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LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



Legs pale testaceous. Wings vitreous; veins bliick, testaceous 

 towards the base. Fore wings with an irregular blackish border, 

 which is incomplete along the interior margin, and contains nume- 

 rous vitreous dots; transverse veinlets black, irregular, very slightly 

 clouded with brown. Hind wings with a very narrow blackish bor- 

 der. Length of the body 2^ lines; of the wings 7 lines. 



a. Celebes. From Madame Ida Pfeiffer's collection. 



Australia. 



Flatoides tibialis. 



Nigricans ; caput ferrugineiim ; vertex brevissimus ; frons trans- 

 versa, tricarinata, ruga transversa ; fades parva, trigona ; 

 prothorax ferrugineus, arcuatus, brevissimus ; mesothorax tri- 

 carinatus ; pedes ferruginei, tibiis albidis ; alee vitrece, nigro 

 marginatcB ; anticce macula costali alba, maculis duabus {una 

 apicali, altera subapicali) nitentibus atris, fasciis duabus in- 

 completis nigris, venulis transversis nigro submarginatis. 



Blackish. Head ferruginous. Vertex very short; front much 

 broader than long, with three slight keels, and with a transverse 

 ridge towards the face ; face small, triangular. Prothorax ferrugi- 

 nous, arched, very short. Mesothorax with three keels. Legs fer- 

 ruginous ; tibiae whitish. Wings vitreous, with black borders. 

 Fore wings with a white costal spot, and with two shining deep 

 black spots, the one subapical, the other apical ; two irregular and 

 incomplete black bands ; transverse veinlets slightly bordered with 

 black. Length of the body 2 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



a. Aneiteum, New Hebrides. Presented by the Admiralty. 



Flatoides australis. 



Fulvus, subtus testaceus; vertex brevissimus, nigro biguttatus ; frons 

 plana, transversa, tricarinata ; prothorax tricarinaius, valde 

 arcuatus ; mesothorax tricarinatus ; alee vitrece, venis nigris 

 basi testaceis ; anticcs margine lato nigro-fusco, macula costali 

 vitrea, fasciis iribus discalibus fuscis interruptis indetermi- 

 natis ; posticcB margine f usee. 



Tawny, testaceous beneath. Vertex very short, with a blackish 

 dot on eaciwside ; front flat, transverse, with three keels ; face elon- 



