226 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



Proconia RUBIGINOSA. 



Tettigfonia rubiginosa, Sign. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 3me 5er. ii. 491, 

 231, pi. 17, f. 7. 



Mexico. 



Proconia atra, Cat. Horn. 789, 19. 



Var. Proconia contraria. Cat. Horn. 789, 20. 



Mexico. Cayenne. 



Proconia sgissa. 



Rufo-ferruginea ; caput obscure testaceum, nigra conspersum ; 

 prothorax et scutellum nigro punctata ; abdomen sublux ob- 

 scure testaceum, nigro punctatum ; alee anticce basi punctatce^ 

 apud costam 7iigricantes, margine postico apicem versus fusees ~ 

 cente ; posticcsfusco-vitrecB. 



Much resembles T. fusca, which is closely allied to the genus 

 Proconia. Reddish ferruginous. Head dull testaceous, speckled 

 with black, transversely impressed uear the hind border, obtuse in 

 the fore border; under side paler and with fewer speckles. Protho- 

 rax and scutellum with thick black punctures, the former impressed 

 in front. Abdomen beneath dull testaceous, thickly punctured with 

 black. Legs blackish. Fore wings punctured at the base, blackish 

 along the costa, brownish along the apical part of the hind border. 

 Hind wings vitreous-brown. Length of the body 6 — 7 lines ; of 

 the wings 12 — 14 lines. 



a, b. Mexico. From M. Salle's collection. 



Proconia consistens. 



Ferruginea ; caput crassum sulcis transversis, faciem versus fia- 

 vum ; prothorax atomis plurimis margineque postico iuteis; 

 abdomen sublus luteicm, fasciis angustis interruptis nigris ; 

 pedes fulvi ; ales anticce nigra ; posticce nigricante-vitrece. 



Ferruginous. Head prominent, thick, transversely furrowed 

 in front, yellow towards the face. Prothorax with numerous luteous 

 speckles, and with a luteous hind border. Abdomen luteous 

 beneath ; a slender interrupted black band on the fore border 

 of each segment. Legs tawny. Fore wings black. Hind wings 



