820 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



with five black stripes ; middle one short in front ; inner pair zig- 

 zag ; outer pair irregular ; hind border concave in the middle, con- 

 vex on each side : scutcheon with a triangular pitchy spot on each 

 side : breast yellow or pale testaceous, with a black disk : disk of the 

 abdomen beneath black, excepting the hind borders of the segments: 

 thighs black towards the tips ; hind-thighs pitchy ; hind-shanks 

 with black tips : fore-wings almost colourless, pitchy towards the 

 base, and with a pitchy stripe in the disk ; veins ferruginous, here 

 and there pitchy : hind-wings colourless. Length of the body 5^ 

 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



VG Var. /3. Head and chest mostly ferruginous : head beneath and 

 sides of the breast yellow, 



ft. Van Dieman's Land. Presented by the Rev. T. Ewing. 

 h. Van Dieman's Land. Presented by R. Butler, Esq. 



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20. Ledra brevis. 



Testacea^ ferrugineo tessellata^ nigro vittata, subtus nigra ; abdo- 

 minis segmenta subtus albido vittata ; femora nigra ; al(S 

 anticcB sublinipideB, piceo vittatee et fasciatce, ad costam al- 

 bido guttatcB ; alee posticcB limpid cs. 



Testaceous, black beneath : head and chest tessellated with 

 ferruginous : head very short, not broader than the chest, not arched, 

 very slightly concave above, finely striated longitudinally, semicir- 

 cular on the fore border, very concave on the hind border, with a 

 black middle stripe, its length less than one-sixth of its breadth ; 

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

 ment ; face with two very broad, pale testaceous stripes, which are 

 continued along the breast ; chest flat, finely striated transversely : 

 shield conical along the fore border, with three black stripes ; mid- 

 dle one short, in front ; side pair zigzag, each accompanied by a 

 yellow stripe; hind border concave in the middle, convex on each 

 side ; scutcheon with a black triangular spot on each side ; hind 

 borders of the abdominal segments whitish beneath : legs testa- 

 ceous ; thighs mostly black : fore-wings almost colourless, vvith a 

 pitchy spot near the base, and a pitchy, oblique band beyond the 

 middle ; some whitish dots along the fore border : hind-wings co- 

 lourless. Length of the body 4i lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



ft. New Holland. From Mr. Lambert's collection. 



