836 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



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9. Gypona viridirufa. 



Flavo-viridis ; abdomen rufo bivittatum ; pedes virides, tarsis 

 fulvix ; alee anticce virides, limpido maculatce, basi postico fer- 

 ruginecB, apice fuscce et luridcB ; alee posticce sublimpidce,fusco 

 marginatos. 



Grass-ffreen, tinged with yellow, paler beneath : head flat, semi- 

 circular, narrower than the chest, striated longitudinally, ferruginous 

 along the fore border, slightly concave along the hind border ; its 

 length much less than half its breadth ; underside tinged with yel- 

 low ; some dark oblique streaks on each side of the face : chest 

 slightly convex, transversely striated ; scutcheon with an arched 

 suture near the lip, which is luteous : abdomen with two bright red 

 stripes, which are darker towards the lip, where they are united : 

 legs pale green; feet tawny; hind-feet green at the base: fore- 

 wings green in front with a colourless interval near the tips, which 

 are brown ; hind part ferruginous at the base, colourless in the 

 middle, lurid at the tips : hind-wings almost colourless, brown at 

 the tips and along the hind borders. Length of the body 6 lines ; 

 of the wings 11 lines. 



a. Para. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



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10. Gypona signifeea. 



Testacea ; caput subtus viridescens ; abdominis dorsum rufo fas ci- 

 atiim ; alee anticce disco et apice piceo notatce ; alee posticcB 

 sublimpidce. 



Testaceous, shining, paler beneath: head flat, semicircular, a 

 little narrower than the chest, striated longitudinally in the middle, 

 and obliquely on each side, ferruginous along the fore border; con- 

 cave along the hind border; its length less than half its breadth : 

 underside tinged with pale green ; disk of the face slightly concave 

 in front: feelers pitchy, tirst and second joints yellow; third and 

 fourth lawny at the base : chest almost flat, transversely striated : 

 scutcheon with a slightly arched transverse suture near the tip : ab- 

 domen above with a pale red band on the hind border of each seg- 

 ment : oviduct ferruginous, partly pitchy : legs pale testaceous ; 

 claws black, yellow at the base : fore-wings with a few pitchy marks, 

 which are chiefly on the cross-veins, in the disks, and on the inter- 

 mediate parts of the longitudinal veins, and on some of the latter 

 towards the tips : hind-wings almost colourless, bright red at the 



