LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 8l7 



1^15. LeDRA FERRUGINEA. 



Testacea, subtus Jlava ; caput nigro vittatum, subtus nigro fascia- 

 turn ; thorax deprensus^ transverse striatus ; scutum nigro 

 quinquevitlatum ; abdomen nigrum, apice ferrugineum, subtus 

 Jlavum nigro vittatum ; pedes Jlavi ; femoribus tibiisque pos- 

 terioribus apice nigris ; alec anticce ferruginecB, apice sublim- 

 pidcB ; al(C posticce sublimpidce, basi subfulvce. 



Nearly allied to L. planirostris, but the head is longer. Testa- 

 ceous, yellow beneath : head not broader than the chest, not arched, 

 veiy slightly concave above, finely striated longitudinally, conical 

 on the lore border, almost straight on each side, very concave on the 

 hind border, with a black middle stripe ; its length not more than 

 one-third of its breadth ; on each side of the fore border a spindle- 

 shaped concave compartment, whose disk is black; face with a 

 slight keel, black along the front ; epistoma with a black stripe on 

 each side : chest almost flat, finely striated transversely ; shield al- 

 most conical along the fore border, with five slight black stripes ; 

 middle one in front, very short ; inner pair zigzag ; outer pair 

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

 side : abdomen black above wnth a ferruginous tip, yellow, with a 

 broad black stripe beneath : legs yellow ; posterior thighs and 

 shanks with black tips : fore-wings ferruginous, with almost colour- 

 less tips : hind-wings almost colourless, with a tawny tinge towards 

 the base. Length of the body 9^ lines ; of the wings 17 lines. 



a. Van Dieman's Land. From Mr. Shuckard's collection. 



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16. Ledra depressa. 



JFerruginea, subtus testacea ; caput nigro vittatum, subtus nigro 

 fasciatum ; thorax depressus, transverse stnatus ; scutum piceo 

 quinquevitlatum; abdomen subtus nigro vittatum; pedes tes- 

 tacei ; femoribus posterioribus tibiisque posticis apice nigris ; 

 al(B anticcB ferruginece, apice sublimpidce ; alee posticce sub- 

 limpidcB. 



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Like L. planirostris in structure. Pale ferruginous, testaceous 



beneath : head not broader than the chest, not arched, hardly con- 

 cave above, finely striated longitudinally, short-conical on the fore 

 border, very slightly convex on each side, very concave on the hind 

 border, with a black middle stripe ; its length not more than one- 



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