LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 819 



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18. Ledra unicolor. 



Ferruginea, piceo tessellata^nigro vittata^ suhtus testacea ; fades ni- 

 gra interrupte fasciata ; pedes testacei, tihiis posticis apice 

 piceis; alee anticcs albida ; alee posticce limpida. 



Ferruginous: head and chest indistinctly tessellated with pitchy 

 colour, testaceous heneath : head very short, not hroader than the 

 chest, not arched, flat above, finely striated longitudinally, short-co- 

 nical on the fore border, very slightly convex on each side, very con- 

 cave on the hind border, with a black middle stripe ; its length 

 much less than one-sixth of its breadth ; on each side of the lore 

 border a spindle-shaped concave compartment ; face hardly keeled, 

 with a short oblique black band on each side in front ; epistoma 

 with a black stripe on each side : chest flat, finely striated trans- 

 versely ; shield conical along the fore border, with three slight black 

 stripes ; middle one short in front ; side pair indistinct, zigzag ; 

 hind border concave in the middle, convex on each side : legs pale 

 testaceous; tips of the hind-shanks pitchy: fore-wings whitish; 

 veins ferruginous : most of the areolets partly subdivided by ferrugi- 

 nous ramifications : hind-wings colourless. Length of the body Ti 

 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Philippine Islands. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



^19. Ledra vaeia. 



Testacea, ferrugineo tessellata, nigro vittata, subius nigro varia ; 

 pedes tihiis posticis femoribusque apice nigris, tibiis posticis 

 piceis ; alee anticce sublimpidee basi vittaque piceis ; alee pos- 

 ticee limpideB. 



Testaceous : head and chest indistinctly tessellated with ferru- 

 ginous : head veiy short, not broader than the chest, not arched, 

 very slightly concave above, finely striated longitudinally, short-co- 

 nical on the fore border, very slightly convex on each side, very con- 

 cave on the hind border, with a black middle stripe and two pitchy 

 slightly oblique side stripes ; its length less than one-fourth of its 

 breadth ; on each side of the fore border a spindle-shaped concave 

 compartment whose disk is black ; underside yellow or pale testa- 

 ceous, with abroad black band along the fore border; face black 

 and finely striated transversely towards the epistoma, which is black, 

 with a tawny spot, and has a black stripe on each side : chest almost 

 flat, finely slrialed transversely; shield conical along the fore border, 



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