LIST OF HOMOPTEEOUS INSECTS. 



8. Platypleura decora. 



Cicada decora, Germ. Silh. Rev. Ent. ii. 79, 552, f. 4. Stall, Cic. 

 39, pi. 7, f. 37. 



First cross-vein straio;ht, veiy slantinof, forming a very obtuse 

 anfrle, parted from the second by thrice its leng'th; second nearly 

 straight, very slanting, forming a very obtuse angle, much longer 

 than the first ; third nearly straight, slightly slanting, forming a 

 slightly acute angle ; fourth slightly curved, slightly slanting, 

 forming a very slightly acute angle, longer than the third ; fifth 

 curved, forming a nearly right angle. 



a. Cape? From Mr. Shuckard's collection. 



9. Platypleura phal.enoides, Mas. et Fern. 



Nervus transversus \ris subcurims, valde obliquus, angulum valde 

 ohtusum fingens ; 2us subcurims aut subundatus^ valde obliqinis, 

 angulum valde obtusum fingens; 3us subnndatus aiit subcurvus, 

 obliquuSy angulum acntum Jingens ; 4us subcw'vus, obliquus, 

 angulum subacutum fingens, 3o plus minusve brevior. 



Second marginal areolet full five-sixths of the length of the first : 

 first cross-vein very slightly curved, very slanting, forming a very 

 obtuse angle, parted from the second by more than thrice its length ; 

 second, very slightly curved, very slanting, forming a very obtuse 

 angle, nearly twice the length of the first ; third very slightly waved, 

 slanting, forming an acute angle ; fourth very slightly curved, slant- 

 ing, forming a slightly acute angle, much shorter than the third ; 

 fifth curved abruptly to the hind border, forming a slightly acute 

 angle. 



Var. 3. First cross-vein parted from the second, by nearly four 

 times its length ; fourth slightly waved, very little shorter than the 

 third. 



Var. y. First cross-vein parted from the second by little more 

 than twice its length ; second very little longer than the first. 



Var. b. First cross-vein parted from the second by full five times 

 its length ; second about thrice the length of the first ; fourth hardly 

 shorter than the third. 



Var. e. Second cross-vein slightly waved, a little longer than 

 the first. 



Var. C- Third cross- vein straight with the exception of a slight 

 curve in front. 



Var. rj. First cross- vein parted from the second by six times its 



