330 Mr. A. White on neiu species of Homoptera. 



XLIII. — Descriptions of some apparent!]/ new species of Homopte- 

 rous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. By Adam 

 White, M.E.S._, Assistant in the Zoological Department of 

 the British Museum. 



Aphana (Guerin), Burm. 

 Aphana imperialis, White. Elytra olive-green, the basal por- 

 tion with numerous black spots, most of which are traversed by 

 green veins ; the tip black, beautifully reticulated with olive-green. 

 Wings at the base purplish madder, with eleven or twelve large 

 black spots, the purplish part reticulated with whitish ; the end 

 brownish black ; a bluish green band-like mark across the middle 

 of the wing, not nearly reaching the hind margin, the three nerves 

 traversing it are black. Under sides of elytra and wings almost 

 similar to the upper side. Head and thorax above greenish. 

 Prothorax finely transversely striated, a line down the middle 

 shining. Abdomen black, margins yellow, segments slightly 

 powdered with white, vulvar scales red. Legs brown ; tibiae of 

 hind legs with three teeth on the outside. 

 Expanse of elytra 2 inches 5 lines. 

 Hab. Silhet. 



In marking and general appearance similar to Aphana delica- 

 tula, sent to the Museum from Canton by the late Tradescant 

 Lay, Esq. ; the Aphana amabilis, Hope (Linn. Trans, xix. 132. 

 t. 12. f. 1), from Silhet is somewhat allied to it, but neither A, 

 delicatula (Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. xv. 37) nor the present 

 species have the slender, sharp, erect horn which is on the head 

 of A. amabilis, 



Aphana scutellaris, "WTiite. Elytra with the base dark green, 

 the tip ochrey yellow, the basal portion except on the outer mar- 

 gin thickly covered with a white sponge-like matter, the veins 

 green, the tip with a good deal of white sponge-like matter, some 

 roundish spots in the middle free from it. Wings at the base 

 green, mixed with violet -blue; in the middle a large red mark 

 reticulated with yellowish, inner and part of the outer margin of 

 a pale ochrey yellow, the tip deep brownish yellow, beyond the 

 middle of the wing a dark brownish line not quite reaching the 

 hind margin : middle of the wing with nine or ten white spots of 

 different sizes ; several small bluish white spots on the apical 

 part, under sides somewhat similar, the base of elytra green, 

 marked and thickly spotted with black. Head and thorax above 

 of a very deep blackish green, the vertex with two white patches 

 in a depression, ridged in front and on the sides. Prothorax 

 strongly ridged in the middle ; scutellum (mesonotum) covered 

 with white sponge-like matter. Abdomen very deep blackish 

 green above^ the segments at the base above, powdered with 



