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10. PrOCONIA LUCERNEA? 



Ferruginea^ nigro maculata ; scutellum luteum ; abdomen nigrum, 

 subius piceum, apice ferrugineum ; alee anticce picecBy apice 

 fulvcB ; alee posticae sublimpidce, fusco marginatcB. 



Fulgora lucernea? Linn. Syst. Nal. ii. 704, 6. Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 



314, 7. Mant. Ins. ii. 313, 7. Ent. Sgst. iv. 37. Sgst. Rhyn. 



iii. 7. 

 Cicada brevirostris ? Beg. Ins. iii. 202, 6, pi. 32, f. 6, 

 Fulgora luceruaria ? Gmel. Ed. Syst. Nat. i. 4, 2090, 6. 

 Tettigonia lucemaria? Burin. Handh. Ent. ii. 120. 



Nearly allied to the two preceding species. Ferruginous : 

 head with two converging black stripes, which unite on the com- 

 mencement of the slight ridge of the face : shield marked with 

 black ; scutcheon dull luteous : abdomen black, pitchy beneath, 

 ferruginous at the tip : legs dark ferruginous : fore-wings pitchy, 

 with tawny tips: hind-wings almost colourless, with brown borders. 

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



Var. /3. Head wholly ferruginous. 



a. Brazil. Presented by John Miers, Esq. 



b. Brazil. From Mr. Mornay's collection. 

 c — e, ? 



11. Proconia marginata. 



Ferruginea, nigro vittata ; scutum albo-viridescens ; scutellum 

 luteum, disco nigrum; abdomen nigrum, subtus et apice lu- 

 teum; pedes lutei, nigra maculati, tarsis nigris ; alee anticte 

 rufescentes, limpido varies, basi et ad cos tarn picea, apice 

 fulvcB; alee posticce fuscce, basi subcinerece. 



Ferruginous : head with two short, oblique, black stripes on 

 the crown, and in front with two longer, oblique stripes which join 

 the black stripe of the face : rugulose part of the shield dingy 

 whitish green: scutcheon luteous; its disk partly black : abdomen 

 black, luteous beneath on each side and at the tip : legs luteous, 

 with black marks : feet black : fore-wings reddish, here and there 

 almost colourless, pitchy at the base and along part of the fore 

 border, tawny at the tips : hind-wings slightly gray ; brown for near 



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