HOMOPTERA. 



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femoiibus tibiisque anticis raembranaceis dilatatis, tibiis posticis spinosis. 

 Alas vitreae ; auticse venulis tiansversis posticaeque venis paucissimis. 



Head narrower than the thorax ; vertex small, slightly concave, exca- 

 vated on the hind border, its length in the middle less than half its 

 breadth ; front almost flat, wider on the fore part, concave by the face, 

 which is lanceolate. Prolhorax convex in front ; its length less than one- 

 third of its breadth. Mesothorax flat, short. Abdomen much longer 

 and broader than the thorax. Legs rather slender; fore femora and fore 

 tibiae membranous, the former dilated beneath, the latter dilated on each 

 side ; hind tibiae spinose. Wings vitreous. Fore wings with the middle 

 areolets about one-third of the length of the basal areolets ; apical areolets 

 shorter than the middle areolets, their veins forked ; transverse veins very 

 few. Hind wings with much fewer veins. 



DiACIRA VARIA. 



Testacea ; vertex et prothorax nigra vittati ; frons, fades et pectus ex 

 maxima parte nigra ; mesotkorax nigra nutattis ; abdomen lutescens, 

 gullis lateralibus fiiscis ; tarsi anteriares nigri ; tibia anticce fascia 

 subapicali alba ; alte vilrece, venis nigris basi testaceis ; antica gutlis 

 quatuar interioribus stigmateque nigris, macula subapicali, guita 

 apicali lituraque apud stigma fuscis ; posticce gutta postica subapicali 

 fusca. 



Testaceous. Vertex and prothorax with a black stripe. Front, face 

 and pectus mostly black. Mesothorax with a few small.black marks on 

 each side. Abdomen somewhat luteous, with brown dots along each side. 

 Anterior tarsi and tips of anterior tibiae black ; fore tibiae with a white sub- 

 apical band. Wings vitreous ; veins black, testaceous towards the base. 

 Fore wings with four black dots on the interior part, with a brown subapical 

 spot, which joins a paler brown apical dot ; a brown mark by the stigma, 

 which is black, with luteous veins. Hind wings with a brown dot on the 

 hind border near the tip. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 

 12 lines. 



Para. 



