786 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



half the length from the tips, which are dark brown. Length of the 

 body 4| lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



a. St. John's Bluff, E. Florida. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



12. Peoconia badia. 



Ferruginea, nigro vittata ; scutellum piceiim, luteo marginatum ; 

 abdominis discus piceus ; pedes picei ; alee anticce purpurea - 

 rufce^ apice subfulvce ; aim postica suhlimpidce. 



Ferruginous : head with a very short and slightly oblique black 

 stripe on each side of the crown, and in front with two long oblique 

 stripes, which join the short black stripe on the face: shield de- 

 pressed on each side in front ; scutcheon pitcby, luteous on each 

 side and towards the tip : disk of the abdomen pitchy above and 

 beneath : feet pitchy : fore-wings dark purplish red ; tips transpa- 

 rent with a slight tawny tinge : hind-wings almost colourless. 

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



13. Peoconia scutellata. 



Testacea, nigro vittata ; scutum antice luteum ; abdomen nigrum, 

 lateribus et apice subtus luteum ; alee anticm rufo-picecB, apice 

 subfulvce ; alee posticce limpidce,fusco marginatm. 



Testaceous : front of the head with two very slender, oblique 

 black stripes, which are united towards the face: shield slightly 

 marked with black, mostly luteous in front : abdomen black, lurid 

 beneath on each side and towards the lip : legs luteous ; feet pitchy 

 towards the tips : fore- wings reddish pitchy, transparent, with a 

 slight tawny tin^e towards the tips : hind-win ^s colourless with 

 narrow brovvn borders. Length of the body 4^ lines; of the wings 

 9 lines. 



14. Peoconia terminalis. 



Jjutea ; caput nigro fasciatum ; scutum abdominisque dorsum 

 nigra ; alee anticce rufo-picece, albido maculatce ; alee posticce 

 fusccB, limpido unimaculatce . 



Luteous : head with a short black band in front of the eyelets ; 

 keel of the epistoma and mouth ferruginous : shield black, with 



