'24 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



44. Ptyelus trivirgatus. 



Ptyelus trivirgatus, Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 567, 2, pi. tO, 

 f. 9. 



45. Ptyelus ferrum-eqcinum. 

 Ptyelus ferrum-equinum, St. Farg. et Serv. Enc, Meth. x. 608, 1. 



46. Ptyelus mirabilis. 



Ptyelus mirabilis, Amyot, Hist. Nat. Hem. 566, 1. 

 Cercopis mirabilis, Blanch. Hist. Nat. Ins. iii. 187, 1. 



New Holland ; Madagascar. 



47. Ptyelus subfasciatus. 



Fulvus ; caput supra luteum, subtus antice piceum ; thorax fusco 

 sexvittatus ; pectoris discus niger ; abdomen piceum basi ful- 

 vum ; tibice posticce apice nigrce ; alee antiae albo bifasciatce, 

 basi fulvo maculatee. 



Pale tawny, shining, very finely punctured : head above luteous, 

 slightly concave along the hind border, very convex in front ; face 

 very convex, pitchy towards the epistoraa, which is also pitchy ; 

 ridges on each side very slight : chest with six brown stripes ; a 

 brown spot on each side by the base of the fore-wing : disk of the 

 breast black : abdomen pitchy, pale tawny at the base : tips of the 

 hind shanks black : fore-wings brown, with a tawny spot on each 

 side at the base, and with two white bands, the first not reaching the 

 hind border, the second interrupted in the middle: hind-wings co- 

 lourless : veins tawny. Length of the body 1 f line ; of the wings 

 4 lines. 



a. North India. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 



48. Ptyelus obtusus. 

 Cercopis obtusa. Say. 

 United States. 



