18 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



excavated, denticulated in front. Mesothorax with three testaceous 

 stripes ; hind ridges also testaceous. Abdomen with a white 

 pubescent spot on each side. Wings white, stout, rugulose; veins 

 testaceous, bordered with black at the base. Fore wings more 

 slightly bordered with black from the base to the transverse veins, 

 which, like the veins between them, are deeply bordered with 

 black ; a large black spot on the tip of each marginal vein. 

 Length of the body 10 — 11 lines ; of the wings 24 — 26 lines. 



a, b. Adelaide. From Mr. Stevens' collecion. 



Country unknown. 



Q> FlDICINA DlOMEDEA. 



Foem. Obscure fulva, latissima, subtus ex parte teslacea ; caput 

 nigro bifasciatum ; prothorax vitta testacea, margine viridi ; 

 mesothorax vittis quatuor maculisque duabus nigris ; abdomen 

 nigro -piceura ; alee vitrece, venis viridibus ; anticce acuminata, 

 intus et apice fuscescentes, basi virides, venis la tt 2a fusco 

 nebulosis ; posticce basi opalince fusco strigatce. 



Female. Dark tawny, very broad, partly testaceons beneath. 

 Head with two black bands, one on the vertex, the other on 

 the front ; face black in the middle. Prothorax with a testaceous 

 stripe, which has some black marks on each side ; border dull 

 green, testaceous along each side. Mesothorax with four black 

 stripes ; the outer pair much shorter than the inner pair ; two black 

 spots behind the latter. Abdomen blackish picebus. Wings 

 vitreous ; veins green. Fore wings much acuminated, with a pale 

 brown tinge at the tips, and towards the base, which is green ; first 

 and second transverse veins very oblique, clouded with brown ; first 

 much longer than the second, from which it is parted by more than 

 twice its length ; third and fourth undulating, oblique ; fourth 

 much longer than the third. Hind wings with opaline lustre and 

 streaked with brown at the base. Length of the body 20 lines ; of 

 the wings 66 lines. 



a. ? From the Zoological Society's collection. 



