232 LIST OP HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



black. Pectus with black marks. Abdomen black, luteous beneath. 

 Fore wings reddish, with very numerous yellow dots, with a black 

 band near the tips, which are lurid-vitreous. Hind wings grayish 

 vitreous, blackish towards the tips and along the hind border. 

 Length of the body 3^ lines ; of the wings 8£ lines. 



a. Petropolis, Province of Rio. Presented by J. Gray, Esq. 



b, c. Tejuca, Province of Rio. Presented by the Rev. Hamlet Clark. 



Proconia insistans. 



Nigra ; caput maculis quatuor anticis fl,avis, subtus flavum vitta 

 lata strigaque nigris ; prothorax flavus, maculis tribus con- 

 nexis, gultis duabus margineque postico nigris ; scutellum 

 jlavo bimaculatum ; pectus flavum, nigro notatum ; abdomen 

 apice subhisque luteum ; pedes flavi ; alee anticce rufescentes 

 flavo maculata, apice nigroe ; posticce cinereo-vitrece, apice 

 nigricantes. 



Black. Head thick, with four yellow spots along the border 

 above ; under side yellow, with a broad black stripe, which is dilated 

 towards the face, the latter with a black streak. Prothorax yellow, 

 black along the hind border, and with a black dot on each side 

 in front; between these there are three black spots, which are con- 

 nected by a slender transverse angular line. Scutellum with two 

 yellow spots, one in front, the other behind. Pectus yellow, with 

 black marks. Abdomen luteous at the tip and beneath. Legs yel- 

 low. Fore wings reddish, black at the tips, with six or seven pale 

 yellow spots or dots. Hind wings grayish vitreous, blackish towards 

 the tips. Length of the body 3f — 4 lines ; of the wings 8 — 8£ 

 lines. Var. (3. — The yellow part of the prothorax is divided into 

 three large spots. 



a. Rio Janeiro. Presented by J. Gray, Esq. 



b, c. Petropolis, Rio Janeiro. Presented by J. Gray, Esq. 



Proconia anntjligera. 



Flava ; caput supra subtusque nigro unimaculatum, macula verticis 

 quadriramosa ; prothorax fascia antica angulata utrinque 

 furcata vitta margineque postico niyris ; scutellum nigrum, 

 flavo bimaculatum; pectus disco liturisque later alibus nigris ; 

 abdomen nigrum, apice maculisque luteralibus flavis ; alee 

 anticce pallide viridescentes, annulis liturisque variis rufescenti- 

 bus, apice fuscce ; posticce cinereo-vitrece, apice nigricantes. 



