682 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



23. MONECPHORA ALBOATEA. 



Nigra; abdomen piceum, basi testaceum ; alee anticce albo bifas- 

 ciatce. 



Black, shining: head and fore-chest rugulose : head flat; face 

 slightly convex, not keeled, but quite smooth along a broad space in 

 front; ridges on each side very oblique and indistinct: mouth 

 pitchy, black towards the tip : abdomen pitchy, testaceous at the 

 base: fore-wings adorned with two slender, zigzag, slightly curved 

 white bands, which are interrupted in the middle : hind-wings gray, 

 brown at the tips and along the hind borders ; veins black. Length 

 of the body 3h lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 

 a. Columbia. From Mr. Turner's collection. 



24. MoNECPHORA TRI MACULA. 



Picea; metathorax et pectus fulva; abdomen rufo fasciatum ; 

 pedes fulvi ; alee anticcB fuscce, albo trimaculatcB. 



Pitchy, shining: head and chest thinly and finely punctured : 

 disk of the head above much depressed ; face very convex, very 

 hairy, not keeled; cross ridges on each side slightly oblique, rather 

 indistinct : mouth and antennae tawny : chest very convex, with a 

 slight cross furrow near the fore border, and with a very indistinct 

 keel along the back : hind-chest and breast tawny : hind borders of 

 the abdominal segments red : legs tawny : fore-wings brown, darkest 

 along the fore border, with three round white spots ; one at the 

 base ; the second and third in the disk, at one-third and at two- 

 thirds of the length : hind-wings colourless, very slightly clouded 

 along the hind borders ; veins tawny. Length of the body 3^ lines ; 

 of the wings 9 lines. 



a. East India. 



25. MoNECPHORA SOLITA. 



Viridis ; pectus, abdomen et pedes rufa ; abdominis latera basi 

 fulva; alee anticce fuscce, luteo U7iif as dates, basi rufa. 



Metallic-green, slightly shining : head and chest very thickly 

 punctured : head above depressed ; face purple, very convex, keeled, 

 with distinct, slightly oblique cross ridges on each side: mouth 

 bright red, with a black tip : antennae black, tawny towards the tips. 



