156 LIST OF HOMOPTEEOUS INSECTS. 



gle, shorter than the third ; fifth very slif^htly curved, nearly up- 

 right, forming a slightly obtuse angle. Body tawny with a ferru- 

 ginous tinge, short: head narrower than the fore-chest, adorned with 

 a short broad black band which extends from the eyelets to the hind 

 border and includes a tawny streak, on each side of it there is a 

 black curve nearly including a tawny ellipse ; a black spot on each 

 side of the face at the base of the feeler; face convex, not promi- 

 nent, adorned in front with a black stripe which is forked and 

 widened above ; mouth tawny with a black tip, reaching a little be- 

 yond the hind-hips : eyes prominent : feelers black, tawny at the 

 base: fore -chest a little narrower before than behind; scutcheon 

 adorned with six black stripes, the middle pair slightly converge 

 from the fore border till near the hind border where they are angular 

 and include a diamond-shaped tawny spot, the next pair curved, 

 outer pair oblique ; sides blackish : hind-scutcheon narrow in the 

 middle, rounded, much widened and adorned with a pitchy spot 

 above the base of each fore-wing, convex with the exception of a 

 veiy slight excavation on each side : scutcheon of the middle-chest 

 adorned with three black stripes which are united towards the hind 

 border; on each side of these are two black stripes, and in front of 

 the latter two black spots ; hind border slightly excavated : abdomen 

 ferruginous, hardly longer than the chest, not decreasing in breadth 

 till near the tip where it tapers abruptly, slightly varied with tawny, 

 of which there are two broad indistinct stripes diverging from the 

 the base and extending to each side at two-thirds of the length ; last 

 segment tawny with a broad irregular black stripe on each side : 

 oviduct ferruginous, black and serrated at the tip : legs tawny ; hips 

 and thighs adorned with pitchy marks ; tips of the shanks and of 

 the feet pitchy ; claws black, ferruginous at the base ; fore-thighs 

 armed with three black teelh, two of moderate size, one very small : 

 wings colourless, long and narrow ; fore-wings with an indistinct 

 tawny tinge ; fore borders and veins bright tawny, black towards 

 the tips ; brands tawny towards the base, black towards the tip of 

 the wing ; cross-veins from the first to the fourth clouded with 

 brown ; a row of small brown spots near the tips of the longitudinal 

 veins of the marginal areolets ; fore-flaps gray ; hind-flaps gray at 

 the base and for a short space along the hind border. Length of the 

 body 11 lines ; of the wings 28 lines. 

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