ZALE. 220 



8027. Zale edusina. (Plate CCXXIX. fig. 20 J , 21 ? .) 



Homopera cdiisina, irarv. Bull. Buff. Sue. Nat. Sci. iii. p. 14(1875), (S ; 



Smith, 0-it. Noct. N. Aui. p. o70. 

 Homoptera atritincta, Harv. Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. iii. p. 14 (1875), 2 . 



S . Head and thorax fuscous brown mixed with some bhiish 

 white; pectus and legs brown mixed with grey, the tarsi black 

 rin<i-ed with white ; abdomen brown, the crests blackish, the 

 ventral surface irrorated with grey. Fore Aving fuscous broAvn 

 mixed with blue-grey and slightly irrorated with black, the inner 

 half of medial area tinged Avith red-bro\A'n ; sul)basal line black, 

 oblique, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double, 

 black, Avaved, inwardly oblique beloAV the cell, a band of pale blue- 

 grey suffusion beyond it; the medial area with three indistinct 

 oblique Avaved In-own hues ; reniform a narroAv lunule defined by 

 blackish and Avith small Avhite spots on its outer edge ; postmedial 

 line black, defined on each side by Avhite at costa, oblique to beloAV 

 vein 7, then minutely wa\^ed, excurved at vein -1, then oblique and 

 sinuous, some Avhite points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line 

 black, sti-ong, oblique to vein 5, excurved at vein 4, then incurved 

 and sinuous ; the terminal area Avith bluish Avhite patches from 

 below apex to vein 5 and from beloAv vein 4 to above tornus ; a 

 fine crenulate dark terminal line Avith small Avhite spots beyond it 

 in the interspaces. Hind Aving fuscous broAvn mixed Avith grey and 

 faintly tinged AA^th reddish ; three indistinct minutely Avaved grey 

 lines beyond the cell ; postmedial line double, black, the inner line 

 minutely AA^aved, the outer slightly sinuous, a band of bluish Avhite 

 suffusion beyond it fi-om discal fold to tornus ; the terminal area 

 striated Avith black ; a slight crenulate dark terminal line Avith 

 small Avhitish spots beyond it in the interspaces ; the underside 

 brownish Avhite thickly iiTorated Avith broAvn, a black discoidal 

 striga, dark postmedial line Avaved on costal area, and faint sub- 

 bei'mi aal line. 



2 . Wings Avithout the Avhite on terminal areas. 



Ab. 1. Fore Aving Avithout the minute Avhite spots on outer edge 

 of reniform. 



Hah. U.S.A., ?New York, ? Kentucky, Texas, 4 c? , 4 $ type 

 and type atritincta, Exp. 34-40 millim. 



8028. Zale aeruginosa. (Plate CCXXX. fig. 1.) 



Ypua (eriiginosa, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 17, pi. 18. f. 7 (1852); Smith, Cat. 



Noct. N'. Am. p. 373. 

 Homoptera idcnipennh, Wlk. xiii. 1055 (1857). 



Head and thorax black-broAvn irrorated with a fcAv Avhite scales ; 

 palpi Avith the 3rd joint white at tips ; basal joint of antennae 

 Avhite on outer side ; pectus red-brown, the fore tibire and tarsi 

 blackish ringed Avith white ; abdomen fuscous mixed Avith some 

 grey and black, the ventral surface pale grey-broAvn. Foi'e Aving 



