190 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



^ Ptyelus COMMA. 



Niger, subtus albo bivittatus ; caput margine antico testa ceo ; pedes 

 obscure fulvi ; femora posteriora nigro vittata ; alee anticce 

 gutta postica testacea, striga subcostali subapicali alba ; pos- 

 ticus nigricante-vitrece. 



Black. Head testaceous along the fore border above ; under 

 side with two white stripes, which extend along the pectus. Legs 

 dark tawny ; posterior femora with black stripes. Fore wings with 

 a testaceous dot in the middle near the hind border, and with a 

 white subcostal and subapical streak, which is slightly curved towards 

 one end. Hind wings blackish vitreous. Length of the body 

 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



a. Sumatra. From Sir Stamford Raffles' collection. 



Ptyelus planakis. 



Pallide testacea; caput et prolhorax vittis nonnullis indistinctis 

 fulvis, ilium conicum; alee anticce gutta postica subapicali 

 nigra ; postica vitrsco. 



Distinguished from the preceding species by the pale colour, 

 and by the head, which is more conical in front. Pale testaceous. 

 Head and prothorax with several indistinct tawny stripes, the 

 former very conical. Fore wings with a black dot on the hind 

 border near the tip. Hind wings vitreous. Length of the body 

 2-§ lines; of the wings 5 lines. 



a. South Africa. Presented by Dr. A. Smith. 



Genus LEPYRONIA, Cat. Horn. p. 725. 



C Lepyronia Bufo. 



Picea; capitis vertex albido biguttatas, linea antica transversa 

 albida valde arcuala ; alee anticce lituris tribus costalibus 

 testaceis, plagis variis discalibus cinereo tomentosis, venis 

 obscure viriclescentibus ; posticce nigricante-vitrece. 



Piceous. Head with a whitish dot on the vertex, and with a 

 transverse much arched whitish line in front. Fore wings with 

 three dull testaceous marks along the costa, and with various patches 

 of cinereous tomentum in the disk ; veins dull greenish. Hind 



