874 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



^9. Bythoscopus stipatus. 



Albus,fusco marmoratus ; abdomen album veljlavum ; alcBposticee 

 albideB, apice subcinere(B. 



White, marbled with brown : head rather short, as broad as the 

 head, forming an indistinct obtuse angle in front ; crown flat, longer 

 in the middle than on each side, its breadth, excluding the eyes, 

 about four times its length ; face truncate-conical, very slightly 

 convex ; epistoma linear, sometimes widening towards the mouth : 

 chest almost flat ; shield very convex in front, hardly concave along 

 the hind border : breast white, sometimes with brown spots : abdo- 

 men white or pale yellow : hind-wings whitish with j)ale gray tips. 

 Length of the body 2^ lines; of the wings 4^ lines. 



a, b. St. John's Bluflf, E. Florida. Presented by E. Doubleday, 

 Esq. 



O50. Bythoscopus soBEius. 



Testaeeus, subtus albidus ; scutellum ferrugineum, apice testaceum ; 

 pedes Jlavi ; alee posticce limpidcB. 



Testaceous, whitish beneath : head short, rounded in front, 

 nearly as broad as the chest; crown punctured, with an impression 

 on each side of the disk, and with an indistinct short ridge adjoin- 

 ing the hind border ; its length in the middle rather exceeding that 

 on each side, and about one-fourth of the breadth without the eyes ; 

 face pale testaceous, flat and punctured on the disk, with a convex 

 smooth compartment on each side ; epistoma conical, whitish to- 

 wards the mouth : shield slightly striated transversely, equally long 

 across its whole breadth ; scutcheon pale ferruginous, w^ith a trans- 

 verse suture near the tip, which is testaceous : oviduct ferruginous : 

 legs yellow : fore-wings and veins testaceous ; hind-wings colour- 

 less. Length of the body 2^ lines ; of the wings 4i lines. 



a, b. Hudson's Bay. Presented by G. Barnston, Esq. 



