LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 119 



PCECILOPTERA PAUPEEA. 



Ferruginea, subtus testacea ; frons pallide viridis ; prothorax sub- 

 arcuatns ; mesothorax tricarinatus ; abdomen pallide viride, 

 apicem versus supra nigricans ; alee macula subapicali alhida ; 

 al(B anlicce fusco-cinei'ece^ basi et apud marginem interiorem 

 tuberculaUe, apud coitam subconvexce, apice angulatce, margine 

 exteriore recto, angulo interiore bene determinato, venis venu- 

 Lisque marginalibus plurimis^ venulis transversis paucis ; pos- 

 ticcs cinerece. 



Ferruginous, testaceous beneath. Front pale green, louger 

 than broad, with a middle keel, its borders not elevated. Prothorax 

 slightly arched. Mesothorax with three slight keels. Abdomen 

 pale green ; apical half blackish above. Wings with a whitish sub- 

 apical spot. Fore wings brownish cinereous, tuberculaie at the 

 base and along part of the interior border, slightly convex along the 

 costa ; exterior border straight, forming a right angle with the costa 

 and another with the interior border ; veins and marginal veinlets 

 numerous; transverse veinlets few. Hind wings cinereous. Length 

 of the body 2 lines; of the wings 4^ lines. 



a St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



PCECILOPTERA INSTANS. 



Testacea; arista longa ; prothorax brevis ; mesothorax tricarina- 

 tus ; alee vitrece ; aniicce apud cosiam convexce, apice et angulo 

 interiore rotundatis, venis plurimis pallide viridibus, venulis 

 transversis nigris paucis ; posticce venis paucis. 



Testaceous. Vertex about twice broader than long, slightly 

 concave in the disk ; front very umch longer than broad, with a keel 

 and with elevated l-orders. Arista long. Prothorax short. Meso- 

 thorax with three keels. Wings vitreous. Fore wings convex 

 along the costa ; tip and interior angle much rounded ; veins pale 

 green, numerous; transverse veinlets black, irregular, not nume- 

 rous. Hind wings with few veins. Length of the body 2^ lines; 

 of the wings 6 lines. 



This species recedes very much from the typical form of 

 Pceciloptera. 



a. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



