272 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



Testaceous, minutely speckled with black; front blackish. 

 Pectus black on each side. Abdomen black ; hind borders of the 

 segments testaceous. Femora striped with black. Fore wings 

 testaceous, with pale veins, which are bordered by interrupted black 

 lines. Hind wings grayish vitreous. Length of the body H line ; 

 of the wings 3 lines. 



a. Tasmania. Presented by Lieut. A. Smith. 



Iassus leucomelas. 



Niger ; vertex alho marginatus ; frons ferruginea, I'meis duabus 

 lateralibus albis ; prot/ioracis margo albus, antice interruptus ; 

 scutellum testaceum, nigro fasciatwn; pedes testacei ; alee 

 anlica fuscescenles, venis nigris ; posticcs fuscescente-vitrece. 



Black. Vertex with a white border; front ferruginous, with a 

 white line on each side. Prothorax with a white border, which is 

 interrupted in front. Scutellum testaceous, with a black band. 

 Legs testaceous. Fore wings brownish, with black veins. Hind 

 wings brownish vitreous. Length of the body If line ; of the wings 

 ^ lines. 



a. North America. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Tassus lineola. 



Testaceus ; vertex albido-testaceus, fascia nigra; pectoris latera 

 nigra; abdomen supra nigricans ; femora nigro vittata ; alee 

 vitrecB ; anticce vix subtestacece, venis ex parte fuscis. 



Testaceous. Vertex whitish testaceous, with a black band ; 

 front darker than the face. Pectus black on each side. Abdomen 

 blackish above. Femora striped with black. Wings vitreous. 

 Fore wings with a slight testaceous tinge ; veins partly brown. 

 Length of the body 1^ line ; of the wings 3 lines. 



a. Gambia. Presented by W. Mackenzie Skues, Esq. 



Iassus vitreicosta. 



Fulvus, subtus albidus ; vertex ex parte niger, antice albidus, pos- 

 tice albido punctatus ; prothorax lituris duabus lateralibus 

 nigricantibus ; scutellum albidum,fuscescentenotatum; pedes 

 albidi ; alee anticce apud costam vitrece, linea intermedia inter- 

 rupta venisque ex pane nigris ; posticoe cinereo-vitrece. 



