84 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



Genus ASIRACA, Cat. Horn. p. 360. 



AsiRACA STEIGULOSA. 



Picea, subtus testacea ; frons angusta, bicarinata ; oviductus niger, 

 abdomen sat superans ; alee sordide vitrece, venis nigris ; antica? 

 apud murginem interiorem nigro strigata>, stigmate testaceo 

 minimo. 



Piceous, mostly testaceous beneath. Front narrow, with two 

 high keels. Oviduct black, extending some distance beyond the 

 abdomen. Wings dingy vitreous ; veins black. Fore wings with 

 some black streaks along the interior border to the tips ; stigma tes- 

 taceous, very small. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 7 

 lines. 



a. Tapayos. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus GADORA. 



Corpus parvum, lineare. Caput laeve. Antennae lineares, 

 corporis dimidio longiores. Pedes graciles, longissimi. Ala? 

 antica? angustae, longissimae, apud medium contracta?, extus subfal- 

 catse, margine interiore convexo, venis paucis. 



Body small, linear. Vertex and front smooth. Antenna? 

 linear, more than half the length of the body. Legs slender, ex- 

 tremely long. Fore wings narrow, almost twice the length of the 

 body, contracted in the middle ; the exterior part somewhat falci- 

 form, convex on the interior border; veins few. 



Gadora capensis. 



Nigra ; caput nitens ; pedes testacei ; ala antica vitrea, apices 

 versus nigra maculis duabus vitreis. 



Black. Head shining. Legs testaceous. Fore wings vitreous 

 as far as the contraction ; exterior part black, with the exception of 

 two vitreous spots on the costa. Length of the body 1£ line ; of the 

 wings 6 lines, 

 -a, b. Port Natal. From Mr. Plant's collection. 



