LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 1 1 



16. Platypleuea redlcta, Fem. 



Nervus transversus lus subrectus, valde obligiius, augulum valde 

 obtusum jingens, 2o fere sexiest ejus longitudine divisus ; 2ms 

 subrectus, valde obliquus, angtdum valde obtusum Jingens, \o 

 duplo longior ; 3ms subundatus, valde obliquus, augulum 

 acutum Jingens ; 4us subrectus, obliquus, angulum subacu- 

 tum Jingens, 3o brevior. 



Second marginal areolet longer than the first : first cross-vein 

 nearly straight, very slanting, forming a very obtuse angle, parted 

 from the second by nearly six times its length ; second nearly 

 straight, very slanting, forming a very obtuse angle, about twice the 

 length of the first; third slightly waved, very slanting, forming an 

 acute angle ; fourth nearly straight, slanting, forming a slightly 

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

 right angle. Body pale tawny, clothed with short whitish hairs : 

 head a little narrower than the fore-chest ; an irregular black band 

 across the crown ; face marked with black, very slightly convex : 

 mouth tawny, with a black lip, reaching the hind-hips : feelers 

 tawny at the base : eyes not prominent : fore-chest broadest at the 

 base of the fore-wings ; hind scutcheon widened, and forming a veiy 

 ol)tuse angle on each side; scutcheon of the middle-chest adorned 

 with four black marks, the outer pair large and obconical, the inner 

 pair shorter and nearly round, and having a dart-shaped black 

 mark behind them ; hind border hardly excavated : abdomen 

 slightly bronzed, obconical, a little longer than the chest : legs 

 pale tawny ; claws and tips of the feet black ; fore-thighs armed 

 with three short tawny teeth ; hind-shanks beset with tawny spines : 

 fore-wings colourless, pale tawny at the base ; some pale brown 

 marks in the disk, and beyond these two brown bands parallel to 

 the hind border; veins pale tawny; hind-wings yellow, w^ith a 

 broad white border, which is divided by a broad brown border from 

 the yellow part; flaps yellow. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the 

 wings 20 lines. 



a. South Africa. Presented bv Dr. A. Smith. 



