LIST OF HOMOPTEEOUS iJJSECtS. 



excavated, denticulated in front. ]\Jesotliorax with three testaceous 

 stripes; hind ridj^es also testaceous. Abdomen with a white 

 pubescent spot on each side. Wings white, stout, rugulose ; veins 

 testaceous, bordered with black at the base. Fore wings more 

 slio-htly bordered with black from the base to the ir.insverse veins, 

 which, like the veins between them, are deeply bordered with 

 black ; a large black spot on the tip of each marginal vein. 

 Length of the body 10 — 11 lines ; of the wings 24—26 lines. 



«, h. Adelaide. From Mr. Stevens' colleciou. 



Country unknown. 



FiDICINA DiOMEDEA. 



Fcem. Obscure fidva^ latissima^ suhtus ex -parte iestacea ; caput 

 nigro bifasciatum ; prothorax vilta testacea, viargitie viridi ; 

 wesothorax vittis quatuor maculisque duabus nigris ; abdomen 

 nigro-piceum ; alee titrece, venis viridihxis ; anticce acuminat(e, 

 intus et apice fiiscescenles, basi virides, vejiis \a e.t'2a fusco 

 nebulosis ; posticcB basi opalines fusco strigatce. 



Female. Dark tawny, very broad, partly lestaceons beneath. 

 Head wiih two black bands, one on the vertex, the other or 

 the front; face black in the middle. Prothorax wiih a testaceous 

 stripe, which has some black marks on each side ; border dull 

 green, testaceous along each side. Mesothorax with four black 

 stripes ; the outer pair much shorter than the inner pair ; two black 

 spots behind the latter. Abdomen blackish piceous. Wings 

 vitreous; veins green. Fore wings much acuminated, with a pale 

 brown tinge at ihe tips, and towards the base, which is green ; first 

 and second transverse veins very oblique, clouded with brown ; first 

 much longer than the second, from which it is parted by more than 

 twice ilslength ; third and fourth undulating, oblique ; fourth 

 much longer than the third. Hind wings with opaline lustre and 

 streaked with brown at the base. Length of the body 20 lines ; of 

 the wings ^Q lines. 

 a. ? From the Zoological Society's collection. 



