12 LTST OF HOMOPTEEOUS INSECTS. 



Male and female. Bright pale p^reen, here and there slightly 

 testaceous. Head with the usual black streaks on each side in 

 front; vertex with three hlack marks. Proihorax with two black 

 stripes, which form a circle hindward. Mesothorax with iive black 

 stripes ; the outer pair very incomplete and widely interrupted ; two 

 black dots hindward. Abdomen testaceous, with incomplete brownish 

 bands, green at the base. Wings vitreous ; veins pale green, black 

 towards the tips ; costa bright green ; stigma white ; first and 

 second transverse veins oblique, clouded with black ; first parted 

 from the second by about thrice its length ; third and fourth nearly 

 straight, Male. — Dorsal opercula lar<!:e, conical ; ventral opercula 

 elongate-conical, full two-thirds of the length of the abdomen. 

 Female. — Abdomen compressed at the lips. Length of the body 

 10—11 lines ; of the wings 28—30 lines. 



a. New Hebrides. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



h, c. Aneiteum, New Hebrides. Presented by the Admiralty. 



f^, e. ? Presented by Sir John Liddell. 



Oceania. 



DtJNDUBIA LINEIFEBA. 



Mas. Tesfacea, ex parte viridescens ; caput maculis duahus anii- 

 cis magnis trigonis nigris ; proihorax strigis duahus fuscis, 

 litura postica ariuaia nigra ; mesothorax vittis trihns strigis- 

 que duahus nigris ; ahdomen sericeo tomentosum ; ala vitrece., 

 venis testaceis ; antica venis transtersis nigris, la et 2a fusco 

 nehulosis. 



Male. Testaceous, mostly greenish. Head black about the 

 ocelli, and with two large triangular black spots in front. Proiho- 

 rax with a brown streak on each side, and with a black curved 

 mark hindward; border dilated, and with a brown spot on each 

 side, which is somewhat concave. Mesothorax with three black 

 stripes ; the pair very slightly curved, shortened hindward, and 

 accompanied on the exterior side by two black streaks. Abdomen 

 with silky tomenlum. Wings vitreous; veins testaceous. Fore 

 wings with black transverse veins ; first and second clouded with 

 brown, parted from each other by more than their joint length ; 

 first shorter and less oblique than the second ; third and fourth 

 hardly curved, very slightly tinged with brown. Length of the body 



13 lines ; of the wings 36 lines. 



a. Oceania. From Mr. Macgillivray's collect on. Voyage of 

 H.M.S. Herald. 



