LIST OF HOMOPTEEOCS INSECTS. 133 



SiMILIA LEPIDA. 



Testaceo-viridis^ nitens ; caput macula antica nigra; prothorax 

 subpunctatus, antice convexus, postice glauco-viridis nigra 

 carinatns, apice peracutus abdomen vix superans ; pedes pal- 

 lide testacei ; alee vitrece, venis pallidis ; anticce subluridce 

 apud costam nigra. 



Testaceous-green. Head and thorax shining. Vertex trian- 

 gular, almost smooth, with a black spot in front. Prothorax 

 minutely punctured, convex in front, pale sea-green hindward, with 

 a deep black keel, whose very acute tip hardly extends beyond the 

 abdomen, and not near so far as the fore wings. Legs pale testa- 

 ceous. Wings vitreous ; veins pale testaceous. Fore wings with a 

 slight lurid tinge, black along the costa. Length of the body 

 3 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



a. Constancia. Presented by J. Gray, Esq. 



Smilia ^qualis. 



Luteo-fulva ; prothorax punctatiis, inermis^ sat altus^ valde con- 

 vexus, nigro carinatus, apice peracutus, abdomen sat superans ; 

 alee posticcE vitrece. 



Luteous-tawny. Prothorax unarmed, rather high and convex, 

 minutely punctured in front, roughly punctured hindvvard; keel 

 black from between the shoulders to the tip, which is very acute and 

 abruptly declining, and extends rather far beyond the abdomen. 

 Hind wings Titreous. Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 8 

 lines. 



a. Eo-a. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Smilia CastanevE. 



Flava ; prothorax fuscus, punctatus, carinatus, inermis, vix 

 attenuatus, abdomen superans, margine antico lateribusque 

 anterioribus Jlavis ; alee anticce fuscce, margine fiavo, fascia 

 lata vitrea ; posticcB vitrece. 



Smilia Castanese, Fitch, United States Agricultural Reports. 



a. New York. From Dr. Fitch's collection. 



