LIST OF HOMOPTEEOUS INSECTS. O/ 



Male. Grass-green. Head forming an acute angle in front. 

 Abdomen thick, broader than the thorax, with a dorsal ridge ; tip 

 and under side testaceous. Legs short, slender; fore femora thick, 

 tridentate beneath. Wings vitreous ; veins pale green. Fore wings 

 with the first transverse vein slightly curved, very oblique, parted by 

 almost twice its length from the second, which is shorter, straight 

 and upright; third and fourth straight, oblique. Length of the 

 body 5^ lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



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



Cephaloxys obtusa. 



Mas. Viridis ; caput perpantm acutum ; abdomen auhtua discn 

 testaceo^ secpnentorum marginibtis posficis luteis ; ahe vitrea, 

 venis viridibus apice nigris, \a 2aque transversis reeds. 



Male. Green. Head very slightly acute and prominent in 

 front. Abdomen beneath with a testaceous disk ; hind borders of 

 the segments luteous. Wings vitreous ; veins green, black towards 

 the tip. Fore wings with the first and second transverse veins 

 straight ; first oblique, parted by about thrice its length from the 

 second, which is upright; third and 'fourth straight, oblique. 

 Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Java. From the Fast India Company's collection. 



b. Java. Presented by J. C, Bowring, Esq. 



Cephaloxys foliata. 



Mas. Testacea ; caput porrectum, acutum^ angu at urn ; abdomen 

 thorace latins ; altP aniicce testacecB, subopacce, apud contain 

 snbconvexcs ; postiae vitrea. 



Male. Testaceous. Head with the front porrect, triangular, 

 acute. Prothorax much broader than the head ; border narrow 

 behind, broader on each side. Abdomen broader than the thorax. 

 Fore wings testaceous, somewhat opaque, slightly convex in front ; 

 first transverse vein slightly undulating, very oblique, but not in the 

 usual direction ; second very oblique, much curved, twice the length 

 of the first, from which it is parted by full its own length; third 

 oblique, curved; fourth nearly straight, very slightly oblique. Hind 

 wings vitreous. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



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



