190 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



Ptyelus comma. 



Niger, siibtus albo himttatus; caput margine antico testa ceo ; pedes 

 obscure fulvi ; femora posteriora nigro vittata ; alee anticce 

 gutta pnstica testacea, striga subcostali subapicali alba ; pos- 

 ticce nigricante-vitrete. 



Black. Head testaceous along the fore border above; under 

 side with two white stripes, which extend along the pectus. Legs 

 dark tawny ; posterior femora with black stripes. Fore wings with 

 a testaceous dot in the middle near the hind border, and with a 

 white subcostal and subapical streak, which is slightly curved towards 

 one end. Hind wings blackish vitreous. Length of the body 

 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



a. Sumatra. From Sir Stamford Raffles' collection. 



Ptyelus planaeis. 



Pallide testacea; caput et proihorax vittis nonnullis indistinctis 

 fulviSf ilium conicum ; alee anticce gutta postica subapicali 

 nigra ; postica vitreco. 



Distinguished from the preceding species by the pale colour, 

 and by the head, which is more conical in front. Pale testaceous. 

 Head and prothorax with several indistinct tawny stripes, the 

 former very conical. Fore wings with a black dot on the hind 

 border near the tip. Hind wings vitreous. Length of the body 

 2\ lines; of the wings 5 lines. 



a. South Africa. Presented by Dr. A. Smith. 



Genus LEPYRONIA, Cat. Horn. p. 725. 



Lepyronia Bdfo. 



Picea; capitis vertex albido biguttatus, linea antica transversa 

 albida valde arcuata ; alee anticce lituris tribus costalibus 

 testaceis, plagis viriis discalibus cinereo tomeiitosis, venis 

 obscure viridescentibus ; posticce nigricante-vitrece. 



Piceous. Head with a whitish dot on the vertex, and with a 

 transverse much arched whitish line in front. Fore wings with 

 three dull testaceous marks along the costa, and with various patches 

 of cinereous tomentum in the disk; veins dull greenish. Hind 



