32 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



thau oDe-lliird of the length from the base. Length of the body 



7 lines ; of the wings 24 lines. 



a. Sierra Leone. Presented by T. Whitfield, Esq. 



14. OXYPLEURA POLYDORUS, FeiH. 



Nervus transversus Itis fere rectus, valde obliquus, angulum perob- 

 tusum Jingens, 2o plus duplo ejus longitudine divisus ; 2us 

 fere rectus, valde oblig mis, unguium pembtiisum Jingem, \o 

 fere duplo longior ; 3ws subcurvm, obliquus, angulum subacu- 

 tumfingens ; 4us subundatus, obliquus, angulum subacutum 

 fingens, 3o multb longior. 



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

 first ; first cross-vein nearly straight, very slanting, forming an ex- 

 tremely obtuse angle, parted from the second by much more than 

 twice its length; second nearly straight, very slanting, forming an 

 extremely obtuse angle, near twice the length of the first ; third 

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

 fourth slightly waved, slanting, forming a slightly acute angle, 

 much longer than the third ; filth curved, nearly upright, forming a 

 slightly acute angle. Body green, short, broad, tinged with tawny, 

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

 irregular black bands, which are joined together on each side at the 

 base of the feelers, and include eight tawny spots ; face very slightly 

 convex, adorned in front with a pitchy stripe, and with a pitcby band : 

 mouth tawny, with a pitchy tip, reaching;' a little beyond the hind- 

 hips : eyes not prominent: feelers black: scutcheon of the fore- 

 chest adorned with a black stripe ; hind-scutcheon broad, much 

 widened on each side, and forming a nearly right angle, whose 

 hinder part is edged with black: middle-chest adorned with two 

 black U-shaped marks, with four black slanting stripes, and with 

 four black dots ; hind border slightly excavated : abdomen ob- 

 couical, narrower and a little longer than the chest, adorned above 

 with a row of black spots on each side, powdered with white be- 

 neath ; legs green, tinged with tawny, thiglis and fore-shanks 

 streaked with black ; feet black, with tawny bands ; teeth of the 

 fore-thighs very small : wings colourless ; veins green, with black 

 bands towards the base, black towards the tips ; cross-veins clouded 

 with brown ; primitive areolet green, black towards the tip. Length 

 of the body 12 lines ; of the wings 38 lines. 



a, b. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



