172 mb. walker's catalogue of homopterotjs insects 



luteous band which extends from the base of the costa to nearly two-thirds 

 of the length of the hind border. Hind wings cinereous-hyaline, with 

 black veins. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



Gren. Isaca, n. g. 



Corpus breve. Caput transversum, convexum ; frons transversa ; fades 

 transversa, trigona. Antennae brevissimae ; arista gracillhna, corporis 

 dimidio longior. Pedes anteriores breves ; postici longi, tibiis spinosissimis. 

 Alee sat angnstse, venis paucis. 



Body short. Head transverse, convex ; vertex short ; front and face trans- 

 verse, the latter triangular. Antennae very short ; arista very slender, 

 more than half the length of the body. Anterior legs short ; hind legs 

 long ; their tibiae very spinose. Wings rather narrow, with few veins. 



168. Isaca bipaks, n. s. Nigra nitens glabra, facie pectore abdomine 

 pedibusque albidis, alis hyalinis, anticis striga lata basali fasciaque latissima 

 exteriore nigro-fuscis, posticis disco nigro-fusco. 



Black, shining, smooth. Face, pectus, abdomen and legs whitish. Wings 

 hyaline. Fore wings with a broad blackish-brown basal streak, and with 

 a very broad exterior blackish-brown band. Hind wings with a blackish- 

 brown disk. Length of the body 1£ line ; of the wings 4 lines. 



Coh. Iassides, Amyot et Serv. 

 Gen. Acocephalus, Germar. 



169. Acocephalus olivaceus, Walk. See page 98. 



170. Acocephalus stramineus, Walk. Cat. Homopt. pt. 3. 847. 2. 

 Inhabits also J ava. 



171. Acocephalus discigfcttta, n. s., mas. Testacea brevis, abdominis 

 dorso nigro, alis anticis albis fusco reticulatis, macula discali nigra, plaga 

 postica testacea, posticis hyalinis albo-venosis. 



Male. Testaceous, short. Abdomen black above. Fore wings white, with 

 brown transverse marks which are most frequent at the tips ; a black discal 

 spot and a posterior testaceous patch. Hind wings quite hyaline, with 

 white veins. Length of the body 1^ line ; of the wings 3 lines. 



(iv. Gren. C(ELIdia, Germar. 



172. Coelidia DiRiGENS, n. s., foem. Fusca subtus alba, vertice albo antice 

 nigro, capite subtus fasciis ferrugineis, scuto albo consperso, abdomine 

 nigro- vario, tibiis tarsisque apice albis, alis anticis maculis nigris albisque, 

 venis albo punctatis. 



Female. Brown, white beneath. Vertex white, black along the fore border ; 

 front with three ferruginous bands. Scutum sprinkled with white. Abdo- 

 men varied with black. Tibiae and tarsi with black tips. Fore wings 

 slightly mottled, with black costal spots, and with white hyaline discal 

 spots ; veins with white dots. Length of the body 3£ lines ; of the wings 

 7 lines. 



