706 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



^ 10. Ptyelus speculigutta. 



Niger ; caput ferrugineo trimaculatum ; thorax ferrugineo et 

 fulvo fasciatus ; scutellum apice luteum ; ales anticce fulvo 

 bivittatcB et unimaculata. 



Black, shining, bare : head and chest very finely punctured : 

 head above flat, semicircular in front, with three ferruginous marks 

 on the fore border; face slightly convex, roughly punctured, not 

 keeled, with about twelve slight cross ridges on each side : mouth 

 ferruginous at the base: chest convex, slightly wrinkled across in 

 front ; a fermginous band near the fore border ; scutcheon flat, very 

 finely striated across ; an angular tawny band on the fore border, di- 

 lated at each end ; tip luteous : fore-wings rather narrow, conical 

 towards the tips, brown from the middle part of the hind l3order to 

 the disk, adorned with two very oblique tawny streaks; one straight, 

 near the base ; the other longer, slightly curved in the middle; a 

 little above and beyond it there is an oblong tawny spot, pointing 

 towards four white dots which are towards the hind border near the 

 tip : hind-wings blackish brown, pale brown at the tips and along 

 the hind borders ; a few colourless streaks along part of the veins, 

 which are black. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 18 

 lines. 



a. Para. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



<^ 11. Ptyelus amplus. 



Niger, auratus ; pectoris latera fulva ; abdomen piceum, segmentis 

 jiavo-fasciatis ; alee lata. 



Black, shining : head, chest, and fore-wings covered with gilded 

 down : head and chest flat, thickly and minutely punctured : head 

 slightly concave behind, almost conical in front; its length more 

 than one-fourth of its breadth ; a short red band along the fore bor- 

 der ; face slightly convex, with a flat stripe, on each side of which 

 are twelve strongly marked oblique ridges : mouth extending to the 

 middle hips : breast on each side and hind-chest tawny : abdomen 

 pitchy, with yellow bands along the hind borders of the segments : 

 oviduct ferruginous : hind-shanks ferruginous at the base : fore- 

 wings rather broad, very convex along the fore border: hind-wings 

 broad, colourless, brown at the tips and along the hind borders ; 

 veins black, tawny at the base. Length of the body 5| lines ; of the 

 wings 11 lines. 



^. Java. From the East India Company's collection. 



