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LIST OF HOMOPTEROLS INSECTS. 



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 Genus PLATYPLEURA, Cat. Horn. 2. 





Platypleura pexicjllata. 



gra, caput fulvo trifasciatum ; prothorax lifuris mar- 

 ue fid vis; mesothorax lineis quatuor arcuatis fulvis ; 

 minis segmenta testaceo marginata ; opcrcvJa testaeea ; 

 a testacei,nigro strigati ; alee antica albidce strigis pluri- 

 misramosis nigris, venis transversis \a et2a nigra marginatis ; 

 postica nigricantes, fascia interrvpta testaeea, linea transversa 

 nigricante, apice lactece. 



Male. Black, with whitish tomentum beneath. Head with 

 three irregular tawny bands, the first and the third interrupted. 

 Prothorax with several tawny marks, and with a tawnv border which 

 is edged with black on each sirfel Mesothorax with four tawnv 

 loops, the middle pair short ; hind ridges tawny, with three black 

 marks. Abdominal segments with testaceous hind borders. Oper- 

 cula testaceous. Legs testaceous, with black streaks. Fore wings 

 whitish, with a ramose black streak on each areolet; primitive areo- 

 let black; veins tawny, black towards the tips; first and second 

 transverse veins bordered with black. Hind wings blackish ; api- 

 cal part milk-white, divided by a blackish line from a whitish tes- 

 taceous band, which is narrower and interrupted hindward. 

 Length of the body 11 lines; of the wings 32 lines. 



a. South Africa. From Mr. Bartlett's collection. 



Genus ZAMMARA, Cat. Horn. 33. 



Mexico. 



Zammaea imbellis. 



Viridis (mas) aut testaeea (fern.); caput nigra bifasciatum ; 

 prothorax vitla strigisque qnatvor nigris. laterrbus parum 

 dilatatis nigro marginatis ; mesothorax rittis qvatuor obconi- 

 cis, strigis duabus gvttisqve dvabvs nigris : abdomen fasciis 

 interrupts nigris ; pedes ex parte nigri ; alee vitrece ; antica 

 maculis plurimis fuscis ; posticce vena \a transversa margine- 

 que exteriore fusco nebulosis. 



Green (male) or testaceous (female). Head with two black 

 hands, which emit several streaks. Prothorax with a black middle 

 stripe, and with two black streaks on each side ; sutures also black ; 



