836 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



9. Gypona viridirufa. 



Flavo-viridis ; abdomen rufo bivittatum ; pedes vii'ides, tarsis 

 fulvix ; alee antictB inrides, limpido maculatce^ basi postico fer- 

 ruginecE, apice fmcce et luridcB ; alcB posticce sublimpid(e,fusco 

 marginatcB. 



Grass-2:i'eeii, tino-ed with yellow, paler beneath : head flat, semi- 

 circular, narrower than the chest, striated longitudinally, ferruginous 

 along the fore border, slightly concave along the bind border ; its 

 length much less than half its breadth ; underside tinged with yel- 

 low ; some dark oblique streaks on eacb side of the face : chest 

 slightly convex, transversely striated ; scutcheon with an arched 

 suture near the tip, which is luteous : abdomen with two bright red 

 stripes, which are darker towards the tip, where they are united : 

 legs pale green ; feet tawny ; hind-feet green at the base : fore- 

 wings green in front with a colourless interval near the tips, which 

 are brown ; hind part ferruginous at the base, colourless in the 

 middle, lurid at the tips : hind-wings almost colourless, brown at 

 the tips and along the hind borders. Length of the body 6 lines ; 

 of the wings 11 lines. 



a. Para. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



10. Gypona signifera. 



Testacece ; caput siibtus viridescens ; abdominis dorsum rufo fasci- 

 atum ; alee anticm disco et apice piceo notatce ; alee posticce 

 sublimpidce. 



Testaceous, shining, paler beneath: head flat, semicircular, a 

 little narrower than the chest, striated longitudinally in the middle, 

 and obliquely on each side, ferruginous along the fore border; con- 

 cave along tiie hind border; its length less than half its breadth : 

 underside tinged with pale green ; disk of the face slightly concave 

 in front: feelers pitchy, tirst and second joints yellow; third and 

 fourth tawny at the base : chest almost flat, transversely striated : 

 scutcheon with a slightly arched transverse suture near the tip : ab- 

 domen above with a pale red band on the hind border of each seg- 

 ment : oviduct ferruginous, partly pitchy : legs pale testaceous ; 

 claws black, yellow at the base : fore-wings with a few pitchy marks, 

 which are chiefly ou the cross-veins, in the disks, and on the inter- 

 mediate parts of the longitudinal veins, and on some of the latter 

 towards the tips: hind-wings almost colourless, bright red at the 



