254 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



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Genus GABKITA. 



Corpus robustum. Caput parvum ; vertex perangustus ; frons 

 lata, brevis, subconvexa. Thorax transversus, subconvexus, lateribus 

 contractis. Pedes antici breves, femoribus tibiisque dilatatis ; pos- 

 tici longi. Alas anticae deflexae, apices versus latiores. 



Body stout. Head small ; vertex very narrow ; front broad, 

 short, slightly convex. Antennae short, very slender. Thorax trans- 

 verse, slightly convex, contracted on each side. Fore legs short ; 

 femora and tibiae dilated. Middle legs moderately long. Hind 

 legs long; tibiae with very numerous and rather long spines. Fore 

 wings deflexed, somewhat broader towards the tips, which are 

 rounded. 



Gabrita annulivena. 



Nigra; vertex testaceus, guttis guatuor lateralibus nigris ; frons 

 gutlis nonmtllis fasciisque duabus obliquis albis ; thorax con- 

 fertissime albo punctatus, lituris duabus anticis nigris ; pectus 

 album nigro maculatum ; femora antica albo bifasciata ; 

 tibia antica albo signata ; pedes posteriores albidi, nigro 

 subvarii ; ala antica fascia inieriore y macula costali exteriore 

 strigague marginali postica albis, venis albo punctatis ; postica 

 nigricantes. 



Black. Vertex testaceous, with two black dots on each side ; 

 front with some white dots ; a white oblique band on each side of 

 the face. Thorax with very numerous white points, which are inter- 

 rupted by a black mark on each side in front. Pectus white, with 

 various black spots. Abdomen with white spots along each side. 

 Fore femora with two white bands ; fore tibiae with a white mark 

 on each. Posterior legs whitish, slightly marked with black. Fore 

 wings with a white band at one-third of the length, with a white 

 costal spot at two-thirds of the length, and with a white marginal 

 streak behind the tips ; veins with very numerous white points. 

 Hind wings blackish. Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 

 6 lines. 



a. Tapayos. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



^Geuus PETALOCEPHALA. 

 Petalocephala, Stal, Of v. K. V. A. Fork. 1853, 266. 



