14 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



Male. Nearly allied to F. tihicen. Black, stout, mostly 

 tawny beneath. Head with a tawny spot on each side in front, and 

 another hindvvard between the eyes : face with a tawny stripe. 

 Prothorax partly very dark red, with a slight tawny interrupted 

 stripe, which has a tawny dot on each side hindward ; border with 

 a tawny band, which is interrupted in the middle, and widened on 

 each side. Mesothorax with two tawny spots on each side by the 

 hind ridges, which are tawny, with a black stripe. Wings vitreous, 

 whitish, rugulose, stout ; veins ferruginous, black towards the tips. 

 Fore wings with the first and second transverse veins very oblique, 

 hardly curved, parted from each other by nearly thrice the length of 

 the first, which is a little longer than the second ; third and fourth 

 hardly undulating. Length of the body 14 lines; of the wings 40 

 lines. 



a. Orizaba, Mexico. From M. Salle's collection. 



South America. 



FiDICINA DETERMINATA. 



Testacea, viridi varia ; caput nigro fasciatum ; mesothorax vittis 

 quatuor ohiiquis nigris, interioribus abbreviatis antics con- 

 nexis ; abdomen lateribus apicem versus fasciisque angustis 

 nigris ,• alcB vitrece, basi virides, venis nigris basi viridibus. 



Female. Testaceous, partly dull green. Vertex of the head 

 with a black band, which emits streaks in front. Prothorax with a 

 broad border, which is hardly dilated on each side. Mesothorax 

 with four oblique black stiipes ; the inner pair short, connected in 

 front by a black band. Abdomen black on each side at the tip, and 

 with slight black bands ; sides slightly clothed with pale gilded to- 

 nientum. Wings vitreous, green at the base; veins black, green 

 towards the base; first and second transverse veins very oblique, 

 slightly curved, parted from each other by full four limes the length 

 of the first, which is a little shorter than the second ; third and 

 fourth undulating ; third shorter than the fourth. Length of the 

 body 14 lines ; of the wings 44 lines. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Birschell's collection. 



