100 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



Flatoides EPISCOPUS. 



Fulvus, subtus testaceus ; vertex brevissimus ; frons transversa, carina 

 brevi; fades parva, trigona ; prothorox subarcuatus, subcari- 

 natus ; mesothorax tricarinatus ; abdomen luteum, subgibbo- 

 sum : alee albce, aniiccB fasciis tribus latis connexis nigri- 

 cantibus, faseiis tribus nigro-chalybeis, 3a marginaii ; posticcB 

 fasciis duabus, una lata media lurida, altera nigricante 

 marginaii. 



Tawny, testaceous beneatli. Vertex very short, slightly ex- 

 panded on each side ; front transverse, with a slight keel, which is 

 obsolete towards the face ; face small, triangular. Prothorax 

 slightly arched, more than four times broader than long, with 

 a slight middle keel. Mesothorax with three keels, the lateral pair 

 oblique, converging forwards. Abdomen luteous, somewhat gib- 

 bous. Wings white. Fore wings with three broad blackish bands, 

 which are connected in front ; first and second connected in the 

 middle ; the three more or less connected with or interrupted 

 by three chalybeous black bands, of which the first is costal, the 

 second is curved and contained in the fore part of the second 

 blackish baud, and the third is marginal ; a deep black spot half 

 enclosed in the second chalybeous band. Hind wings with a broad 

 middle lurid band, and a blackish marginal band. Length of the 

 body 4— 4i- lines ; of the wings 10 — 11 lines. 



a, b. North China. Prom Mr. Fortune's collection. 



Flatoides facialis. 



Niger, nitens ; caput piceo marginatum ; frons transversa, tricari- 

 nata ; fades parva, testacea ; prothorax brevis, arcuatus, uni- 

 carinatus ; mesothorax quinque carinatus ; abdomen testaceum 

 disco nigro ; pedes pallide testacei ; alcB vitrece, venis nigris 

 basi pallide testaceis ; aniic(B margine nigricante, strigis cos- 

 talibus luridis, gutta alba, guttis duabus fasciaque fere obsoleta 

 fuscis ; postica margine extenorefusco. 



Black, shining. Head with piceous borders ; vertex extremely 

 short ; front transverse, with three very slight keels ; face tes- 

 taceous, small. Prothorax short, arched, with an impression on 

 each side, and with a very slight keel in the middle. Mesothorax 

 with five keels, the middle one very slight, the other four oblique. 



