LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 819 



18. Ledra unicolor. 



Ferrughwa, piceo tessellata, nigra vittata, subtus testacea ; fades ni- 

 gro interrupte fasciata ; pedes testacei, tibiis posticis apice 

 piceis ; alee antiae albidce ; alee posticcB limpidcB. 



Ferruginous: head and chest indistinctly tessellated with pitchy 

 colour, testaceous heneath : head very short, not broader than the 

 chest, not arched, flat above, finely striated longitudinally, short-co- 

 nical on the fore border, very slightly convex on each side, very con- 

 cave on the hind border, with a black middle stripe ; its length 

 much less than one-sixth of its breadth ; on each side of the lore 

 border a spindle-shaped concave compartment ; face hardly keeled, 

 with a short oblique black band on each side in front ; epistoma 

 with a black stripe on each side : chest flat, finely striated trans- 

 versely ; shield conical along the fore border, with three slight black 

 stripes ; middle one short in front ; side pair indistinct, zigzag ; 

 hind border concave in the middle, convex on each side : legs pale 

 testaceous ; tips of the hind-shanks pitchy : fore-wings whitish ; 

 veins ferruginous : most of the areolets partly subdivided by ferrugi- 

 nous ramifications : hind-wings colourless. Length of the body 7^ 

 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Philippine Islands. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



19. Ledra varia. 



Testacea, ferrugineo tessellata, nigro vittata, subtus nigro varia ; 

 pedes tibiis posticis femoribusque apice nigris, tibiis posticis 

 piceis; alcB anticce sublimpides basi vittaque j^iceis ; alec pos- 

 ticce limpidcB. 



Testaceous : head and chest indistinctly tessellated vvith ferru- 

 ginous : head very short, not broader than the chest, not arched, 

 very slightly concave above, finely striated longitudinally, short-co- 

 nical on the fore border, very slightly convex on each side, very con- 

 cave on the hind border, with a black middle stripe and two pitchy 

 slightly oblique side stripes ; its length less than one-fourth of it's 

 breadth ; on each side of the fore border a spindle-shaped concave 

 compartment whose 'disk is black ; underside yellow or pale testa- 

 ceous, with abroad black band along the fore border; face black 

 and finely striated transversely towards the epistoma, which is black, 

 with a tawny spot, and has a black stripe on each side : chest almost 

 flat, finely striated transversely; shield conical along the fore border, 



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