Q^Q LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



hind border : disk of the fore-chest with a short, conical, red stripe, 

 which rests on a red band : hind-chest red : abdomen tinged with 

 lead-colour : legs black ; thighs towards the base and hips red ; hind 

 metatarsi tawny beneath : fore-wings black, with two very broad red 

 bands, which are connected along the fore border ; the first con- 

 nected with the base by a stripe along the fore border: hind-wings 

 blackish brown, paler towards the base, which is red. Length of the 

 body 5 lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 



a. King George's Sound, New Holland. Presented by Captain 

 Gray. 



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6. EURYMELA BASALTS. 



Lutea cyaneo varia, capite anlico nigro vittato, abdominis apice 

 nigro, pedihus nigris, femoribus basi luteis, alis anticis cya- 

 neis basi fulvis cyaneoque maculatis, alis posticis purpureo- 

 fuscis basi limpidis. 



Luleous: head with a short, black stripe in front: proboscis 

 tawnv, with a brown tip ; front of the fore-chest with a broad, dark 

 blue band, which is dilated on each side of the hind border: scutel- 

 lum dark blue: tip of the abdomen black: legs black; thighs 

 towards the base and hips luteous: fore-wings blue, tawny for more 

 than one-third from the base, which has a blue spot on each side : 

 hind-wings purplish brown, colourless towards the base. Length of 

 the body 5 lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 

 a. New Holland. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



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7. EURYMELA SUFFUSA. 



Ferruginea, capite nigro bimaculato, thorace nigro trimacidalo ^ 

 abdomine rufo apice nigro, pedibus nigris, femoribus fulvis 

 apice nigris, tibiis posticis basi ferrugineis, alis anticis nigri- 

 cantibus ferrugineo cinctis el ad discum maculatis, alis posti- 

 cis fuscis. 



Ferruginous : head with a pair of black spots on each side 1)e- 

 tween the eyes, yellow, with a ferruginous stripe in front: mouth 

 tawny, with a black tip ; scutellum with three triangular black spots 

 along the fore border : abdomen red, with a black tip, and with a 

 black spot at the base of the oviduct: legs black ; hips and thighs 

 tawny; lips of the latter black; hind shanks ferruginous towards 

 the base : fore-wings blackish, with a tawny margin, which is 

 widened on the fore border near the base, and on the hind border in 



