330 . Mr. A. White on new species of Homoptera. 
XLITI.—Descriptions of some apparently new species of Homopte- 
rous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. By Apam 
Wauirt, M.E.S., Assistant in the Zoological Department of 
the British Museum. 
Apuana (Guérin), Burm. | 
Aphana imperialis, White. Elytra olive-green, the basal por- 
tion with numerous black spots, most of which are traversed by 
green veins ; the tip black, beautifully reticulated with olive-green. 
Wings at the base purplish madder, with eleven or twelve large 
black spots, the purplish part reticulated with whitish ; the end 
brownish black ; a bluish green band-like mark across the middle 
of the wing, not nearly reaching the hind margin, the three nerves 
traversing it are black. Under sides of elytra and wings almost 
similar to the upper side. Head and thorax above greenish. 
Prothorax finely transversely striated, a line down the middle 
shining. Abdomen black, margins yellow, segments slightly 
powdered with white, vulvar scales red. Legs brown; tibiz of 
hind legs with three teeth on the outside. 
Expanse of elytra 2 inches 5 lines. 
Hab. Silhet. 
In marking and general appearance similar to Aphana delica- 
tula, sent to the Museum from Canton by the late Tradescant 
Lay, Esq.; the Aphana amabilis, Hope (Linn. Trans. xix. 1382. 
t. 12. f. 1), from Silhet is somewhat allied to it, but neither A. 
-delicatula (Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. xv. 37) nor the present 
species have the slender, sharp, erect horn which is on the head 
of A. amabilis. 
Aphana scutellaris, White. Elytra with the base dark green, 
the tip ochrey yellow, the basal portion except on the outer mar- 
gin thickly covered with a white sponge-like matter, the veins 
green, the tip with a good deal of white sponge-like matter, some 
roundish spots in the middle free from it. Wings at the base 
green, mixed with violet-blue ; in the middle a large red mark 
reticulated with yellowish, inner and part of the outer margin of 
a pale ochrey yellow, the tip deep brownish yellow, beyond the 
middle of the wing a dark brownish line not quite reaching the 
hind margin: middle of the wing with nine or ten white spots of 
different sizes; several small bluish white spots on the apical 
part, under sides somewhat similar, the base of elytra green, 
marked and thickly spotted with black. Head and thorax above 
of a very deep blackish green, the vertex with two white patches 
in a depression, ridged in front and on the sides. Prothorax 
strongly ridged in the middle; scutellum (mesonotum) covered 
with white sponge-like matter. Abdomen very deep blackish 
green above, the segments at the base above, powdered with 
