"-254 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



Genus GABRITA. 



Corpus rohuslum. Caput parvum ; vertex perangustus ; frons 

 lata, brevis, subconvexa. Thorax transversus, subconvexus, lateribus 

 contractis. Pedes antici breves, feiuoribus tibiisque dilatatis; pos- 

 tici longi. Ala antics deflexa?, apices versus latiores. 



Body stout. Head small ; vertex very narrow ; front broad, 

 short, slightly convex. Antennae short, very slender. Thorax trans- 

 verse, slightly convex, contracted on each side. Fore legs short ; 

 femora and tibiae dilated. Middle legs moderately long. Hind 

 legs long ; tibiae with very numerous and rather long spines. Fore 

 wings deflexed, somewhat broader towards the tips, whicli are 

 rounded. 



Gabkita annulivena. 



Nigra; vertex testaceus, pvttis quatuor Jateralibus nigru ; frons 

 guttis noiDwliis fasciisgve dvabus ohliquis alhis ; thorax con- 

 fertissime alio p^inctadis, Hiitris duabiis anticis 7ugris ; pectus 

 album nigra mactilatum ; femora antica albo bifasciata ; 

 tibicB antica albo signata ; pedes posferiores albidi^ nigro 

 subvarii ; ala anticce fascia interiore, vuicula costali exteriore 

 strigague marginali postica albis^ venis albo punctatis ; posticce 

 nigricantes. 



Black. Vertex testaceous, with two black dots on each side; 

 front with some white dots; a white oblique band on each side of 

 the face. Thorax wiih very numerous white points, which are inter- 

 rupted by a black mark on each side in front. Pectus white, with 

 various black spots. Abdomen with white spots along each side. 

 Fore femora vviih two white bands; fore tibiae with a white mark 

 on each. Posterior legs whitish, slightly marked with black. Fore 

 wings with a white band at one-third of the length, with a white 

 costal spot at two-thirds of the length, and with a white marginal 

 streak behind the tips ; veins with very numerous white points. 

 Hind wings blackish. Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 

 6 lines. 



a. Tapayos. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus PETALOCEPHALA. 

 Petalocephala, Stal, Ofv, K. V. A. Fork. 1853, 266. 



