U2 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



Hind wings white. Length of the .body 4 lines ; of the wings 14 



lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 



* ,:d Pceciloptera ocellifera. 



Luteo-viridis ; prolhorax arcuatus, carinatus, bipunctulatus ; me- 

 sothorax tricarinatus ; abdomen albidum ; alee anticte annulis 

 plurimis minutis rufis, apud costam subconvexai, apice rotun- 

 data, margine exteriore subrecto, angulo interiore peracuto ; 

 posticcB alba. 



Luteous-green. Vertex and front with a slight keel ; front a 

 little longer than broad, narrower towards the face, with a slight 

 and short keel on each side, the borders hardly elevated. Prothorax 

 arched, with an impression on each side of the slight middle keel. 

 Mesothorax with three slight keels. Abdomen whitish. Fore wings 

 with many small red ringlets of various size, slightly convex along 

 the costa, almost straight along the exterior border ; tips rectangular, 

 but rounded ; interior angle very acute. Hind wings white. 

 Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



This species, like the following, is one of the links which con- 

 nect Colobesthes and Nephesa with Pceciloptera, to which genus the 

 other two should be united. 

 a. Ceram. From Madame Ida Pfeiffer's collection. 



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Pceciloptera areolifera. 



Viridescente-alba ; prothorax arcuatus, carinatus, subtuberculatus ; 

 mesothorax bicarinatus ; alee antiea apud costam valde con- 

 vexa, apice angulatce, margine exteriore recto, angulo interiore 

 peracuto, margine interiore undulato, venis paucis, venulis 

 plurimis ; postica alba?. 



Greenish white. Vertex very short; front flat, longer than 

 broad, slightly widening towards the face, with three very slight 

 keels and with hardly elevated borders. Prothorax arched, slightly 

 tuberculate, with a distinct keel. Mesothorax with two slight keels. 

 Fore wings with the costa very convex, the tips rectangular and not 

 rounded, the exterior border straight, the interior angle very acute, 

 the interior border undulating ; veins few ; veinlets very numerous ; 



