112 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



Hind wings white. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 14 



lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 



PCECILOPTEBA OCELLIFERA. 



Luteo-viriclis ; prothorax arcuatus, carinatus, bipimctulatus ; me- 



sothorax tricarinatus ; abdomen albidum ; alee anticce annulis 



plurimis minutis rujis, apud costam subconvexa, apice rotun- 



datcB, inargine exteriore subrecto, angulo inleriore peracuto ; 



posticcB albcE. 



Luteous-green. Vertex and front with a slight keel ; front a 



little longer than broad, narrower towards the face, with a slight 



and short keel on each side, the borders hardly elevated. Prothorax 



arched, with an impression on each side of the slight middle keel. 



Mesothorax with three slight keels. Abdomen whitish. Fore wings 



with many small red ringlets of various size, slightly convex along 



the costa, almost straight along the exterior border ; tips rectangular, 



but rounded ; interior angle very acute. Hind wings white. 



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



This species, like the following, is one of the links which con- 

 nect Colobesthes and Nephesa with Pceciloptera, to which genus the 

 other two should be united. 

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



P(ECILOPTERA AREOLIFERA. 



Viridescente-alba ; prothorax arcuatus^ carinatus, subtubercuiatus ; 



mesothorax bicarinatus ; alee anticm apud costam valde con- 



vexcB, apice angulatce, margine exteriore recto, angulo interiore 



peracuto, margine interiore undulato, venis paucis, venulis 



plurimis ; posticce albce. 



Greenish white. Vertex very short; front flat, longer than 



broad, slightly widening towards the face, with three very slight 



keels and with hardly elevated borders. Prothorax arched, slightly 



tuberculale, with a distinct keel. Mesothorax with two slight keels. 



Fore wings with the costa very convex, the tips rectangular and not 



rounded, the exterior border straight, the interior angle very acute, 



the interior border undulating ; veins few ; veinlets veiy numerous ; 



