LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 837 



base, slightly tinged with brown about the hind borders near the 

 base : veins black, tawny at the base. Length of the body 5 Hues ; 

 of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



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11. Gypona quadrimacula. 



Fulva, subtus testacea ; caput nigro vittatum ; thorax nigro macu- 

 latus ; alee anticce cupreo-picece, maculis iinajiava duahusque 

 limpidis ornatce ; alee postica sublimpida, apicefuscce. 



Tawny, testaceous beneath : head flat, semicircular, concave 

 behind, a little narrower than the chest, striated longitudinally in 

 the middle, and obliquely on each side, black along the borders, and 

 with two black stripes between the eyelets ; its length less than half 

 its breadth : chest almost flat, transversely striated ; shield bordered 

 with black on each side and behind, and with two black spots in 

 front, one of them on the fore border, the other towards the disk ; 

 scutcheon with two black spots on the fore border : abdominal seg- 

 ments red beneath along the hind borders, and with a red triangular 

 spot on each side: tips of the feet and of the hind-shanks black : 

 fore-wings pitchy, slightly coppery, with a large, pale yellow spot 

 on the base of the fore border ; a colourless spot near the tip of the 

 fore border, and another on the middle of the hind border : hind- 

 wings almost colourless, with brown tips. Length of the body 4^ 

 Unes ; of the wangs 9h lines. 

 vO Var. 0. Crown black along each side, and with one black stripe 

 between the eyelets : shield with deep black borders, which enclose 

 some tawny spots on each side ; one black spot in the disk, none on 

 the fore border ; disk of the scutcheon black : abdomen wholly yel- 

 low beneath : tips of the hind-shanks testaceous : fore-wings mostly 

 lurid. 



a. Para. Presented by Reginald Graham, Esq. 



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^ 12. Gypona eeticulata. 



Testacea, nigro varia ; abdominis dorsum nigrum ; pedes nigro 

 varii, tibiis anticis nigris ; alee anticce Jlavcs, disco piceo ma- 

 culate ; alee posticcefusccB. 



Testaceous, slightly convex : head very short-conical, concave 

 behind, narrower than the chest ; crown striated obliquely on each 



