o4 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS 1SSECT8. 



POIOCERA RUGULOSA. 



Foem. Nigra; vertex tricarinatus, hituberculalus ; frons plana^ 

 carinulis transversis suhangulosis ; fades vix carinala ; thorax 

 subtuberculatus ; metathorax lateribus ex parte rujis ; abdo- 

 minis latera rufescentia, nigra maculata ; ales anticce subru- 

 gulosce, testaceo guttata et punctatce ; posticce apud costam 

 coccitiece, guttis aplcalibus et posticis albis. 



Female. Black, not shining'. Vertex with three slight keels, 

 which enclose two tubercles. Front flat, except two or three very 

 slight angular transverse ridges ; borders not elevated, hardly con- 

 cave. Face hardly keeled. Thorax slightly tuberculate, hardly 

 keeled. Prothorax somewhat convex in front. Metathorax partly 

 red on each side. Sides of the abdomen, except towards the base, 

 reddish, with black spots. Fore wings slightly rugulose, with many 

 testaceous dots or points. Hind wings crimson along the costa for 

 nearly two-thirds of the length, with some white dots towards the 

 tips and along the hind border. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the 

 wings 13 lines. 



«. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



PoiOCERA FICTA. 



Mas. Nigra; caput fulvum ; frons plana, subpunctata ; fades 

 breviuscula, non carinata, linea margineque rufescenlibus ; 

 thorax scite riigulosus ; prothorax siibcarinatus ; pectus rufo 

 bitnaculatum ; abdomen femoraque postica rufa ; alee posticts 

 basi rufo slrigalcp^ fascia inleriore sordide vitrea, macula sub- 

 apicali oblonga vitreo-albida. 



Male. Black. Head tawny ; vertex very short ; front flat, 

 minutely punctured, with the borders not concave, and. hardly 

 elevated ; face rather short, not keeled ; border and middle line 

 leddish. Prothorax finely rugulose, with a slight keel. Mesotho- 

 rax very finely rugulose. Pectus with a large red spot on each side. 

 Abdomen, hind coxa, hind femora, and the base of the hind tibiae, 

 red. Hind wings with some red streaks at the base, near which 

 there is a vitreous slightly dusky band ; an oblong whitish vitreous 

 spot near the tip. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 13 

 lines. 



This species has much resemblance in structure and colour to 

 P. perspicillata. 



a. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



