48 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



and the front ; the latter quite flat, a little longer than broad ; face 

 elonp^ale-trianfjular, slifjhilv convex in the disk. Prothorax curved, 

 more than four times broader than Ion"', with a black line on each 

 side. Abdomen brioht red above. Knees and tarsi black. Fore 

 wings thickly sprinkled with black, except along the costa, where 

 there are five black dots; the sprinkled part contains many dots 

 without black points, and there are a few minute indistinct red dots 

 in the disk near the end of the costa. Hind wings bright rose- 

 colour, with a b'l'oad pale brown border, which is divided from 

 the red hue by a whitish Hue. Length of the body 6 lines; of the 

 wings 16 lines. 



a. West Africa. From Mr. Turner's collection. 



Genus ENINGIA. 



Caput ponectum, lanceolatum, prothorace pins duplo longius, 

 supra subsulcatum. Prothorax suhcarinatns. Alte anticoe reticu- 

 lata?, confeitissime venos^se et aveolalae ; posticse venis areolisque 

 pi u rim is. 



Head porrect, horizontal, lanceolate, more than twice the 

 length of the prothorax; border elevated above and beneath; a 

 very slight longitudinal furrow above. Prothorax with an almos-t 

 obsolete keel, slightly convex in the middle and concave on each 

 side of the fore i)ordev ; its breadth more than thrice its length. 

 Fore wings reticulated with numerous veins and veinlets, which 

 gradually increase in numl)er from the base to the lip. Hind 

 winps with the reticulations also extending over the whole surface, 

 bnt less numerous and more irregular. 



Entngia unifascta. 



Mas. Tesiacea ; cajnd supra ferrvyinevm ; prolhorax nigio 

 ligtittahm et iinifascialun ; abdomen svpra nigrum, basi rvfo 

 strigatvm, apice testacnnn ; a/ce liiriclcp ; ovfica ex parte 

 rvfescentes, fjvtiis w.acvlisque niyris ; posticcc dimidio apicali 

 fu.sco, ten is rttjis. 



Male. Testaceous, paler beneath. Head ferruginous above. 

 Proihovax with two black dots. Mesothorax with two black dots on 

 each side, and with a black band which is excavated on the hind 

 side. Al domen black above, with two red streams on each side of 

 the base, pale testaceous towards the tip, with a luteous streak en 



