334 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



PoSCILOPTERA PRIMARIA. 



Pallide viridis ; vertex brevissimus ; frons plana, subquadrata, 

 carinis tribus valde indistinctis, margine subelevato ; prothorax 

 brevis, subarcuatus ; mesothorax tricarinatus ; abdomen 

 album ; alee anticce latce, rectangulatce, apud costam vix con- 

 vexa, margine exteriore recto, venis venulisque plurimis ; pos- 

 ticce alba. 



Bright pale green. Vertex very short. Front flat, subquad- 

 rate, rather narrower towards the face, with slightly elevated bor- 

 ders and with three very indistinct ridges, which are obsolete 

 towards the fore border. Prothorax short, slightly arched. Meso- 

 thorax with three slight ridges. Abdomen and hind wings white. 

 Wings broad. Fore wings hardly convex along the costa, straight 

 along the exterior border ; tips and interior angle rectangular, the 

 latter more acute; transverse veins very numerous ; veins extremely 

 numerous along the costa and in the exterior compartment, which 

 is much widened hindward. Length of* the body 4 lines ; of the 

 wings 9 lines. 



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



O PcECILOPTERA REPLETA. 



Rufescens ; vertex arcuatus, brevissimus; frons transversa, subca- 

 rinata, marginibus subelevatis ; prothorax transversus, arcua- 

 tus ; mesothorax tricarinatus ; ala antica pallide testacece, 

 apud costam convexa, apice rolundata, punctis plurimis, guttis 

 sex discalibus nigris, margine exteriore recto obliquo ; posticce 

 vitrea, obscure cinerece. 



Reddish, paler beneath. Vertex arched, extremely short; 

 front transverse, with a slight keel, and with slightly elevated bor- 

 ders. Prothorax transverse, arched. Mesothorax'with three very 

 slight keels. Fore wings pale testaceous, with very numerous red 

 points, and with six black discal dots, convex along the costa, 

 rounded at the tips, straight and oblique along the exterior border ; 

 costal transverse veinlets numerous, short, regular, oblique. Hind 

 wings vitreous, dark cinereous. Length of the body 3 lines ; of 

 the wings 7 lines. 



a. Australia. From Mr. Strange's collection. 



