30 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



12. OXYPLEURA BASISTIGMA, Fein. 



Aen'us tramversus \ns fere rectus, subobliquus, angulum obtusum 

 Jingeiis, 2o phis quadriiplo ejus longiiudine divisus ; 2us 

 fere rectus, obliquus, angulum valde obtusum fingens, \o du- 

 plo longinr ; 3us subundatus, obliquus, angulum subacutum 

 finjens ; 4us fere rectus, obliquus, angulum subacutum fin- 

 gem, So longior. 



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

 nearly straight, slightly slanting, forming an obtuse angle, parted 

 from the second by more than four times its length ; second nearly 

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

 length of the first ; third slightly waved, slanting, forming a slightly 

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

 acute angle, longer than the third ; fifth curved, fi)rming a very 

 slightly acute angle. Body pale tawny, clothed with paler hairs : 

 head much narrower than the fore-chest, adorned with two black 

 bands, which include tawny spots, the hinder one is widened over 

 the region of the eyelets ; face very slightly convex ; mouth pale 

 lawny, with a black tip, extending beyond the hind-hips : eyes not 

 prominent: feelers black: fore-chest broadest in the middle ; scut- 

 cheon adorned with a black cross, and on each side with three ob- 

 lique black stripes; hind-scutcheon very much widened, and forming 

 a nearly right and very projecting angle on each side : scutcheon of 

 the middle-chest adorned with the four usual marks ; the side pair 

 large, obconical, brow^n wuth black tips ; the middle pair smaller 

 and black, and each succeeded by a black dot ; hind border very 

 slightly excavated : abdomen obconical, a little longer and nar- 

 rower than the chest : a large black spot on each side of the tip : 

 drums pale tawny, very small, far apart: legs pale tawny; tips of 

 the feet, fore-shanks and fore-feet pitchy ; claw-s black ; fore-thighs 

 armed with three very short and blunt black teeth ; hind-shanks 

 armed with black spines, which form a circlet at the tips: wings 

 colourless ; a black spot on the primitive areolet, which is pale 

 tawny; veins pale tawny, partly black, which colour mostly prevails 

 on the cross-veins ; flaps pale tawny. Length of the body 12 lines; 

 of the wings 37 lines. 



a. Gambia. Presented by T. Whitfield, Esq. 



