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10. PrOCONIA LUCERNEA? 



Ferruginea, nigra viaculata : scutellum Luteum ; abdomen niy rum ^ 

 suhtus piceum, apice ferrugineum ; aI(B anticce picece^ apice 

 fidvce ; alee posticce subliinpidcB, fusco marginatce. 



Fulgora luceruea? Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. 704, 6. Fahr. Sp. Ins. ii. 

 314, 7. 3Iant. Ins. ii. 313, 7. Fnt. Si/st. iv. 37. ^gst. Rhyn. 

 , iii. 7. 



Cicada brevirostris ? Beg, Ins. iii. 202, 6, pi. 32, f. 6, 

 ' Fulgora lucernaria ? Gtiiel. Ed. Syst. Nat. i. 4, 2090, 6. 

 '^ Tettigonia lucernaria? Burm. Handh. Ent. ii. 120. 



Nearly allied to the two preceding species. Ferruginous: 

 head with two converging black stripes, which unite on the com- 

 mencement of the slight ridge of the face : shield marked with 

 black ; scutcheon dull luteous : abdomen black, pitchy beneath, 

 ferruginous at the tip: legs dark ferruginous: fore-wings pitchy, 

 with tawny tips: hind-wings almost colourless, with brown borders. 

 Length of the body 4^^ lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



Var. ^. Head wholly ferruginous. 



a. Brazil. Presented by John Miers, Esq. 



b. Brazil. From Mr. Mornay's collection. 



r. — p.. ? 



II. Proconia marginata. 



Ferruginea, nigro vittata ; scutum albo-viridescens ; scutellum 

 luteum^ disco nigrum; abdomen nigrum^ subtus et apice lu- 

 teum ; pedes lutei, nigro maculati, tarsis nigris ; alee anticce 

 rufescentes, limpido varies^ basi et ad costam picece, apice 

 fulvce ; alcB posticce fuscce^ basi subcinerece. 



Ferruginous : head with two short, oblique, black stripes on 

 the crown, and in front with two longer, oblique stripes which join 

 the black stripe of the face : rugulose part of the shield dingy 

 whitish green : scutcheon luteous ; its disk partly black : abdomen 

 black, luteous beneath on each side and at the tip : legs luteous, 

 with black marks : feet black : fore-wings reddish, here and there 

 almost colourless, pitchy at the base and along part of the fore 

 border, tawny at the tips : hind-wings slightly gray ; brown for near 



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