Monographie der Ricaniiden (Homoptera). -^4-^ 



Stigma Walk. 



Flatoides stigma Walk., List of Honv, II, pag. 410, 12 (1851). 



9. Ferrugineus; frons tricarinatus, transverse unicarinatus; epistoma fulvum, cari- 

 natum; prothorax carinatus; mesothorax quinquecarinatus; abdomen testaceum; pedes 

 fulvi; alae sat latae; alae anticae fuscae aut testaceae, macula trigona sublimpida ad 

 costam ornatae; fasciis obliquis fulvis et fuscis basi notatae. 



9. Body ferruginous; head as broad as the ehest; crown surrounded by a rim, very 

 slightly arched; its length not one eighth of its breadth; front broad, rounded on each 

 side, narrower near the epistoma, slightly concave at the junction, surrounded by a rim, 

 having a middle ridge which is shortened towards the epistoma and two side ridges 

 which are slightly curved and united by a cross-ridge near the epistoma; the latter is 

 tawny and lanceolate with a middle ridge; fore-chest with a middle ridge, slightly arched, 

 about twice the length of the crown; middle-chest with five ridges; inner pair curved, 

 united in front and behind, and inclosing a somewhat flat almost eüiptical compart- 

 ment; outer pair very short, not extending far froni the border; abdomen testaceous, 

 obconical, not longer than the ehest; legs tawny; wings rather large; fore wings brown, 

 sometimes testaceous, with brown tips; a somewhat triangulär, almost colourless spot 

 on the fore border of the fore wing; between it and the base is a row of very short 

 oblique alternately brown and tawny bands; veins brown, pale on the spot; longitudinal 

 veins very numerous; cross-veins not numerous; a few almost upright slightly curved 

 cross-veins along the fore border which is sHghtly convex. 



Length of the body 2^/2 lines, of the wings 9 lines. 



Patria ignota. 



Ist nach Kirby's Mittheilung der stupida Walk, ähnlich, hat aber einen grösseren 

 weissen Costalfleck. 



stipatus Walk. 



Flatoides stipatus Walk., List of Hom., II, pag. 411, i3 (1851). 



9. Ferrugineus; frons non carinatus; prothorax carinatus; mesothorax piceus, ejus 

 carina semicirculum fingens; pedes ferruginei; alae anticae fuscae, fulvo guttatae, ma- 

 culis duabus sublimpidis ad costam ornatae; alae posticae fulvae, apice fuscae. 



Q. Body ferruginous; head nearlv as broad as the ehest; crown surrounded by a 

 rim, slightly concave on the bind border, almost straight in front; its length hardly one 

 eighth of its breadth; front broad, surrounded by a rim, not ridged, rounded on each 

 side, rather narrower towards the epistoma, slightly concave where they join; its breadth 

 less than twice its length; epistoma triangulär, not ridged; fore-chest shghtly arched, 

 with a middle ridge, about twice the length of the crown; middle-chest pilchy, with a 

 semicircular ridge, which proceeds from each side of the fore border into the disk; ab- 

 domen obconical, a little longer than the ehest; legs ferruginous; fore-wings brown, 

 adorned with numerous tawmy dots, several of which are eonfluent in the disk; two 

 larger almost colourless spots on the fore border, one beyond the middle, the other 

 near the tip; veins blackish, pale on the spots; longitudinal veins very numerous; 

 cross-veins few; fore border very convex towards the base, where there is a row of 

 oblique parallel cross-veins; bind wings tawny, brow-n towards the thips. 



Length of the body 3 lines, of the wings 9 lines. 



New Holland. 



Scheint mit Ricamila integra \ar. ßavida verwandt zu sein, aber diese hat ausser 

 dem Stigtna vor der Apicalspitze zwei kleine weisse Randflecken, welche sehr klein 



Annalcn des k. k. naturhistorischeii Hofmuseums, Bd. XIII, Heft 2, 1S98. 2j 



