718 LIST OF HOMOPTEEOUS INSECTS. 



31. Ptvelus fingens. 



Flarus ; thorax piceo hivittatus ; abdomen fulvum ; alee anticcB 

 alhidcB, ferrugineo vittata, ad margines posticos fulvce. 



Yellow, sliiniug : head and chest flat : head concave along the 

 hind border, more convex in front where it has a slight notch on 

 each side ; its length less than half its breadth ; face convex, al- 

 most oval, with a punctured middle stripe, on each side of which 

 are nine shallow oblique cross ridges ; epistoma slightly keeled : 

 mouth tawny, reaching to the middle hips ; maxillae ferruginous ; 

 chest punctured, slightly impressed across in front, with a pitchy 

 stripe extending en each side from the eye to the base of the fore- 

 wing ; abdomen tawny ; tips of the feet pitchy : fore-wings whitish, 

 pale tawny towards the hind border, with an undulating ferruginous 

 stripe, which extends through the disk from the base to the tip ; 

 hind-wings colourless ; veins pale yellow. Length of the body 2\ 

 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



a. Colenso. Presented by Dr. Hooker. 



^ 32. Ptyelus trimaculatus. 



Aphrophora trimaculata, White, Zool. Voy. Erebus ^ Terror, pi. 7, 

 fig. 10. 

 a. New Zealand. Presented by Dr. Sinclair, 

 t, c. New Zealand. Presented by Dr. Hooker. 

 d. New Zealand. Presented by Dr. Hooker. 

 e,f. Colenso. Presented by Dr. Hooker. 



^ 33. Ptyelus subvibescens. 



^' Aphrophora virescens, White, Zool. Voy. Erebus Sf Terror, pi. 7, 

 f. 9. 



a. New Zealand. Presented by Capt. Sir James C. Ross. 



• ^ 34. Ptyelus punctum. 



Fulvus ; fades et pectus nigricantia ; alee anticcB marginis postici 

 prope apicem fusco biguttatcs. 



Pale tawny, covered with pale down : head and chest almost 

 flat: head very convex in front, with two furrows which diverge 

 from the fore border and communicate with two more oblique im- 



