814 list of homopterous insects. 



9. Ledea valida. 



Piceo-ferruginea, subtus tesfacea ; scutellum luteo maculatum ; ab- 

 domen supra nigrum ; {em. apice caudatum ; pedes piceo-testa- 

 cei ; alee anticce ferruginece, ad costam nigro maculates ; aim 

 posticce subfusccB. 



Ferruginous, partly pitchy : head hardly conical, as broad as 

 the chest, very slightly arched, concave along the hind border, con- 

 vex on each side, almost obtusely angular on the fore border, with 

 an indistinct middle line, but no ridge; its length full half its 

 breadth ; underside testaceous, excepting the fore-plate, whose disk 

 has a black stiipe on each side ; disk of the epistoma black : shield 

 transversely rugose, flat in front, slightly convex behind, short on 

 each side, very convex on the fore border, slightly concave in the 

 middle, and slightly convex on each side of the hind border; 

 scutcheon flat, with a luteous spot in the disk : breast testaceous : 

 abdomen black beneath, with a testaceous tip ; a row of testaceous 

 spots along each side, and a short testaceous stripe in the disk ; cau- 

 dal appendages compressed, as long as the abdomen : legs testa- 

 ceous, partly pitchy : fore-wings marked with black along the fore 

 border, which is convex towards the tip : hind-wings pale brown. 

 Length of the body Hi lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. ? From Mr. Argent's collection. 



V/OlO. Ledra corticalis. 



Ferruginea^ nigro maculata, subtus testacea ; caput nigro vittatum ; 

 scutum subconvexum ; abdomen supra nigrum ; fern, apice 

 caudatum ; pedes testacei, piceo cincti ; ala anticce picece^ 

 apice limpidce ; alee posticce subcinerece. 



Ferruginous, testaceous beneath: head and chest thickly co 

 vered with very small black marks : head short-conical, as broad as 

 the chest, flat, extremely concave along the hind border, very slightly 

 impressed on each side, with a very slight black middle stripe, but 

 no ridge ; its length not one-third of its breadth ; underside testa- 

 ceous, irregularly bordered with black ; a black mark on each side of 

 the epistoma : shield finely striated across, flat in front, slightly 

 convex behind, short on each side, extremely convex on the fore 

 border, slightly concave in the middle of the hind border: scutcheon 

 flat: back of the abdomen black; caudal appendages compressed, 

 shorter than the abdomen ; oviduct ferruginous : legs testaceous ; 



