66 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



with an irregular tawny tand along the border of the opaque part ; 

 vitreous part with black veins, occupying more than one-third of the 

 length from the tips, and including a brown spot on the hind bor- 

 der. Hind wings vitreous, bright pale greenish blue towards the 

 base, and with a large brown spot on the fore border. Length of 

 the body 4^ lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Tapayos. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



PoiOCERA RUFISPARSA. 



Pallide viridis, rufo notata ; frons fusco fasciata, antice nigra ; 

 fades disco nigra ; viesothorax giittis strigisque fuscis aut 

 nigricantibus ; pectoris latera nigra nolata ; abdomen lituris 

 piucis nigris ; pedes lestacei, iibiis apice tarsisque nigris ; alee 

 vitrea, venis nigris fulvisque. 



Pale green. Head and prothorax with some slight red marks. 

 Front with a brown band on the upper part, black towards the face, 

 whose disk is mostly black. Mesolhorax with brown or blackish 

 dots and streaks. Abdomen with numerous minute bright red 

 marks, and with a few black marks. Pectus marked with black on 

 each side. Legs testaceous ; tarsi and tips of the tibiae black. 

 Wings vitreous; veins black, partly tawny. Fore wings with the 

 basal areolets more than twice the length of the middle areolets; 

 apical areolets very liltle shorter than the middle areolets, with 

 forked veins, some of which are forked again at the tips. Hind 

 wings with few veins, and with only two transverse veiulets. Length 

 of the body 3^ lines; of the wings 10 — 11 lines. 



a. Tapayos. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



b. Villa Nova. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



PoiOCERA TEEMINALIS. 



Foem. Viridis, subtus albida ; vertex valde impressus ; frons 

 nitens, subpunctuta, carinis tribus antice cannexis ; fades 

 breviuscula, latiuscula, maculis tribus margineque antico 

 nigris ; thorax tricarinatus ; abdomen supra rufum, apice 

 viride, subtus apicem versus nigrum ; pedes virides, nigra no- 

 tati ; femora postica nigra, apice viridia ; alee anticce rufo- 

 rosecE fusco natatce, apice vitrece fusco notatce, casta pallide 

 fusca, margine inttriore viridi ; pasticce vitrece^ basi rufce. 

 Female. Green, whitish beneath. Head with the vertex much 

 impressed; front shining, very minutely punctured, with three 



