^b LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



Tawny. Vertex concave, a little narrower in front, much 

 longer than broad ; front and face forming a fusiform compartment, 

 with a distinct keel and witb elevated borders. Eyes prominent. 

 Prothorax very short. Mesothorax with five distinct keels. Wings 

 vitreous; veins testaceous. Fore wings with a pale brownish 

 stigma ; veinlets somewhat irregular. Length of the body 2^ lines ; 

 of the wings 7 lines. 



a. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



ClXIUS CITRINUS. 



Pallide cilrinus ; vertex minimus ; frons subcarinala, marginibus 

 elevatis ; oculi extantes ; prothorax brevissimus ; mesothorax 

 ■planus; alee anlicce subhyalince, strigis quinque costalibus 

 nbliquis nigris, fascia interiore margineque exteriore fuscis, 

 maculis exterioribus albis, guttis marginaiibus nigris ; posticce 

 vitrece. 



Pale lemon-yellow. Vertex very small ; front with the borders 

 very highly elevated between the eyes, and with a slight middle 

 keel. Eyes prominent. Prothorax very short. Mesothorax flat. 

 Fore wings nearly hyaline, with live black oblique costal streaks; 

 the second streak joining the fore end of a brown band, which 

 extends to the hind border; the fourth and fifth streaks enclosing 

 part of a row of white spots ; exterior border brown, with a fesv 

 black dots; transverse veinlets forming two irregular lines, the inte- 

 lior one incomplete. Hind wings vitreous. Length of the body 2 

 lines; of the wings 6 lines. 



a. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Africa. 



ClXIUS DIVIDENS. 



Niger; capitis thoracisque segmenta testaceo marginata ; vertex 

 concavus, perangusius ; frons subj)lana, carina lestacea ; oculi 

 magni ; prothorax arcuatus, apud medium brevissimus ; meso- 

 thorax quinque carinatus ; abdominis segmenta testaceo mar- 

 ginata ; femora, nigra^ testaceo lineata ; alee vitrece, ve7iis 

 nigris ; anlicu stigmaie nigro linea transversa alba diviso. 



