10 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



two short apical horns. Winj^s vitreous; veins testaceous, partly 

 black. Fore winos with the first and second transverse veins ob- 

 lique, sliij^htly clouded with brown, parted by much more than their 

 joint length ; first less oblique than the second; third and fourth 

 siiuhtly curved ; a brown spot near the tip of each marginal vein. 

 Length of ihe body 12 lines ; of the wings 38 lines. 



a. Ceram. From Madame Ida Pfeiffer's collection. 



Feejee Islands. 



DUNDUBIA DISTANS. 



Mas. Viridis ; caput anlice nigro faaciatum ; prothorax guttis 

 guafuor lateralihus fuscis testaceo mar(/ijiatis, macula testacea 

 gutlisque duabux nigris posticis ; mesolhorax vittis quatuor 

 obconicis incomplelis, exterioribus viridi ramosis, plaga pos- 

 tica fusca ; abdomen testaceinn, fasciis duabus macularibus 

 apicegue nigris ; opercuUi viridia, luteo marginatum abdominis 

 dimidio non breviora ; alee vitrea:^ venis nigris basi t.estaceis ; 

 anlicoe areolis marginalibus subobsolete strigatis^ venis \a 

 2aque transversis obliquis vix arcuatis. 



Male. Green. Head black about the ocelli, and with a black 

 band in front. Prothorax with two brown testaceous-bordered dots 

 on each side, and with a testaceous hindward spot, which is accom- 

 panied by two black dots; border narrow, much dilated on each 

 side, not dentated. Mesothorax with indications of the four usual 

 obconical stripes ; a large brown patch behind the interior pair, 

 which are only represented by their exterior border ; exterior pair 

 ranch divided by green ramificalions. Abdomen testaceous, with 

 two black macular bands ; the two last segments black above. 

 Opercula green, with luteous borders, extending to half the length 

 of the abdomen, somewhat dilated towards the tips, which are 

 rounded. Wings vitreous ; veins black, testaceous towards the base. 

 Fore wings wilh almost obsolete streaks on the marginal areolets ; 

 first and second transverse veins oblique, hardly curved ; first shorter 

 than the second, from which it is parted by more than thrice its 

 length ; third almost straight, more oblique ihan the fourth, which 

 is curved. Length of the body 13 lines ; of the wings 36 lines. 



a. Ovalau, Feejee Islands. From Voyage of H.M.S. Herald. 



