HOMOPTEKA. 4.7 



IcBte rufi, anteriores valde dilatati ; alee antica pallide lutem. nigra 

 notatce, apice albidce, fasciis tribus viridibus maculatis ; posticce 

 nivece, nigra limaculatcB. 



Testaceous. Vertex transverse, short, sligbtly arched, with a brown 

 dot on each side ; front flat, smooth, transverse, dilated and angular on 

 each side ; face small. Thorax slightly marked with brown. Prothorax 

 slightly convex in front, with a slight middle keel. Mesothorax with three 

 slight keels. Metathorax bright crimson. Legs bright red ; anterior legs 

 much dilated. Fore wings pale luteous, whitish at the tips, with three 

 spotted green bands ; some black marks on the veins, three black dots 

 near the interior angle, and two black submarginal points. Hind wings 

 snow-white, with two black spots in front, the second almost apical. 

 jfaZe.— Abdomen with foliaceous apical appendages. Jema/e.— Abdomen 

 towards the tip with a mass of suow-while filaments. Length of the body 

 3^ lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



North Hindostan. 



Siibtribe FLATOIDES, Spinola. 



Genus FLATOIDES, Guerin. 



Flatoides carbonarius. 



Aler; vertex bremssimus, testaceo binatatus ; thorax punctatissimus ; 

 prothorax unisulcatus ; mesothorax carinis tribus indistinctis ; alte 

 anticcE anthracince, macula discali transversa elliptica alba ; postioB 

 nigra -fuscce. 



Deep black. Vertex very short, with a testaceous mark on each side ; 

 front flat, shining, almost square. Thorax very minutely and thickly 

 punctured. Prothorax with a slight furrow, convex in front and extending 

 over part of the vertex. Mesothorax with three indistinct keels. Fore 

 wings coal-black, shining, with an undulating interrupted subcostal ridge, 

 and with a discal transverse elliptical white spot, in which the veins are 

 white. Hind wings brownish black. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the 

 wings 10 lines. 



