280 LIST OF HOMOPTEEOUS INSECTS. 



25. Aph.ena albiflos, Fern. 



Viridis, subtus riifa; caput supra fidvum ; pedes ferruginei ; fe- 

 mora rufa ; alee anticcB nigrcB^viridi notata, apice ferruginece ; 

 alaposticce fusca, cyaneo-viridi maculat(B, apicibus marginibus- 

 que posticis alba. 



Body green above, bright red beneath : crown of the head tawny, 

 indistinctly ridged along the border ; face slightly ridged: mouth 

 red with a black tip, nearly as long as the body : a concavity corres- 

 ponding to the eye on each side of the fore border of the shield, the 

 fore part of whose side borders is black ; hind border tawny ; longi- 

 tudinal ridge almost obsolete : abdomen obconical, much longer 

 than the chest, thickly clothed with white down : legs ferruginous, 

 furrowed ; thighs red ; hind-shanks slightly spined : fore-wings 

 black, adorned with numerous little green marks ; reticulated part 

 ferruginous : hind-wings brown, adorned wtth bluish-green spots, 

 white at the tips and along the hind border. Length of the body 8 

 lines; of the wings 26 lines. 



a. Malabar Coast. Presented by T. Ward, Esq. 



26. ApH^NA Confucius. 



Aphana Confucius, White, Ann. Nat. Hist, xviii. 24. 

 a. China. Presented by G. T. Lay, Esq. 



27. Aphjena dives, Mas. 



Ferruginea^ metathorax et abdomen nigra, hoc subtus rufum ; pedes 

 nigri ; femora postica fusca ; alee virides ; alee anticce fusco 

 guttata, croceo subvittatce, apice fuscce ; alee postica fusco ma- 

 culatce, apice albo-cinerea marginibus posticis alba. 



Body dark ferruginous : disk of the crown of the head rather 

 concave : borders slightly ridged ; fore border slightly inclined up- 

 ward : mouth dark brown, extending far beyond the hind-hips: shield 

 of the middle-chest with a slight longitudinal furrow ; fore border 

 very undulating : a black band along the fore border of the scut- 

 cheon : hind-chest l)lack : abdomen obconical, larger than the chest, 

 black above, thickly clothed with white down, red beneath: legs 

 black, furrowed; thighs brown; hind-shanks armed with spines: 

 fore-wings green, adorned between the veins with orange streaks, 

 which are interrupted by very numerous brown dots, the latter are 



