812 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



Las five slight ridj^es, the middle one short : hind border concave in 

 the middle, convex on each side ; scutcheon gibbous, and with two 

 slight crests towards the tip : abdomen red above : shanks with 

 pitchy tubercles, slightly widened and fringed : fore-wings whitish, 

 very convex along the fore borders towards the tips ; veins pale fer- 

 ruginous, with a few pitchy tubercles towards the base ; areolets 

 more or less subdivided by ramifying veinlets : hind-wings colour- 

 less. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. East Indies. From Mr. Sowerby's collection. 



^ 6. Ledea scutellata. 



Testacea, tuherculata ; caput suhtus alho vittatum nigro faseiatum ; 

 scutum quinquecarinatum, ferrugineo et piceu varium ; scu- 

 tellum apice gibbum piceum ; abdomen rufo faseiatum ; tihicB 

 subdilatatcB ; ala anticcB albida ; alee posticce limpidce. 



Testaceous: head and chest tuberculate: head broader than 

 the chest, slightly arched, ferruginous behind, very short-conical in 

 front, rounded on each side, very slightly concave on the hind bor- 

 der, with a slight middle ridge ; its length about half its breadth; 

 underside with a whitish ridge in front, and with a black band be- 

 fore the eyes : shield partly ferruginous and pitchy, very slightly 

 convex in front, with five very slight ridges, the middle one very 

 short; hind border concave in the middle, convex on each side; 

 scutcheon depressed on the disk, gibbous and pitchy towards the tip : 

 sides of the breast grayish : abdomen with a red band on the hind 

 border of each segment: shanks with pitchy tubercles, slightly 

 widened: fore-wings whitish; areolets with green ramifications, 

 which are confluent towards the base ; veins tawny, nodose, partly 

 pitchy; fore borders rounded towards the tips: hind-wings colour- 

 less. Length of the body 9i lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. East Indies. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 



VK> 7. Ledea plana. 



Testacea, tuberculata ; caput suhtus alhido vittatum ; scutum quin- 

 quecarinatum ; scuteUum apice piceum subgibbum ; abdomen 

 rufo faseiatum ; tibia subdilatce; al(B anticce albidcB, basi sub- 

 testacece ; alee posticce limpidce. 



Nearly allied (6 L. scutellata; head rather narrower and longer. 

 Testaceous : head and chest tuberculate : head hardly broader than 



