58 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



Eddara EUCHROMA. 



Viridis, nitens ieataceo notata ; mesothorax niger, testaceo irimacu- 

 latus ; abdomen nigrum, dimidio apicali et segmentorum mar- 

 ginibus ru/is ; pedes rufi, coxis femnribusque niyris ; alee an- 

 ticce nigrcB, maculis luteis viridi marginatis, costa viridi 

 maculis nigro marginalis ornata, fascia exteriore undulata 

 ochracea ; posticce ochrace<e, nigro marginatas. 



Green, sinning', with some testaceous marks. Mesothorax 

 black, with a testaceous spot on each side, and a darker one at the 

 tip of the scutelluiu. Abdomen black ; liind half above and hind 

 borders of the segments bright red. Legs dark red ; coxae and 

 femora black. Fore wings black, with many luteous bright green- 

 bordered spots, and with green dots ; costa green, its spots having 

 outer black borders; apical part black, with an undulating orange 

 band at its base. Hind wings orange, with a blackish border, which 

 is broadest at the tips and about the interior angle. Length of the 

 body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 

 a, b. Port Natal. From Mr. Plant's collection. 



Genus DESUDABA. 



Caput ihorace angustius ; vertex concavus, disco elevato rugu- 

 loso ; frons subquadrata, scite rugulosa, carinis tribus parallelis ; 

 facies carinis indistiuctis. Prothorax rugulosus, carinatus, margine 

 antico convexo. Mesothorax planus. Abdomen thorace paullo 

 longius et latins. Alae anticae apices versus venis venulisque pluri- 

 mis in ordine collocatis. 



Head narrower than the thorax ; vertex concave, not twice 

 broader than long, with an elevated border, its disk also elevated 

 and rugulose; front subquadrate, longer than broad, finely rugulose, 

 with three parallel keels ; border hardly raised ; face with three in- 

 disiinct keels. Prothorax rugulose, convex in front, with a distinct 

 keel. Mesothorax flat. Abdomen a little longer and broader than 

 the thorax. Legs furrowed ; hind tibice spinose. Fore wings with- 

 out transverse veins and veinlets, except on the apical part, where 

 the veins and veinlets are numerous and regular. 



