LIST OF H03I0PTER0US INSECTS. G99 



^ 4. Aphrophora occidentis. 



Teslacea ; caput piceo vittatum ; thorax piceo quadripunctatus ; 

 scutellum nigro-maculatum, apice Jlavum ; pectus piceo himacu-' 

 latum ; pedes fulvi ; alee antics testaceofuscce^ ad costam oblique 

 bivittatce. 



Testaceous, shining : head and chest roughly punctured, 

 covered with tawny down : head flat, conical, concave along the 

 hind horder, with a broad pitchy stripe ; its length a little more than 

 half its hreadth ; face very convex, almost oval, slightly keeled, 

 pitchy towards the epistoma, with about fourteen very slightly 

 oblique cross ridges ; epistoma pitchy, slightly keeled : mouth tawny 

 with a pitchy lip, almost reaching the middle hips : feelers tawny : 

 chest very slightly convex, with four large pitchy punctures near 

 the fore border ; a black spot near the tip of the scutcheon which is 

 yellow : breast with a large pitchy spot on each side ; tip of the ab- 

 domen pitchy : legs tawny, tips of the feet black : fore-wings testa- 

 ceous-brown, slightly mottled, darkest along the fore borders and at 

 the tips, with two short oblique stripes near the fore border : hind- 

 wings almost colourless, with brown tips, indistinctly brown along 

 the hind borders ; veins black, tawny at the base. Length of the 

 body 5i lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 



a. West Coast of America. Presented by Capt. Wood and Lieut. 

 Wood. 



O 5. Apheophoea diminuta. 



Testacea ; caput piceo-vittatum ; thorax piceo maculatus et fascia- 

 tus ; pedes ferruginei ; alee antica ferruginea, fusiformes,fulvo 

 oblique trivittatce. 



Testaceous, shining: head and chest thickly punctured, 

 covered with tawny down : head flat, slightly concave along the 

 hind border, almost conical in front, with an indistinct cross furrow, 

 and with a pitchy stripe, which is almost divided lengthwise ; its 

 length almost half its breadth; face very convex, almost oval, 

 slightly keeled, pitchy in front, with thirteen shallow, veiy slightly 

 oblique cross ridges ; epistoma pitchy, slightly keeled : mouth 

 tawny, black towards the tip, reaching the middle hips : chest very 

 slightly convex, with a pitchy spot and some large, shallow impres- 

 sions near the fore border ; a pitchy band near the tip of the 

 scutcheon : upper abdominal appendages black : legs ferruginous ; 

 a yellow spot on each knee ; tips of the feet pitchy : fore-wings fer- 



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