90 MR. walker's catalogue or HOMOPTEEOUS IIS'SECTS 



ticem posticum superans. Mesothorax tricarinatus. Pedes breviusculi, 

 sat validi. Alec latse, apice rotunclatse ; auticae areolis costalibus ordinariis, 

 discalibus pliu'imis abnormibus. 

 Body almost linear. Head nearly as broad as tlie tliorax ; rei'tex mvicli 

 longer than broad ; front flat, much longer than broad, forming a roimded 

 angle on the middle of each side, Trith the borders slightly elevated and 

 ■with a slight middle keel. Antennae short ; 2nd jouit much shorter than 

 the 1st ; bristle not long. Prothorax keeled, arched, extending over the 

 limd part of the vertex. Mesothorax longer than broad, with tkree keels. 

 Legs rather short and stout. "Wmgs broad, roimded at the tips. Tore 

 ■wings with a row of regular areolets along the costa ; discal areolets nu- 

 merous, very irregular in size and shape. 



28. CoNNA GUTTIFEEA, n. s. Testacea, capite guttis sex nigris, vcrticis tlio- 

 racisque discis fuscescentibus, abdominis vitta dorsah fusca, segmentorum 

 marginibus posticis albidis, ahs liyahnis, anticis subtestaceis guttis paueis 

 fuscescentibus, posticarum margine ex parte fusceseente. 



Testaceous. Yertex and thorax with brownish disks. Head with two black 

 dots on each side, and fom* in front. Abdomen ■with a brown dorsal stripe; 

 hind borders of the segments whitish. Wings hyaline. Fore wiiigs some- 

 what testaceous, ■with a few shght bro^wnish dots. Hind ■wings with a 

 brownish tinge along part of the hind border. 



Length of the body 3i hues ; of the ■wings 9 lines. 



Malacca. 



Gren. Benna, u. g. 



Corpus sat gracde. Ccqnit carinatmn, thorace paullo angustius, lateribus 

 elevatis, fi'onte compressa elongato-subfusiformi. Antennce breviuscidse. 

 Thorax tricarinatus. ProtJiorax brevissimus. Abdomen basi halteribus 

 duobus capitatis, oviductu longo arcuato. Pedes longiuscidi, sat graciles. 

 Alee latse, apice rotimdatse ; anticoe areoUs discahbus brevioribus, basahbus 

 et marginahbi\s longioribus. 



Body rather slender. Head a httle narrower than the thorax, with a keel 

 which extends fi'om the back of the vertex to the rostrum ; sides also 

 ridged ; iront compressed, elongate-subfiisiform. First and 2nd joints of 

 the antennse a little shorter together than the breadth of the front ; bristle 

 not long. Thorax with three ridges. Prothorax very short. Abdomen at 

 the base -with two lateral capitate appendages hke the halteres of Diptera ; 

 tip terminating in a long curved oviduct. Legs rather long and slender. 

 Wings broad, rounded at the tips. Fore wmgs ■with about twenty areolets, 

 fomied by two irregtdar bands of transverse veinlets ; the discal areolets 

 generally shorter than the basal and the marginal ai-eolets. 



29. Benna capitulata, fcem. Testacea, abdomine lanuginoso, ahshyalinis, 

 anticis subtestaceis, gutta discah nigra guttuhsque duabus fuscis, venis 

 fuscis, basi et apud costam testaceis, venuhs transversis ex parte infuscatis, 

 striga apud mai-ginem exteriorem fusca, stigmate testaceo. 



Female. Testaceous. Abdomen with long cottony secretions ; capitate append- 

 ages with white tijis. Wings liyahne. Fore wings with a very shght testa- 

 ceous tmge ; vcms browm, testaceous towards the base and in front, with a 



