HOMOPTEEA. 



gular. Mesothoiax tawny, with four short black stripes in front. Abdo- 

 men black above, with black pubescence ; hind borders of the segments 

 testaceous. Wings vitreous, testaceous at the base; veins testaceous. 

 Fore wings elongate-fusiform, very narrow ; transverse veins black ; first 

 and second oblique; first very near the costa, much shorter than the 

 second, from which it is parted by more than thrice its length ; third and 

 fourth straight, oblique. Length of the body 10— 1 1 lines ; of the wings 

 30—32 lines. 



Genus DUNDUBIA, Amijot. 

 Hindostan. 



DCNDUBIA TIGE0IDE3. 



Fcem. Viridis, testaceo varia ; caput macula magna liturisque parvis 



anticis et lateralihus nigris ; prothorax villis sex nigris strigisque 



duabus discalibus fuscis ; mesothorax vittis quinque gutlisque duabus 



posticis nigris; abdomen strigis duabus anticis lanceolatis, gultis 



lateralibus fasciaque subapicali nigris ; al(e vitrei, venis viridibus 



nigra variis ; anticce stigmate nigro fascia pallida, venis \a et 2a 



transversis fusco subnebulosis. 



Female. Green, partly testaceous. Head with minute black marks 



in front and on each side, and with a large black spot on the vertex. 



Prothorax with six black stripes ; the inner pair dilated at each end ; the 



middle pair oblique ; the third pair marginal ; a curved brown discal 



streak on each side between the first and second pairs. Mesothorax with 



five black stripes, which are slightly dilated hindward ; inner pair shortened 



hindward; outer pair curved outward hiudward; two black dots on 



the hind border. Abdomen with a black lanceolate mark on each of the 



first and second segments, with black dots along each side, and with 



a black subapical band. Wings vitreous. Fore wings with the costa 



green, luteous beyond the middle ; stigma black, with a pale band ; veins 



green, partly black; first and second transverse veins very slightly clouded 



with brown ; first parted by more than twice its length from the second. 



Length of the body 11 lines; of the wings 26 lines. 



This species closely resembles D. tigrina, but may be distinguished by 

 the outward curve of the exterior stripes on the mesothorax, by the spots 



