648 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



Var. ^. Head with four black spots along the crown, and with 

 a short black band which incloses the eyelets; two black spots on 

 the face: scutcheon black at the base: abdomen yellow. Length 

 of the body 5 — 5^ lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



a, b. Columbia. From Mr. Turner's collection. 



S.'^^Ethalion apicale. 

 Flavum nigra et ferrugineo varium, ahdomine iuteo nigro-varium, 



pedihus lutein nigra variis, alis anticis ferrugineis nigra semi- 



cinctis. 

 Yellow : head with three black bands; the fore one short, half- 

 elliptical ; a black spot on the face and a black band on the epi- 

 stoma : tip of the mouth black: chest black, minutely and thickly 

 punctured, with a while border, and with a slight white dorsal keel 

 which has a broad ferruginous stripe on each side ; scutcheon with 

 a luteous stripe which is forked towards the fore border : abdomen 

 luteous, marked with black at the base and at the tip, and with a 

 black dorsal stripe : legs luteous with black bands; anterior femora 

 with black stripes ; hind femora black, with luteous tips : fore-wings 

 ferruginous, black along the hind borders and at the tips, and with 

 a black stripe in the disk near the base ; veins whitish : hind-wings 

 gray, blackish-brown at the base ; veins black. Length of the body 

 5 lines; of the wings 11 lines. 

 a. .'' From Mr. Shuckard's collection. 



6. ^THALION FISSUM. 



Tesiaceum, nigra varium, abdomine ferrugineo, pedibus luteisnigro 

 maculatis, alis anticis luridis basi testaceis. 



Testaceous : head with four black spots in a line on the crown 

 deeply notched on the fore border; front with two black spots ad- 

 joining the crown, and with a black band across the eyelets ; a black 

 spot on the face and two black spots on the epistoma : tip of the 

 mouth black: chest thickly and very minutely punctured; shield 

 with two short black stripes on each side in front, and with a slight 

 dorsal keel ; scutcheon mostly black at the base and on each side, 

 reddish at the tip : abdomen ferruginous : legs luteous, adorned 

 with black spots and bands ; fore-wings pale lurid, testaceous and 

 punctured at the base ; veins yellow, much varied with black : hind- 

 wings gray ; veins black, pale towards the base. Length of the 

 body 4 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



t Var. ^. Fore-wings colourless. 



o, b. Columbia. From Mr. Turner's collection. 

 c. Columbia. From M. Jurgens' collection. 



