806 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



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5, Rhaphikhinus angustus. 



Alhidus^ gracilis ; caput nigro vittatum ; thoracis latera et pectoris 

 discus picea ; abdomen supra luteum, piceo bivittatum ; pedes 

 tibiis tarsisque apice nigris ; alee antic(e fuscce ; al(B posticce 

 sublimpidce ,fusco marginatcB. 



Whitish, very slender : head conical, very slightly curved up- 

 ward, with a broad black stripe, and a narrow longitudinal furrow, 

 terminating in a long, slender, filiform horn, which is much curved 

 upward, and has a black stripe on each side; face flat and finely 

 shagreened on the disk, with strongly marked, oblique ridges on 

 each side, adorned with two arched, black bands ; epistoma black : 

 mouth yellow : sides of the chest and disk of the breast pitchy; back 

 of the abdomen luteous, pitchy along each side and at the tip : tips 

 of the shanks and of the feet black ; tips of the fore-shanks widened : 

 fore-wings dark brown : hind-wings almost colourless, brown at the 

 tips and along the hind borders. Length of the body 6 lines ; of 

 the wings 10 lines. 



a. ? Presented by the Entomological Club. 



6. Ehaphirhinus attenuatus. 



Ater^ gracilis^ abdomen piceo vittatum ; pedes picei ; ales anticoe 

 cganeo-nigra, nigro-cupreo vittatcB ; alee posticce cyaneo-lim- 

 pidcB, apice fuscce. 



Deep black, slender : head prismatic, smooth, shining, long- 

 conical, horizontal, and with a narrow longitudinal furrow along 

 half the length, concave on each of the four sides, much curved 

 upward, and linear from thence towards the tip, which is conical ; 

 disk of the face convex; ridges on each side very indistinct: abdo- 

 men tapering from the base to the tip ; hind borders of the seg- 

 ments pitchy : legs pitchy : fore-wings bluish black, with a slightly 

 oblique, bronze-black stripe ; hind-wings transparent, tinged with 

 blue: tips brown. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 9 

 lines. 



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

 Wood. 



