868 LIST OF HOMOPTEEOUS INSECTS. 



36. Bythoscopus axguliferus. 



Ferrugineus ; fades antice nigro-cBnea ; scutelluin nigro-cEnenm, 

 apice ferrugiiieum ; abdominis dorsum piceum ; tibicB piceo 

 varicB ; ala anticcB sublimpidce, nigro noiatcB et bifasciatcB ; 

 alee posticce cinerecB. 



Ferruginous, minutely punctured : head extremely short, as 

 broad as the chest, very slightly rounded in front ; hind border 

 forming a very obtuse angle : crown broader on each side than in 

 the middle ; face very slightly convex, brassy-black towards the 

 front, with a very indistinct longitudinal ridge : scutcheon brassy- 

 black, with a transverse suture, ferruginous at the tip: abdomen 

 pitchy, ferruginous beneath: shanks partly pitchy: fore-wings al- 

 most colourless, mostly punctured, with many small black marks, 

 and with two broad short irregular black bands across the disks : 

 hind-wings gray. Length of the body 2| lines ; of the wings 6 

 lines. 



a. New Holland. Presented by the Haslar Hospital. 



37, Bythoscopus stramineus. 



Flaviis, fulvo notatus ; alee anticce fulvescentes, ad discos albce ; 

 alee posticee albidee. 



Pale yellow, almost smooth, with some slight tawny marks: 

 head as broad as the chest; crown flat, rounded in front, with a 

 slight short somewhat arched transverse furrow near the fore border, 

 equally long across its whole breadth, which, excluding the eyes, is 

 nearly four times the length; epistoma slightly widening towards 

 the mouth : chest flat, finely transversely striated : fore-wings trans- 

 parent, with a slight tawny tinge ; disks mostly white ; hind borders 

 yellow, with some tawny marks : hind-wings whitish. Length of 

 the body 2 lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 



a. St. John's Bluff, E. Florida. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



