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Homoptera Saundersii, nov. sp. 



Brown wood-color, brownish-cinereous beneath. Thorax with a nar- 

 row black line in front; tegulae with alternate black and whitish bands. 

 Abdomen brown wood-color (or the color of an ordinary dead leaf). An- 

 terior wings of the same general color ; basal portion dark brown, with 

 the usual lines whitish, margined with black ; median space paler, yel- 

 lowish posteriorly, with a pale band proceeding from the costa half-way 

 across the wing, composed of whitish atoms and enclosing a black discal 

 dot, then two zigzag brown lines, well defined anteriorly, touching the 

 renif )rm spot, which is black and tolerably distinct, the remainder of 

 the median space brownish with a few dark scales scattered over it ; 

 elbowed line fine, very undulating, distinct, deep black, edged exteri- 

 orly with pale brown; subterminal line wavy, bluish-white, with its 

 outer edge black ; a black apical streak, and another in the middle of 

 the exterior margin ; a marginal series of tiny brown luuules. 



Posterior wings cinereous-brown ; basal portion with no markings 

 except a small black discal spot ; median space occupied by five trans- 

 verse dark slightly wavy lines, the outer one black and very fine ; ter- 

 minal portion enclosed by a black velvety line, edged with yellow exte- 

 riorly, followed by a bluish-white line in a black shade, the large 

 lunule thus formed is covered with minute flecks of black; a marginal 

 series of lunules as on the anterior wings. 



Under side of both wings brownish-cinereous ; with a black discal 

 lunule, preceded by a black dot in the anterior wings, a transverse 

 wavy black line, and a marginal series of black dots ; posterior wings 

 with an exterior transverse line also, which is almost obsolete until it 

 approaches the anal angle. 



Length of body, .80 inch. Alar exp. 2 inches. 



Hah. —London, C. W. (Coll. Mr. Win. Saunders.) 



I have much pleasure in dedicating this insect to Mr. William Saun- 

 ders, the energetic President of the Entomological Society of Canada, 

 and a most assiduous student of this branch of natural science. 



Cobourg, C.W., January, 18G5. 



