LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 13 



DUNDUBIA CONNATA. 



Mas et foem. Viridi-teatacea ; caput nigro varium, prothorax 

 vittis duahus liturisque quatuor nigris ; mesothorax vittis 

 quinque guttisque duahus nigris ; abdomen vittis duahus ma- 

 cularibus nigris ; alee vitrece^ venis testaceis apice 7iigris. 

 Mas. — Abdomen guttis lateralibus nigris ; opercula suhatien- 

 uata, abdominis bis triente non breviora. Foem. — Abdomen 

 maculis lateralibus nigris, maculis dorsalibus posticis conjiu- 

 entibus. 



Male and female. Testaceous, tinged with green. Head black 

 about the ocelli, with two black marks on each side, in front and 

 behind, and with black streaks on each side of the face. Prothorax 

 with two black stripes, which are dilated in front, dilated and 

 curved hiudward ; four black lateral marks ; border with a black 

 dot on each side, which is slightly concave and not denticulate. 

 Mesothorax with five slight black stripes, the inner pair short, and 

 succeeded by two black dots, the outer pair interrupted. Abdomen 

 with two rows of black dorsal spots. Wings vitreous ; veins testa- 

 ceous, black towards the tips. Fore wings with the first and second 

 transverse veins oblique, parted from each ^olher by more than their 

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

 much shorter than the fourth. Male. — Abdomen with a row of 

 black dots on each side. Opercula somewhat attenuated, about two- 

 thirds of the length of the abdomen. Female. — Abdomen with a 

 row of black spots on each side ; dorsal spots confluent hindward. 

 Length of the body 9 — 10 lines ; of the wings 29 lines. 



a, h. Oceania. From Mr. Macgillivray's collection. Voyage of 

 H.M.S. Herald. 



Genus FIDICINA, Cat. Homopt. p. 78. 



F. Taurus, page 85, is a synonym of F. acuta, page 81. F. re- 

 panda, page 90, may be a species of Plalypleura. 



Mexico. 



FXDICINA RUDIS. 



Mas. Nigra, valida, subtus fulva ; caput fulvo quadrimaciilatum, 

 facie futvo vitlata ; prothorax ex parte nigro-rufus, vitta in- 

 terrupta guttisque duahus falois ; mesothorax maculis quatuor 

 carinisque posticis ful vis ; alee vitrece, alhidce ,rugut oscs, valida:, 

 venis ferrugineis apice nigris; anticce venis la 2aque trans- 

 versis perobliquis vix arcualis. 



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