820 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



with five black stripes ; middle one short in front; inner pair zig- 

 zag ; outer pair irregular ; hind border concave in the middle, con- 

 vex on each side : scutcheon with a triangular pitchy spot on each 

 side : breast yellow or pale testaceous, with a black disk : disk of the 

 abdomen beneath black, excepting the hind borders of the segments: 

 thighs black towards the tips ; hind-thighs pitchy ; hind-shanks 

 with black tips : fore-wings almost colourless, pitchy towards the 

 base, and with a pitchy stripe in the disk ; veins ferruginous, here 

 and there pitchy: hind-wings colourless. Length of the body 5^ 

 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



Var. /3. Head and chest mostly ferruginous: head beneath and 

 sides of the breast yellow. 



a. Van Oieman's Land. Presented by the Kev. T. Ewing. 



b. Van Dieman's Land. Presented by R. Butler, Esq. 



20. Ledra beevis. 



Testacea, ferrugineo tessellata, nigro vittata, suhtus nigra ; abdo- 

 minis segmenta subtus albido vittata ; femora nigra ; alee 

 anticce sublimpidtE, piceo vittatce et fasciatcB^ ad costam al- 

 bido guttatcB ; alee posticcB limpida. 



Testaceous, black beneath: head and chest tessellated with 

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

 very slightly concave above, finely striated longitudinally, semicir- 

 cular on the fore border, very concave on the hind border, with a 

 black middle stripe, its length less than one-sixth of its breadth ; 

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

 ment ; face with two very broad, pale testaceous stripes, which are 

 continued along the breast ; chest flat, finely striated transversely : 

 shield conical along the fore border, with three black stripes ; mid- 

 dle one short, in front ; side pair zigzag, each accompanied by a 

 yellow stripe; hind border concave in the middle, convex on each 

 side ; scutcheon with a black triangular spot on each side ; hind 

 borders of the abdominal segments whitish beneath : legs testa- 

 ceous ; thighs mostly black : fore-wings almost colourless, with a 

 pitchy spot near the base, and a pitchy, oblique band beyond the 

 middle; some whitish dots along the fore border: hind-wings co- 

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



a. New Holland. From Mr. Lambert's collection. 



