LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 13 



V DUNDUBIA CONNATA. 



Mas et foem. Viridi-testacea ; caput nigro varium, prothorax 

 vittis duabus liturisque quatuor nigris ; mesothorax vittis 

 quinque guttisque duabus nigris ; abdomen vittis duabus ma- 

 cularibus nigris ; aim vitrece, venis testaceis apice nigris. 

 Mas. — Abdomen guttis lateralibus nigris ; opercula subatten- 

 uata, abdominis bis triente non breviora. Fcem. — Abdomen 

 maculis lateralibus nigris, maculis dorsalibus posticis conjlu- 

 entibus. 



Male and female. Testaceous, tinged with green. Head black 

 about the ocelli, with two black marks on each side, in front and 

 behind, and with Mack streaks on each side of the face. Prothorax 

 with two black stripes, which are dilated in front, dilated and 

 curved hiudward ; four black lateral marks ; border with a black 

 dot on each side, which is slightly concave and not denticulate. 

 Mesothorax with five slight black stripes, the inner pair short, and 

 succeeded by two black clots, the outer pair interrupted. Abdomen 

 with two rows of black dorsal spots. Wings vitreous ; veins testa- 

 ceous, black towards the tips. Fore wings with the first and second 

 transverse veins oblique, parted from each other by more than their 

 joint length ; first shorter and less oblique than the second ; third 

 much shorter than the fourth. Male. — Abdomen with a row of 

 black dots on each side. Opercula somewhat attenuated, about two- 

 thirds of the length of the abdomen. Female. — Abdomen with a 

 row of black spots on each side; dorsal spots confluent hiudward. 

 Length of the body 9 — 10 lines ; of the wings 29 lines. 



a, b. Oceania. From Mr. Macgillivray's collection. Voyage of 

 H.M.S. Herald. 



GenusFIDICINA, Cat. Homopt. p. 78. 



F. Taurus, page 85, is a synonym of F. acuta, page 81. F. re- 

 panda, page 90, may be a species o( Platypleura. 



Mexico. 



FlDICINA RUDIS. 



Mas. Nigra, valida, subtus fulva ; caput fulvo quadrimaculatum, 

 facie fulvo vitlata ; prothorax ex parte nigro-rufus, vittain- 

 terrupta guttisque duabus fulois ; mesothorax maculis quatuor 

 carinisque posticis fulvis ; ala vitrea, albida,rugulosce, valida?, 

 venis ferrugineis apice nigris; anticcs venis la 2aque trans- 

 versis perobliquis vix arcuatis. 



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