640 LIST OF HOMOPTEEOUS INSECTS. 



hind border : disk of the fore-chest with a short, conical, red stripe, 

 which rests on a red band : hind-chest red : abdomen tinged with 

 lead-colour : legs black ; thighs towards the base and hips red ; hind 

 metatarsi tawny beneath : fore-wings black, with two very broad red 

 bands, which are connected along the fore border ; the tirst con- 

 nected with the base by a stripe along the fore border: hind-wings 

 blackish brown, paler towards the base, which is red. Length of the 

 body 5 lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 



a. King George's Sound, New Holland. Presented by Captain 

 Gray. 



6. EURYMELA BASALIS. 



Lutea cyaneo varia, capite anlico nigro vittato, abdominis apice 

 nigro, pedibus iiigris, femoribus basi htieis, alts anticis cya- 

 neis basi fulvis cyaneoque ynaculatis, alis posticis piirpureo- 

 fuscis basi limpidis. 



Luleous : head with a short, black stripe in front: proboscis 

 tawny, with a brown tip ; front of the fore-chest with a broad, dark 

 blue band, which is dilated on each side of the hind border: scutel- 

 lum dark blue: tip of the abdomen black: legs black; thighs 

 towards the base and hips luteous: fore-wings blue, tawny for more 

 than one-third from the base, which has a blue spot on each side : 

 hind-wings purplish brown, colourless towards the base. Length of 

 the body 5 lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 

 a. New Holland. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



7. EuRYMELA surrusA. 



JFerruginea, capite nigro bimaculato^ ihorace nigro trimaculato, 

 abdomine rufo apice nigro, pedibus nigris, femoribus fulvis 

 apice nigris, tibiis posticis basi ferrugineis, alis anticis nigri- 

 cantibus ferrugineo cinctis el ad discum maculatis, alis posti- 

 cis fuse is. 



Ferruginous : head witli a pair of black spots on each side 1)e- 

 tween the eyes, yellow, with a ferruginous stripe in front: mouth 

 tawny, with a black tip ; scutellum with three triangular black spots 

 along the fore border : abdomen red, with a black lip, and with a 

 black spot at the base of the oviduct: legs black ; hips and thighs 

 tawny; tips of the latter black; hind shanks ferruginous towards 

 the base: fore-wings blackish, with a tawny margin, which is 

 widened on the fore border near the base, and on the hind border in 



