644 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



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14. EURYMELA VARIA. 



Nigra alho varia, scutello rufo bimaculato, abdomine albo apice 

 nigro, metatarsis posticis femoribusque albis, alls anticis albo 

 bifasciatis et guttatis. ^ 



Black : head bordered with while, having on the front two 

 white stripes, which are connected with two large white spots on the 

 epistoma: a white stripe on the fore-chest, which is white along the 

 hind border: scutcheon white on each side, with two reddish spots 

 in the disk : abdomen white, with a black tip : legs black ; hips and 

 thighs white; tips of the latter black ; knees white ; hind metatarsi 

 white, with black tips ; fore-wings with two white bands; the first 

 imperfect at one-third from the base ; the second beyond two-thirds 

 from the base; two white dots on the hind border between the 

 bands : hind-wings blackish. 



•^ Var. /3. Head without a white stripe on the front ; the white 

 spots on the epistoma diminished to two white stripes on each side : 

 scutellum black, dingy white along each side towards the tip : disk 

 of the back of the abdomen black : white of the legs dingy : fore- 

 wings with irregular bands, which are accompanied by several white 

 dots. Length of the body 3 — 3^ lines ; of the wings 7 — 8 lines. 



a. Hobart Town. Presented by the Earl of Derby. 



6, c. New Holland. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



d. Swan River. From Mr. Turner's collection. 



e — i. New Holland. 



^ 15. EuRYMELA BICINCTA. 



"^Eurymela bicincta ? Erichson, Archiv. 1842, i. 285. 



Nigro-anea, albo varia, metatarsis posticis femoribusque albis, alis 

 anticis albo bifasciatis et unigtittatis. 



Brassy-black : head bordered with white : abdomen black, 

 white towards the base beneath : legs black ; thighs and hind 

 metatarsi white, with black tips: fore-wings with two slender 

 while bands ; the first very slanting ; the second erect ; a white dot 

 on the hind border between the bands ; hind-wings gray. 



t Var. (3. Epistoma with a large white spot on each side: fore- 

 chest and scutellum bordered with white: abdomen dingy-white, 

 with a black tip. Length of the body 2—3 lines ; of the wings 

 (> — 8 lines. 



