12 LIST OF HOMOPTEEOUS INSECTS. 



Male and female. Bright pale green, here and there slightly- 

 testaceous. Head with the usual black streaks on each side in 

 front ; vertex with three Mack marks. Prothorax with two black 

 stripes, which form a circle hindward. Mesothorax with five black 

 stripes ; the outer pair very incomplete and widely interrupted ; two 

 black dots hindward. Abdomen testaceous, with incomplete brownish 

 bands, green at the base. Wings vitreous ; veins pale green, black 

 towards the tips ; costa bright green ; stigma white ; first and 

 second transverse veins oblique, clouded with black ; first parted 

 from the second by about thrice its length ; third and fourth nearly 

 straight. Male. — Dorsal opercula large, conical ; ventral opercula 

 elongate-conical, full two-thirds of the length of the abdomen. 

 Female. — Abdomen compressed at the tips. Length of the body 

 10 — 11 lines ; of the wings 28 — 30 lines. 



a. New Hebrides. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



b, c. Aneiteum, New Hebrides. Presented by the Admiralty. 

 d, e. ? Presented by Sir John Liddell. 



Oceania. 



<o Ddndubia lineifeba. 



Mas. Testacea, ex parte viridescens ; caput maculis duabus anti- 

 cis magnis trigonis nigris ; prothorax strigis duabus fuscis, 

 litura postica arcuata nigra; mesothorax vitlis tribus strigis- 

 que duabus nigris ; abdomen sericeo torn ento sum ; alee vitrece, 

 venis testaceis ; anticee venis iransversis nigris, \a et 2a fusco 

 nebulosis. 



Male. Testaceous, mostly greenish. Head black about the 

 ocelli, and with two large triangular black spots in front. Protho- 

 rax with a brown streak on each side, and with a black curved 

 mark hindward; border dilated, and with a brown spot on each 

 side, which is somewhat concave. Mesothorax with three black 

 stripes; the pair very slightly curved, shortened hindward, and 

 accompanied on the exterior side by two black streaks. Abdomen 

 with silky tomentum. Wings vitreous ; veins testaceous. Fore 

 wings with black transverse veins; first and second clouded with 

 brown, parted from each other by more than their joint length ; 

 first shorter and less oblique than the second ; third and fourth 

 hardly curved, very slightly tinged with brown. Length of the body 



13 lines ; of the wings 3b' lines. 



a. Oceania. From Mr. Macgillivray's collect on. Voyage of 

 H.M.S. Herald. 



