232 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



black. Pectus with black marks. Abdomen black, luteous beneath. 

 Fore wings reddish, wiilf very numerous yellow dots, with a black 

 band near the tips, which are lurid-vitreous. Hind wings grayish 

 vitreous, blackish towards the tips and along the hind border. 

 Length of the body 3| lines ; of the wings 8^ lines. 



a. Petropolis, Province of Rio, Presented by J. Gray, Esq. 



6, c. Tejuca, Province of Rio. Presented by the Rev. Hamlet Clark. 



Pboconia ixsistans. 



Nigra ; caput maculis quatuor anticis flavis, suhtm flavum vitta 

 lata strigaque nigris ; prothorax Jlavus^ maculis tribus con- 

 nexis, guttis duabus margineque postico nigris ; scutellum 

 fiavo bimaculatum; pectus Jlavum, nigro notatum ; abdomen 

 apice subiusque luteum ; pedes Jiavi ; alee antica rufescentes 

 Jlavo maculatce, apice nigra; posticce cinereo-vitrece^ apice 

 nigricantes. 



Black. Head thick, with four yellow spots along the border 

 above ; under side yellow, with a broad black stripe, which is dilated 

 towards the face, the latter with a black streak. Prothorax yellow, 

 black along the hind border, and with a black dot on each side 

 in front; between these there are three black spots, which are con- 

 nected by a slender transverse angular line. Scutellum with two 

 yellow spots, one in front, the other behind. Pectus yellow, with 

 black marks. Abdomen luteous at the lip and beneath. Legs yel- 

 low. Fore wings reddish, black at the tips, with six or seven pale 

 yellow spots or dots. Hind wings grayish vitreous, blackish towards 

 the tips. Length of the body 3f — 4 lines; of the wings 8 — 8^ 

 lines. Var. (3. — The yellow part of the prothorax is divided into 

 three large spots. 



a. Rio Janeiro. Presented by J. Gray, Esq. 



b, c. Petropolis, Rio Janeiro. Presented by J. Gray, Esq. 



Proconia annuligera. 



Flava ; caput supra subtusque nigro unimaculatum, macula verticis 

 quadriramosa ; prothorax fascia antica angulata utrinque 

 f areata vitta margineque postico niyris ; scutellum nigrum, 

 Jiavo bimaculatum ; pectus disco liturisque lateralibus nigris ; 

 abdomen nigrum, apice maculisque lateralibus jiavis ; alcB 

 anticce pallide viridescentes, annulis liturisque variis rufescenti' 

 bus, apice fusccB ; posticce cinereo-vitrece, apice nigricantes. 



