832 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



2. Epiclines obtusa. 



Viridis, subtus alhido-testacea ; capitis thoracisque latera et scutel- 

 lum ferruginea ; pedes testacei, femoribus apice piceis ; alee 

 anticcB marginibus posticis ferrugineis ; alee posticcB sublim- 

 pidce. 



Green, whitish testaceous beneath : head and chest thickly 

 punctured: head very short-conical, flat, more than half the breadth 

 of the chest, not arched, ferruginous in front, with a slight ridge to- 

 wards the fore border ; sides parallel for a short space in front of the 

 eyes, then obtusely angular ; underside with a ridge which tapers 

 from the face to the fore border, and has a concave space on each 

 side ; face with a furrow on each side : chest slightly convex ; sides 

 of the shield widened, angular, ferruginous ; scutcheon ferruginous : 

 legs pale testaceous ; tips of the thighs pitchy : fore-wings pale 

 green, thickly punctured from the base to the tips, fermginous along 

 the hind borders: hind-wings almost colourless. Length of the 

 body 5 ? lines ; of the wings 9i lines. 

 a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



Genus 4. SCARIS. 



Scaris, St. Farg. et Serv. Enc. Meth. x. 610. Burm., Amyot et 



Serv., Blanch. 

 lassus, p., Fabr. 



I. Scaris fereuginea. 



Scaris ferruginea, St. Farg. et Serv. Enc. Meth. x. 6i0, 1. Burm. 



Handb. Ent. ii. 1, 115, 1. Blanch. Hist. Nat. Ins. iii. 195, 1. 



Hem. pi. 15, f. 3. Amgot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 579, pi. 11, 



f. 3. 

 lassus ferrugineus, Fabr. Syst. Rhyn. 86, 2. 



a, b. Brazil. 

 c, d. ? 



2. SCAEIS PICEA. 



Picea, convexa, striata, subtus testacea ; alee posticce limpidce. 



Pitchy, testaceous beneath, narrower than S. ferruginea : head 

 and chest convex, transversely striated: scutcheon punctured to- 



