786 LIST OF HOMO PTE ROUS INSECTS. 



half the length from the tips, which are dark brown. Length of the 

 body 4| lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



a. St. John's Bluff, E. Florida. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



C 

 12. Proconia badia. 



Ferruginea, nigro vittata ; scutellum piceum, luteo marginatum ; 

 abdominis discus piceus ; pedes picei ; ales anticce purpureo- 

 rufa, apice subfulvce ; alee posticce suhlimpidcs. 



FeiTugiuous : head with a very short and slightly oblique black 

 stripe on each side of the crown, and in front with two long oblique 

 stripes, which join the short black stripe on the face : shield de- 

 pressed on each side in front ; scutcheon pitchy, luteous on each 

 side and towards the tip : disk of the abdomen pitchy above and 

 beneath : feet pitchy : fore-wings dark purplish red ; tips transpa- 

 rent with a slight tawmy tinge : hind-wings almost colourless. 

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



o 



13. Proconia scutellata. 



Testacea, nigro vittata ; scutum antice luteum ; abdomen nigrum^ 

 ■ lateribus et apice subtus luteum ; alee antic(B rufo-picece, apice 

 subfulvce ; alee posticce limpid<B,fiLsco marginatce. 



Testaceous : front of the head with two very slender, oblique 

 black stripes, which are united towards the face: shield slightly 

 marked with black, mostly luteous in front : abdomen black, lurid 

 beneath on each side and towards the tip : legs luteous ; feet pitchy 

 towards the tips : fore-wings reddish pitchy, transparent, with a 

 slight tawny tinge towards the tips : hind-wings colourless with 

 narrow brown borders. Length of the body 4|- lines ; of the wings 

 9 lines. 







14. Proconia terminalis. 



Lutea ; caput nigro fasciatum ; scutum abdominisque dorsum 

 nigra ; alee anticce rufo-picecB, albido maculates ; alee posticce 

 fuscce, limpido unimaculatce . 



Luteous : head with a short black band in front of the eyelets ; 

 keel of the epistoma and mouth ferruginous : shield black, with 



