LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 823 



Group 4. Body generally slender, small, pale : head conical. 



)r^ 29. Ledra. fusiformis. 



Testacea^ fusiformis^ punctata ; scutellum foveolatum, tuteo fasci- 

 atum ; ala anticce subtestacecB, punctatce ; alee posticce suh- 

 HmpidcB. 



Testaceous, spindle-shaped : head and chest very thickly punc- 

 tured : head flat, long-conical, a little narrower than the chest, very 

 slightly arched, very slightly concave along the hind border, with an 

 indistinct middle ridge ; its length almost equal to its breadth ; un- 

 derside with a middle ridge, which tapers from the face to the fore 

 border; face with a slight longitudinal furrow: chest almost flat; 

 shield with three indistinct longitudinal furrows, and with two in- 

 distinct pale luteous bands, the first on the fore border : legs pale 

 testaceous : fore-wings slightly testaceous, very thickly punctured : 

 hind-wings almost colourless. Length of the body 6^ lines; of 

 the wings 10 lines. 



v--^/ Var. /3. No band on the fore border of the shield. 



a, h. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



y 30. Ledra conica. 



Testacea, punctata, sub fusiformis, depressa ; caput conicum ; alee 

 anticcB suhlimpidoB, confertim punctatcs, basi et ad costam 

 testacecs; alee posticce albce. 



Pale testaceous, flat, almost spindle-shaped : head and chest 

 thickly and minutely punctured : head conical, almost as broad as 

 the chest, not arched, slightly concave along the hind border, with 

 a very indistinct middle ridge ; its length more than half its 

 breadth ; fore border ferruginous ; a slight middle ridge in front 

 along the under side ; face very narrow : scutcheon with a slight 

 arched transverse suture : abdomen narrower than the chest : fore- 

 wings almost colourless, thickly punctured from the base to the tips, 

 pale testaceous towards the base and along the fore border : hind- 

 wings white. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 9^ lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Hooker. 



