166 LIST OF HOMOPTEEOUS INSECTS. 



angle a more narrow black band along the exterior border ; veins 

 pale. Length of the body 2\ lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Fam. CICADELLINA, Burm. 

 Genus EURYMELA, Cat. Horn. p. 638. •? 



EtJRYMELA DISCOIDALIS, Cat. Hom. p. 648. '' 



Var. ? Cupreo-nigra ; caput margine postico fulvo, strigis dua- 

 bus lateribusque anticis pallide testaceis ; prothorax fulvo 

 marginatus ; scutellum rufescente marginatum ; pectus testa- 

 ceum, nigro bimaculatum ; abdomen rufum, apice nigrum ; 

 pedes nigri, coxis femoribusque testaceis, his apice nigris, 

 tarsis posticis basi testaceis ; alee anticce linea costali testacea 

 bast diiatata ; posticce nigro-fusccs. 



• Var. ? Cupreous-black. Head tawny along the hind border, 

 with two testaceous streaks towards the face, which is pale tes- 

 taceous on each side. Prothorax with a tawny border. Scutellum 

 with a reddish border. Pectus testaceous, with a black spot on 

 each side. Abdomen red, black at the tip. Legs black ; femora 

 except towards the tips and coxae testaceous ; hind tarsi testaceous 

 at the base. Fore wings with a testaceous costal line, which 

 is widened near the base. Hind wings blackish brown. Length 

 of the body 4 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Moreton Bay. Presented by — Gibbons, Esq. 



EURYMELA LIGNOSA. $ 



Fusca, testaceo conspersa, subtus testacea; prothorax fascia antica 

 interrupta vittaque lata strigam nigram includente albido- 

 testaceis ferrugineo notatis, scutello obscure fusca ; abdomen 

 testaceum ; pedes testacei, nigro fasciati ; alee anticce lituris 

 posticis, striga subcostali, vitta lata exteriore costali fasciaque 

 subapicali testaceis ; posticce vitrece. 



Brown, speckled with testaceous, testaceous beneath. Protho- 

 rax whitish testaceous, with ferruginous marks along each side 

 of the fore border, and with a broad stripe of the same hue, includ- 

 ing a black streak. Scutellum dark brown. Abdomen and legs 

 testaceous, the latter with black bands. Fore wings with testaceous 

 marks along the interior border, and with a testaceous subcostal 



