LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



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olive wrinkles : a'l)domen black above excepting tbe tip : fore-wings 

 reddish pitchy, with dingy whitish spots, which are most prevalent 

 towards the base : hind-wings dark brown, with a large colourless 

 spot in the disk. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 11 — 

 12 lines, 

 a, b. ? 



15. Proconia magna. 



Lutea ; caput nigro fasciatum et vittatum ; thorax niger luteo ma- 

 culatus ; abdominis dorsum nigro-eeneum ; pedes rufescentes, 

 femoribus luteis ; alee anlicce rvfo-picea, luteo guttata^ apice 

 fulvcB ; alcB posticce fifscce, basi limpidie. 



Luteoiis: head above with slender black bands and stripes, 

 which form imperfect quadrilateral coinpartments ; two pitchy 

 stripes on the ftice, united in front and behind, and inclosing an 

 oval compartment, and joining a triangular black spot which rests 

 on the epistoma ; the latter has a black stripe which widens in front 

 and occupies the whole of the tip : mouth ferruginous: chest black : 

 shield with some large luteous spots in front ; angles of the scutcheon 

 luteous ; its disk partly luteous: abdomen above bronze-black: 

 legs reddish; thighs luteous; feet pitchy towards the tips: fore- 

 wings reddish pitchy, with a few luteous dots ; middle part covered 

 with whitish powder ; tips tawny : hind-wings dark brown ; their 

 disks colourless towards the base, Length of the body 6^ lines ; of 

 the wings 13 lines, 



a. Brazil. From Mr. Shuckard's collection. 



16. Proconia tenebrosa. 



Ferruginea ; caput nigro vittatum ; thorax niger, ferrugineo varius ; 

 abiominis discus niger; pedes, tibiis, tarsisque piceis ; alee 

 anticce picea, albo plagiatm, apice luridce ; alee posticcB fusccB, 

 basi cinerea. 



Ferruginous : crown with an undulating black band ; front 

 with four oblique black stripes which converge towards the black 

 stripe on the face : chest black ; shield ferruginous in front, its 

 wrinkles olive on each side ; angles of the scutcheon ferruginous : 

 disk of the abdomen black above : shanks and feet mostly pitchy : 

 fore-wings pitchy ; flaps at the base of the hind border bronze- 



