LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 825 





 33. Ledka brevifrons. 



Testacea, gracilis ; caput subtus nigro himaculatum ; pectoris 

 discus niger ; ahe antic(B sublimpidcc, basi et margine Jlaves- 

 centes ; ahp posticce limpidce. 



Male. Testaceous, rather narrow : head flat, short-conical, as 

 broad as the chest, very slightly arched, thickly punctured, very 

 slightly concave ^along the hind border, with an indistinct middle 

 ridge ; its length about half its breadth ; two large black spots be- 

 neath, united in front, widening thence towards each eye : chest 

 slightly convex, finely striated transversely ; shield slightly convex 

 along the fore border : disk of the breast black : abdomen tapering 

 from the base to the tip : fore-wings almost colourless, tinged with 

 yellow towards the base and on the border ; hind-wings colourless. 

 Length of the body 3i lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



a. New Holland. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



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34. Ledra chlorocephalus. 



Testacea^ subfusiformis ; caput anticum viride ; scutellum postice 

 viridescens ; alee anticce sublimpidcB, basi testacea, apicefuscce, 

 nigro maculates ; alee postica; limpidce. 



Testaceous, paler beneath, almost spindle-shaped : head and 

 chest thickly punctured : head flat, conical, as broad as the chest, 

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

 green in front, with a middle ridge ; its length a little more than 

 half its breadth ; three ridges beneath, the middle one tapering to 

 the fore border, the side pair curved outward : chest almost flat ; 

 shield tinged with green on each side of the hind border: legs 

 pale testaceous: fore-wings almost colourless, testaceous towards 

 the base, brown at the tips, with a small black spot in each disk : 

 hind- wings colourless. Length of the body 4f lines ; of the wings 

 9^ lines. 



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



