t>42 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



truncate on the inner side of the fore part, connected by a slender 

 black band, from whence an interrupted black stripe proceeds to ihi 

 mouth: fore-chest black, with a large luteous spot on each side in 

 front ; hind border dingy white : scutcheon luteous ; disk black : 

 hind-chest pitchy : abdomen black, with a broad, short, yellow 

 stripe along each side ; under side yellow, with a black tip : legs 

 black ; hips and thighs yellow ; tips of the latter black ; hind meta- 

 tarsi white, with black li})s : fore-wings brassy-black, with two 

 white bands ; first band beyond one-third of the length of the wing, 

 shortened, more or less interrupted, emitting a more or less distinct 

 stripe towards the base ; second band near the tip, slightly curved 

 inward, broadest on the fore border: hind-wings bluish or purplish 

 black. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 9 lines. 



a. Moreton Bay. From Capt. Parry's collection. 



b. New Holland. 



10. EURYMELA TERMINALIS. 



Ferrughiea, cajnte Jiavo himaculato ^ scutello piceo, abdomine rvfo 

 apice nigra J pedibus nigris, femonbus fuhis, alls anticis 

 fuscis albo bifasciatis. 



Ferruginous: head yellow on each side in front, adorned be- 

 tween the eyes with an irregular black band, from whence a black 

 stripe proceeds to the mouth: scutcheon piceous, ferruginous at the 

 tip and along the border on each side : abdomen red, with a black 

 tip: legs black; hips and thighs tawny; tips of the latter black : 

 fore-wings brown, with two white bands ; first band at one-third of 

 the length of the wing, slightly oblique, emitting three tawny 

 stripes to the base, the middle one, in some cases, very broad ; 

 second band beyond two-thirds of the length of the wing, broadest 

 on the fore border ; hind borders tawny : hind-wings bluish brown. 

 Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 



Var. /3. No black band between the eyes. 



a — d. Adelaide. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



II. EuRYMELA LIVIDA. 



T^Hgra fulvo varia, abdominis apice ventreque rujis^ tibiis posticis 

 basi femoribusque rujis, metatarsis posticis basi albis, alis an- 

 ticis fuscis apice albo fas ciatis. - 



Head tawny, with a large, irregular, black spot on each side 

 between the eyes ; between the fore part of these spots a black 



