12 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



17. Platvpleuea albigera, Fem. 



Nervus transversus \us stibrectus, valde obliquus, unguium valde 

 obtusum fingens, 2o plus triplo ejus longitudine divisus, 2m- 

 subcurvus, valde obliquus, unguium valde obtusum fingem, 

 \o fere duplb longinr ; 3us et Aus subrecti, subobliqui, angu- 

 los subacutos jingentes. 



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

 nearly straight, 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 nearly straight, slightly slanting, 

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

 slightly slanting, forming a very slightly acute angle; fifth curved, 

 forming an acute angle. Body green, with a tawny tinge : head a 

 little narrower than the fore- chest: crown adorned with an irregular 

 black band ; face slightly convex, adorned on each side in front 

 with brov.'n bands, which are paler towards the mouth ; the latter 

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

 eyes not prominent: fore-chest broadest in the middle ; furrows of 

 the scutcheon pale brown ; hind-scutcheon adorned with two black 

 dots on the fore border, rounded and much widened on each side: 

 scutcheon of the middle-chest adorned with six black marks, the 

 two outer pairs indistinct and oblique, the middle pair distinct, 

 broad and obconical ; hind border slightly excavated : abdomen 

 brown, obconical, lonser than the chest, tav/ny beneath and along 

 the hind border of each segment : drums pale tawny, very small, far 

 apart : legs tawny ; tips of the claws black ; hind-shanks beset with 

 tawny spines: fore-wings whitish, tinged with green towards the 

 base,* feathered with pale brown, which forms two rows of double 

 dots along the hind border ; veins tawny towards the base, else- 

 where feathered with pale brown, adorned with a row of brown 

 ringlets along the hind border ; a waved, whitish stripe along the 

 hind border ; four large whitish spots on the fore border, and three 

 on the hind border ; hind-wings tawny, adorned with two dark 

 brown bands, between which are brown streaks ; border pale brown, 

 excepting the outermost part, which is colourless. Length of the 

 body 11 lines; of the wings 26 lines. 



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



