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LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



pitchy tip, reaching the middle hips : chest with three yellow bands ; 

 the first on the fore border; the second near the first, the third on 

 the slightly concave hind border adjoining the scutcheon : fore- 

 wings narrow, with very numerous cross-veins towards the tips ; a 

 white band near the base, not extending to the fore border ; two 

 white spots before half the length, one on the fore border, the other 

 on the hind border ; two white spots on the fore border nearer the 

 tip, where the disks of all the little areolets are whitish : hind-wings 

 gray ; veins black, tawny at the base. Length of the body 5 lines ; 

 of the wings 9 lines. 



a, h. Philippine Islands. From Mr, Cuming's collection. 



2. Perinoia varia. 



Nigra, fusiformis ; caput jiavo hifasciaium ; thorax Jlavo uni- 

 vittatus ; abdomen obscure jiavmn ; pedes fulvi, tibiis anteri- 

 oribus supra tarsisque nigris ; alee anticce Jiavo sex maculatce. 



Black, shining, spindle-shaped, dingy yellow beneath, head and 

 chest flat, thickly punctured, slightly rugulose : head produced in 

 front, conical, hardly broader than long, about half the length of 

 the chest, concave along the hind border, adorned with two yellow 

 bands ; first band interrupted, its borders much jagged ; second 

 emitting five short streaks from its hind border ; face slightly punc- 

 tured, convex, with a flat stripe, on each side of which are about 

 ten very oblique cross ridges : mouth tawny, with a pitchy lip, not 

 reaching the middle hips : feelers tawny : chest very slightly convex, 

 with a broad yellow stripe ; a furrow^ on each side extending from 

 the eye to the base of the fore-wing : abdomen dingy yellow : ovi- 

 duct black : legs tawny ; feet black ; anterior shanks black above ; 

 fore-wings with six yellow marks; first forming a short stripe from 

 the base along the middle; second and third oblique; one by the 

 fore border, the other by the hind border ; fourth short, extending 

 from the fore border towards the disk : fifth and sixth forming two 

 stripes, which taper nearly to the tip: hind-wings nearly colourless; 

 veins black, tawny at the base. Length of the body 4^ lines ; of the 

 wings 9 lines. 



a. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



