412 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



smaller white dots ; veins brown, ^reen in the pale green part ; lon- 

 gitudinal veins numerous towards the tips ; cross-veins few ; fore 

 border dilated, along it a row of oblique parallel cross-veins : hind- 

 wings pale brownish gray, colourless towards the base with the ex- 

 ception of the borders of the veins. Length of the body 3 lines ; 

 of the wings 9 lines. 



15. Flatoides cervinus, Mas. 



Fulvus ; frons subcarinatus ; epistoma trigonum, non carinatiim ; 

 abdomen cervinum ; pedes fu hi ; alee anticce cervince, ad apices 

 augustiores ; alcB postica subci7ierea, ad venas obscuriores. 



Body tawny : head as broad as the chest ; crown slightly arched ; 

 front flat, broad, surrounded by a rim, rounded on each side, much 

 narrower towards the epistoma, with a very short middle ridge next 

 the crown ; epistoma triangular, not ridged : fore-chest slightly 

 arched ; its breadth full six times its length : middle-chest ridged? : 

 abdomen obconical, fawn-colour, a little longer than the chest; upper 

 and lower appendages large, much curved, crossing each other: legs 

 pale tawny : wings of moderate breadth ; fore-wings fawn-colour, 

 narrower towards the tips ; veins tawny ; longitudinal veins nume- 

 rous ; cross-veins rather numerous; fore border dilated; along it a 

 row of oblique crosss-veins ; hind-wrings pale gray, darker along the 

 borders of the veins. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 

 a. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 



16. Flatoides confoemis, Mas. 



Fulvus ; frons ellipticus, bifoveolatus ; thorax non carinatus ; ab- 

 domen stramineiim, obcomcum ; pedes straminei ,• altc anticce 

 cervina, sat angustce ; alee posticce subcinerece. 



Body tawny: head narrower than the chest, very convex in 

 front; crown short, much arched; front elliptical, surrounded by a 

 rim, with two slight furrows along the disk ; epistoma triangular, 

 not ridged ; fore-chest concave on the hind border, very convex in 

 front; middle-chest full twice the length of the (ore-chest, not 

 ridged : abdomen obconical, pale straw-colour, a little longer than 

 the chest, its appendages short: legs pale straw-colour : fore-wings 

 fawn-colour, rather narrow and slightly decreasing in breadth to- 

 wards their tips; longitudinal veins rather numerous towards the 

 tips ; a row of parallel slightly oblique cross-veins along the fore 



