LIST OF HOMOPTEEOUS INSECTS. S69 



38. Bythoscopus latifrons. 



Testaceus, nigro varius ; pedes nigro vittati ; alee antica ferru- 

 ginecc^ testaceo et piceo maciilatce, ad costam limpidce. 



Testaceous : head and chest varied with black : head extremely 

 short, as broad as the chest, straight along the fore border, slightly 

 concave behind ; crown forming an edge ; front and face black, with 

 testaceous dots ; face flat, slightly recurved : scutcheon and breast 

 mostly black : abdomen pale testaceous beneath : thighs and shanks 

 striped with black : fore-wings ferruginous, with some large irregu- 

 lar pale testaceous and pitchy spots, colourless along the fore border 

 from the middle till near the tips. Length of the body 2^ lines ; of 

 wings 4f lines. 



a. New Holland. Presented by the Haslar Hospital. 



39. Bythoscopus transteesus. 



Flavus, nigro varius; pedes testacei, nigro varii ; alee cwpreo-suh- 

 fulvce ; alcB antica apice fusccB. 



Bright yellow: head extremely short, as broad as the chest, 

 black beneath, very slightly convex along the fore border, much more 

 concave behind ; length of the crown in the middle about half its 

 length on each side, and not one-twelfth of the breadth ; front trans- 

 versely striated ; face flat, roughly punctured, with two stripes of 

 short yellow bands: chest transversely striated : breast and abdomen 

 black ; hind borders of the abdominal segments yellow : legs pale 

 testaceous : middle-thighs black at the base ; hind-thighs black, ex- 

 cepting the tips ; hind-shanks striped with black : wings transparent, 

 slightly tawny, with a coppery tinge : fore-wings with a brown spot 

 on each border near the tips which are brown ; veins tawny, some of 

 the cross-veins black. Length of the body 2^ — 3 lines : of the wings 

 6 — 7 lines. 



Var. /3. Head yellow beneath, with a black band on the front, a 

 black spot near each eye, and two rows of short black bands on the 

 face : breast partly yellow. 



Var. y. Abdomen luteous above, with yellow and black bands 

 along the hind borders of the segments. 



a, h. New Holland. Presented by the Haslar Hospital, 

 c. New Holland. From Capt. Parry's collection. 



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