LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 809 







8. DiLOBOPTERUS FERVENS. 



Niger^ Jiavo-fasciatus ; scutellum Jlavo hivittatum ; abdomen lu- 

 teuin ; pedes Jlavi, tibiis posticis basi apiceque piceis ; alee 

 anticce lutea, basi et casta ferruginea, apice luridce, fasciis 

 obliquis undjlavd, duabusque nigris ornatce; alee posticce sub- 

 limpidee, lobis nigris basi ferrugineis. 



Black : head with a yellow band along the hind border ; face 

 yellow, with two black stripes : mouth yellow, luteous at the tip : 

 fore-chest and shield with yellow bands along their hind borders ; 

 scutcheon with a yellow stripe along each side, and with a yellow 

 band near the tip, which is also yellow : breast with two yellow 

 bands on each side : abdomen luteous : legs yellow ; tips of the 

 thighs luteous ; hind-shanks pitchy at the base and at the tips : 

 fore-wings luteous, ferruginous at the base and along part of the 

 hind border ; veined part lurid, mostly divided from the basal part 

 by a black, oblique, almost triangular band, which encloses a yellovv 

 band: hind-wings almost colourless, lurid along the hind border 

 near the base ; lobes black, ferruginous towards the base. Length 

 of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 11 lines. 



a. Para. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



l/^<?Group 2. SCARIDES. 

 Scarides, Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 576. 



»/ClJenus 1. LEDRA. 



^»<Ledra, Fabr., Panz.,Latr., Germ., Burm., Curt., Tign.,Duf., Guer. 

 , Blanch.^ Costa, Amyot et Serv., Crochard. 

 •^ ^Cicada, Linn., Stall, Geoff"., Oliv.C X-jp ^ 

 //)Membracis, Petagna.r X . ^:i 1 *" -^ 



Group 1. Head angular on each side: thorax more or less crested. 



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1. Ledra aurita. 



\/Ledra aurita, Fabr. Syst. Rhyn. 24, 4, 1. Germ. Mag. Ent. iv. 54, 

 16, 1. Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 1, 116, 1. Curt. Brit. Ent. 

 676. Panz. Faun. Germ. 50, 18. Tign. Ins. 12, pi. 5, f. 4. 



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