462 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



50. P(ECILOPTERA LATA, Fem. 



Flavo-viridis, lata ; caput sat longuin, carinatum ; mesoihorax tri~ 

 carinatus ; abdomen fiavum ; pedes Jlavi ; tibiee tarsique an- 

 teriora fulva ; alee anlicce virides, apice subtruncatce et fusco- 

 guttatce ; alee posticcB limpidce. 



Body rather broad, pale yellowish-green : head modeiately long, 

 with a middle ridge, bordered by a rira ; fore part flat, a little 

 rounded on each side, narrower towards the epistoma, broader than 

 long, very concave where it joins the epistoma, the latter is small : 

 fore-chest with a middle ridge, as long as the head, very convex in 

 front, hardly concave behind, very much longer in the middle than 

 on each side : middle-chest about thrice the length of the fore-chest, 

 with a middle ridge ; an indistinct ridge on each side and a cross 

 furrow near the tip : abdomen obconica], pale yellow, a little longer 

 than the chest : legs yellow ; anterior shanks and feet tawny : wings 

 broad : fore-wings pale green, almost truncated at the tips along 

 which there is a row of linear brown dots, tips and hind borders 

 forming right angles which are somewhat rounded ; veins pale ; lon- 

 gitudinal veins few; cross-veins numerous, irregular, extending over 

 the whole surface ; fore border very convex, without a row of parallel 

 cross-veins : hind-wings colourless ; veins pale yellow. Length of 

 the body 2^ lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



5). PCECILOPTERA INCERTA, Fem. 



Fulva; caput perhreve ; p ro thorax flavus ; mesothorax fusco macu- 

 latus et bivittatus ; nbdomen picewn ; pedes fulvi ; alcB anticce 

 JlavcB, apice truncatcc, marfjine postico tubei'culatcc, aloi posticoe 

 limpidce. 



Body tawny : head very short ; crown extremely short, bordered 

 by a rim, hardly convex in front, shorter in the middle than on each 

 side; front flat, l)ordered by a rim, slightly convex on each side, 

 with a short ridge towards the crown, very slightly concave where it 

 joins the epistoma, hardly longer than broad ; epistoma short : fore- 

 chest yellow, nearly six times the length of the crown, very convex, 

 slightly concave behind, its length in the middle about twice that 

 on each side ; middle-chest about thrice the length of the fore-chest, 

 with some brown spots and two broad brown stripes : abdomen ])itchy, 

 a little longer than the chest : legs tawny: fore-wings broad, yellow, 

 truncated at the tips which form slightly obtuse angles with the hind 



