12 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



^ 17. Platypleuea albigeea, Fem. 



Nervus iransversus lus subrectus, valde obliquus, unguium valde 

 ohtusum fingens, 2o plus triplo ejus longitudine divisus, 2u.s 

 subcurvus, valde obliquus, unguium valde obtusum Jingens, 

 lo fere duplb longior ; 3ms et 4ms subrecti, subobliqui, angu- 

 los subacutos jingentes. 



Second marginal areolet longer than the first : first cross-vein 

 nearly straight, very slanting, forming a very obtuse angle, parted 

 from the second by more than thrice its length ; second very 

 slightly curved, very slanting, forming a very obtuse angle, nearly 

 twice the length of the first ; third nearly straight, slightly slanting, 

 forming a very slightly acute angle ; fourth nearly straight, very 

 slightly slanting, forming a very slightly acute angle ; fifth curved, 

 forming an acute angle. Body green, with a tawny tinge : head a 

 little narrower than the fore- chest : crown adorned with an irregular 

 black baud ; face slightly convex, adorned on each side in front 

 with brown bands, which are paler towards the mouth ; the latter 

 tawny, with a black tip, reaching to the hind-hips : feelers black: 

 eyes not prominent : fore-chest broadest in the middle ; furrows of 

 the scutcheon pale brown ; hind-scutcheon adorned with two black 

 dots on the fore border, rounded and much widened on each side : 

 scutcheon of the middle-chest adorned with six black marks, the 

 two outer pairs indistinct and oblique, the middle pair distinct, 

 broad and obconical ; hind border slightly excavated : abdomen 

 brown, obconical, longer than the chest, tawny beneath and along 

 the hind border of each segment: drums pale tawny, very small, far 

 apart : legs tawny ; tips of the claws black ; hind-shanks beset with 

 tawny spines: fore-wings whitish, tinged with green towards the 

 base, feathered with pale brown, which forms two rows of double 

 dots along the hind border ; veins tawny towards the base, else- 

 where feathered with pale brown, adorned with a row of brown 

 ringlets along the hind border ; a waved, whitish stripe along the 

 hind border ; four large whitish spots on the fore border, and three 

 on the hind border ; hind-wings tawny, adorned with two dark 

 brown bauds, between which are brown streaks; border pale brown, 

 excepting the outermost part, which is colourless. Length of the 

 body 11 lines ; of the wings 26 lines. 



a. Cape. From Mr. Shuckard's collection. 



