LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



10. Platypleura HiLPA, Mas. et Fera. 



Nervus transversun \xis stibcurviis, obliquus, angulum valde ohtu- 

 sum Jingens, 2o ejus longitudine plus triplb divisus ; 2us 

 subcurinis, obliquus, angulvm valde obtusum Jingens ; \o multb 

 longior • 3us currus, obliquus, angulum subacuium Jingens ; 

 4us subcurvus, obliquus, angulum subacutum Jingens, 3o 

 hrevior. 



Second marginal aveolet a little shorter than the first: first 

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

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

 slightly curved, slanting, forming a very obtuse angle, very much 

 longer than the first ; third curved, slanting, forming a slightly 

 acute angle; fourth slightly curved, slanting, forming a slightly 

 acute angle, shorter than the third ; fifth curved, upright, forming a 

 slightly acute angle : the two cross-veins above it are distinct. Body 

 of the male tawny ; of the female dark tawny: head narrower than 

 the fore chest ; a broad irregular black band across the crown : face 

 slightly convex, adorned with black bands: mouth black, reaching 

 the hind-hips : eyes not prominent: feelers black: hind-scutcheon 

 of the fore-chest broad, not widened at the base of each fore-wing, 

 rounded and pitchy on each side : scutcheon of the middle-chest 

 adorned with four broad black obconical stripes ; the inner pair not 

 more than half the length of the outer pair ; between the latter there 

 is a conical stripe, and behind them there are five black spots, two 

 on each side of the middle one, which is angular and joins the conical 

 stripe before mentioned ; hind border slightly excavated : breast 

 partly black : abdomen black, obconical, longer than the chest, 

 tawny at the tip beneath : opercula and drums of the male tawny, 

 the former rather large : legs very dark tawny ; claws black towards 

 the tips : fore-thighs without teeth : wings of the male paler than 

 those of the female ; fore-wings nearly colourless, dark tawny to- 

 wards the base, adorned with four broad irregular brown bands, and 

 along the hind border with two connected rows of brown spots ; 

 hind-wings dull tawny with two brown bands, the inner one broader 

 than the other, but not extending more than half across the wing ; 

 flaps tawny. Length of the body 10 lines; of the wings 32 lines. 



a, b. China. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 

 c. China. 



