LIST OF HOMOPTEEOUS INSECTS. 815 



a pitchy spot near the tip of each of the anterior thighs ; tips of the 

 shanks and of the hind thighs pitchy: fore-wings pitchy, areolets 

 mostly colourless along the fore border and towards the tip ; fore 

 border hardly convex: hind-wings slightly gray. Length of the 

 body 7i lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. New Holland. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



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11. Ledka fornicata. 



Ferruginea, testacea^ subtiis tuberculata ; caput subtus albido vitta' 

 turn ; scutum convexum , tricarinatum ; scutellum apice gibbum 

 bicristatum ; abdomen supra rufum; tibia subdilatatcc ; alcB 

 anticcB albidcB, basi piceo tuberculatcB ; alee posticce limpidoe. 



Pale ferruginous, pale testaceous beneath : head and chest tu- 

 berculate : head very little broader than the chest, slightly arched, 

 whitish in front, conical on the fore border, rounded on each side, 

 very slightly concave on the hind border, with a slight middle ridge ; 

 its length much more than half its breadth ; underside with a 

 whitish middle ridge : shield convex on the disk, very slightly con- 

 vex along the fore border, with three very slight ridges : hind bor- 

 der concave in the middle, convex on each side ; scutcheon gibbous, 

 and with two crests towards the tip : abdomen red above ; shanks 

 with pitchy tubercles, slightly widened: fore-wings whitish, with 

 pitchy tubercles towards the base ; areolets with tawny ramifications, 

 which are confluent towards the base ; veins pale ferruginous : hind- 

 wings colourless. Length of the body 82 lines ; of the wings 14^ 

 lines. 



a. North India. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 



Il2. Ledra carinata. 



Testacea, ferrugineo tuberculata ; caput subtus albidum ; scutum 

 convexum, quadricarinatum ; scutellum apice convexum bi- 

 cristatum ; abdomen supra rufum ; tibice subdilatatce ; alcean- 

 ticce albidce, basi tuberculata ; alee posticce limpidce. 



Testaceous, paler beneath : head an(L<ihest beset with ferrugi- 

 nous tubercles : head shorter than that o^ L. fornicata, very little 

 broader than the chest, slightly arched, short-conical on the fore 

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

 der, with a ^slight middle ridge ; its length more than half its 



