824 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



31. Ledra latifrons. 



Testacea. "punctata; caput margine antico ferrugineum ; scuti 

 latera nigra ; scutellum piceo himaculatum ; alcB antico; sub- 

 testacecB, punctatm^ ferrugineo marginatce ; alcB posticcB lim- 

 jpidcB. 



Testaceous, paler beneath, tapering from the chest to the tip of 

 the abdomen : head and chest thickly punctured : head flat, short- 

 conical, as broad as the chest, hardly arched, ferruginous on the 

 fore border, very slightly concave along the hind border, with an 

 indistinct middle ridge ; its length a little less than half its breadth ; 

 underside with a slight middle ridge, and with a short ridge on 

 each side: chest very slightly convex; sides of the shield black; 

 scutcheon with an oblong, pitchy spot on each side: legs pale tes- 

 taceous : fore-wings slightly testaceous, thickly punctured, with fer- 

 ruginous borders : hind-wings colourless. Length of the body 4i 

 lines ; of the wings 9i ines. 



32. Ledea punctata. 



Testacea^ alhido reticulata ; scutum latum laterihus subangulatis 

 disco viridi; alee anticcB subvirides, apice fusccB ; alee posticcE 

 alba. 



Allied to Epiclines. Testaceous, paler beneath ; head and 

 chest broad, roughly punctured : head very short-conical, narrower 

 than the chest, not arched, hardly ridged, very slightly concave 

 along the hind border, with irregular whitish reticulations ; its 

 length less than half its breadth ; face with a furrow along each 

 side: shield green on the disk, with irregular whitish reticulations 

 in front and on each side, where it is slightly widened and angular : 

 legs pale testaceous : fore-wings almost colourless, punctured from 

 the base to the tips, tinged with pale green, and along the borders 

 with pale brown; tips darker brown ; veins very few: hind-wings 

 white. Length of the body ^h lines ; of the wings 7^ lines. 



a. Malabar. Presented by T. Ward, Esq. 



