LIST OF HOMOPTEEOUS INSECTS. 



Genus PLATYPLEURA, Cat. Horn. 2. 



Platypleura penicillata. 



Mas. Nigra, caput fulvo trifasciatum ; prothorax liiuris mar- 

 gineque fidvis ; meso thorax lineis qvatuor arcuatis fulvis ; 

 abdominis segmenta testaceo marginata ; opcrcvla testacea ; 

 pedes testacei, nigro slrigati ; alee antica albidcB strigis pliiri- 

 mis o-amosis nigris, venis transversis }a et2a nigro marginatis ; 

 posticce nigricantes, fascia interrvpta testacea, linea transversa 

 nigricante, a pice lactece. 



Male. Black, with whitish tonientiim heneath. Head with 

 three irregular tawny hands, the first and the third interrupted. 

 Prothorax with several tawny marks, and with a tawny horder which 

 is edged with hiack on each sirle. Mesothorax with four tawny 

 loops, the middle pair short ; hind ridges tawny, with three hlack 

 marks. Ahdouiinal segments with testaceous hind hordei-s. Oper- 

 cuJa testaceous. Legs testaceous, with hlack streaks. Fore wings 

 whitish, with a ramose hlack streak on each areolet ; primitive areo- 

 let hlack: veins tawny, black towards the tips; first and second 

 transverse veins bordered with blaik. Hind wings blackish ; api- 

 cal part milk-Nvhile, divided by a blackish line from a whitish tes- 

 taceous band, which is narrower and interrupted hindward. 

 Length of the body 1 1 lines ; of the wings 32 lines. 



flf. South Africa. From Mr. Bartlelt's collection. 



Genus ZAMMARA, Cat. Horn. 33. 

 Mexico. 



ZaMMAEA IMBELLIS. 



Viridis (mas) avt testacea (foem.); caput nigro hi fas datum ; 

 prothorax vitta strigisque qiiatuor nigris, laferibus paruvi 

 dilataiis nigro marginatis ; mesothorax vittis quatuor ohconi- 

 cis, strigis duabus gvttisqve dvabvs nigris ; abdomen fasciis 

 interruptis nigris ; pedes ex parte nigri ; ala vitrea ; antica: 

 maculis plvrimis fuscis ; pnsiica vena \a transversa margine- 

 que exteriore fusco nebulosis. 



Green {male) or testaceous (fewale). Head with two black 

 hands, which emit several streaks. Prothorax with a black middle 

 siripe, and with two black streaks on each side ; sutures also black ; 



