816 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



breadth; middle ridge beneath and face whitish: shield convex on 

 the disk, very slightly convex along the fore border, with four slight 

 ridges ; hind border concave in the middle, convex on each side : 

 scutcheon convex, and with two slight crests towards the tip : abdo- 

 men red above : shanks tuberculate, slightly widened : fore-wings 

 whitish, tuberculate towards the base ; areolets with tawny ramifica- 

 tions, which are confluent towards the base ; veins pale ferruginous; 

 hind-wings colourless. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 

 14 lines. 



a. North Bengal. From Miss Campbell's collection. 



13. Ledra eugosa. 



Picea, angusta ; caput suhtus testaceum ; scutum convexum^ trica- 

 rinatum ; scuteUum apice subconvexum ; abdomen supra rufo 

 fasciatwn; tibice subdilatatce, ciliated; ala anticcB apice sub- 

 limpidcB; alee posticcB subcinerecs. 



Allied to the genus Ledropsis. Pitchy, narrow, paler beneath : 

 head very little broader than the chest, much arched, conical in 

 front, rounded on each side, very slightly concave on the hind bor- 

 der ; its length much more than half its breadth ; middle ridge be- 

 neath and face pale testaceous : shield convex, almost flat in front, 

 with three very slight longitudinal ridges; scutcheon slightly con- 

 vex at the tip : abdomen above with a red band on the hind border 

 of each segment: shanks slightly widened and fringed: fore-wings 

 almost colourless towards the tips, very convex towards the tip of the 

 fore border ; veins pitchy, strongly marked, partly ferruginous : hind- 

 wings slightly gray. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 12 

 lines. 

 a. Ceylon. From Mr. Gardener's collection. 



Group 3. Head flat, short, broad. 



14. Ledra planieostris. 



Note. — In the second part of the Catalogue this Ledra is cited 

 by mistake as a doubtful species as Omalocephala. 



a, b. New Holland. Presented by Major General Hardwicke. 

 c. New Holland. 



