436 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



tvuncate-conical on the disk, somewhat impressed in front, with three 

 ridp^es, the side pair slightly diverti:ino- from the fore border : middle- 

 chest having also three sliglit ridges which are a continuation of 

 those on the fore-chest : abdomen obconical, not longer than the 

 chest: legs tawny ; anterior tarsi and tips of the anterior tibiae and 

 of the hind tarsi black : wings ample : fore-wings dingy white ; 

 veins white ; longitudinal veins very numerous ; cross-veins very few ; 

 fore border very convex, along it a deep row of parallel oblique 

 here and there forked cross-veins of equal length : hind-wings milk- 

 white. Length of the body 4i lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 



a. Silhet. From Mr. Stainforth's collection. 



10. Flata Maria. 



Poeciloptera Maria, White, Arm. Nat. Hist, xviii. 25, pi. 1, f 3. 

 a, b. Silhet. From the Rev. J. Stainforth's collection. 



11. Flata completa, Fem. 



Fulva, albo farinosa ; caput Jiaxnim, ; antenna ^ligrcB ; prothorax 

 viridi-flavus, fusco hiinacuhitm ; mesothorax subtricarinatus, 

 lateribus fuscns ; abdomen jiavum, apice subtiis fuscinn ; la- 

 mince apicnles ritfo marginatcB ; pedes nigri ; femora viridi- 

 fiava ; tibi(E posticcE fulva ; al(e albce ; alee antictB rufo ma- 

 culata, nigra oblique fasciata et binotata. 



Body tawny, powdered with white : head pale yellow, much 

 narrower than the chest; crown not visible above; front long and 

 narrow, with a high ridge on each side, occupying the whole upper 

 side and fore part of the bead, linear, concave where it joins the 

 epistoraa which is lanceolate and tawny ; side compartment slightly 

 concave : eyes brassy : feelers black, powdered with white ; tips of 

 the joints green; third joint hardly longer than the second: fore- 

 chest pale yellow, tinned with green, conical on the disk, slightly 

 impressed in front, with a large brown ^pot on the vertical compart- 

 ment of each side : middle-chest with three very indistinct ridges, 

 mostly brown on each side : abdomen pale yellow, obconical, a little 

 longer than the chest, brown at the tip beneath, furnished with a 

 large mass of white down ; lateral plates edged with bright red : 

 legs black; thighs yellow, tinged with green, black towards the tips ; 

 hind-shanks tawny: wings ample, milk white: fore-wings with a 

 bright red spot in the disk near the base, a curved and slightly ob- 

 lique black band in the disk near the tip, and behind it two short 



