174 ME. WALKEE's CATALOOrE OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS 



coiiico line^ antici transvei-sa nigra, alia anticis apices versus cinerco- 

 notatis, strigis duabus costalibus hyalinis, posticis nigro-cinereis. 

 Cupreous, tawny beneath. Head short-conical, rather longer than in most 

 species of the genus ; vertex with a transverse black hne in front. Fore 

 wings towards the tips with some cinereous marks and with two more 

 distinct hyahne costal streaks. Hind wmgs blackish-grey. Length ol" the 

 body 2 hues ; of the wings 4 lines. 



180. Btthoscopus cephalotes, n. b. PaUide flavus, capitis disco testaceo, 

 punctis duobus anticis nigris, strigis duabus subtiis facieque nigris, abdo- 

 mine testaceo, alis anticis fulvis, margine postico basi palhde flavo, posticis 

 cinereo-hyalinis. 



Pale yellow. Head testaceous in the disk above, with two minute black dots 

 in front, and with two black streaks towards the face, which is also black. 

 Abdomen testaceous. Fore wings tawny, pale yellow at the base of the 

 hind border. Hind wings greyish-hyaline. Length of the body 1^ line ; 

 of the wings 3 hnes. 



Grroup 2. Arista 2oerlonga. Arista very long. 



] 81. Bythoscopfs biaecuatus, n. s., foem. Albido-testaceus, vertice scuto- 

 que Unea transversa arcuata rufa, alis anticis macuhs duabus costahbus 

 exterioribus apiceque fuscis, posticis subhyalinis pallido-venosis. 



Female. Whitish-testaceous. Head arched, about four tunes broader than 

 long, a Httle more convex in front than concave behind. Vertex and 

 scutum each with a transverse red arched line. Arista about three-fourths 

 of the length of the body. Fore wings vrith browia tips, and with two 

 exterior brown costal spots. Hind wings nearly hyaline, with brown tips. 

 Length of the body 2^ hnes ; of the wings 5 J lines. 



182. Btthoscopus x^TisiaxA, n. s., mas. et foem. Cinereo-cupreus subtiis 

 cinereus, capitis linea antica thoracis fascia antica interrupta arcuata 

 maculisque posticis ochraceis, tibiis anticis ochraceis, ahs cupreo-hyahnis, 

 anticis costa ochracea maculis duabus exterioribus costalibus apiceque 

 nigro-fiiscis. 



Male and Female. Cupreous, with a cinereous tinge ; cmereous beneath. 

 Head with an ochraceous line in front of the vertex. Arista about half 

 .the length of the body. Thorax with an arclied interrupted ochraceous 

 band and some liinder ochraceous spots. Fore tibise and tips of the fore 

 femora ochraceous. Wings cupreous-hyahne. Fore Avings with the costa 

 and the interior border ocliraeeous, with two exterior blackish-browTi costal 

 lines, with blackish-brown tips, and with a blackish-brown dot by the 

 interior border. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 7 hnes. 



183. BTTHOSCOPrs nigrilinea, U.S. ^neo-fidvus, capite lineis duabus 

 transversis nigris, ahs anticis feneo-luridis, guttis tribus apud marginem 

 posticum nigris. 



iEneous-tawny. Head with two black transverse hnes. Arista a little moi-e 

 than half the length of the body. Wings lurid, with an seneous tinge ; 

 Ulterior border of the fore wings with three black dots. Length of the 

 body 2^ lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



