longi-fusiformes. 

 Body long. Head short, convex in front, concave behind, hardly longer in 



the middle than on each side ; its breadth more than four times its length. 



Scutum impressed in front ; middle part of the hind border excavated ; 



scutellum oblanceolate. Legs very short. Wings elongate -fusiform. 



138. AmaSusa picea, n. s. Nigra, capite supra thoraceque obscure fulvis, 

 thorace maculis duabus lateralibus piceis, alis anticis piceis, posticis nigro- 

 cinereis. 



Black. Head above and thorax dark tawny. Thorax with a piceous spot 

 on each side. Fore wings piceous. Hind wings blackish-grey. Length 

 of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



- . Gen. Perinoia, Walk. 



139. Peeinoia exclamans, n. s., foem. Fusca, capite supra - thoraceque 

 testaceo septem-vittatis, capite subtus pectoreque testaceo bivittatis, alis 

 anticis nigro-fuscis vittis tribus basalibus duabusque apicalibus maculisque 

 quatuor intermediis testaceis, posticis cinereis. 



Female. Brown. Head above and scutum with seven testaceous stripes 

 which extend to the scutum and to the interior base of the fofle wings. 

 Head beneath and pectus with a testaceous stripe on each side. Fore 

 wings blackish-brown, pale brown like the thorax at the interior base, with 

 three basal and two apical testaceous stripes, and with four intermediate 

 elongated testaceous spots. Hind wings cinereous. Length of the body 

 3£ lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



140. Peeinoia signifera, n. s., foem. Nigra, capite supra thoraceque 

 testaceis cervino sex-vittatis, capite subtus pectoreque testaceo bivittatis, 

 pedibus testaceis, alis anticis margine interiore vitta basali arcuata vittisque 

 duabus apicalibus testaceis, posticis cinereis. 



Female. Black, narrower than the preceding species, and with a more conical 

 head. Head above and thorax testaceous, with six fawn-coloured stripes 



