28 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



O 10. OXYPLEURA PASSA, MaS. 



Nervus transversus, lus subcurvus, valcle obliquus, angulum valde 

 obtusum Jingens, 2o quadruplo ejus longitudine divisus ; 2ms 

 subcurvus, obliquus, angulum valde obtusum Jingens, \o 

 paullo longior ; 3us subcurvus, obliquus, angulum subacutum 

 Jingens ; 4us subcurvus. vix obliquus, angulum rectum, Jin- 

 gens, 3o paullo longior. 



Second marginal areolet nearly as long as the first : first cross- 

 vein very slightly curved, very slanting, forming a very obtuse an- 

 gle, parted from the second by four times its length ; second very 

 slightly curved, slanting, forming a very obtuse angle, a little longer 

 than the first; third very slightly curved, slanting, forming a slightly 

 acute angle ; fourth very slightly curved, hardly slanting, forming 

 a right angle, a little longer than the third ; fifth curved, forming 

 a slightly acute angle. Body tawny : head much narrower than 

 the fore-chest, adorned with two irregular black bands, the hinder 

 one widened over the eyelet-region, which has a black dot on each 

 side ; face slightly convex: mouth tawny, with a black tip, reach- 

 ing some distance beyond the hind-hips ; eyes not prominent : feelers 

 black : fore-chest broadest iu the middle ; scutcheon adorned with 

 a club-shaped black mark ; furrows blackish ; hind-scutcheon, with 

 a black streak above the base of each fore-wing, much widened, and 

 forming a very projecting right angle on each side : scutcheon of 

 the middle-chest adorned with four pitchy obconical marks ; the 

 inner pair distinctly angular, darker than the outer pair, and rather 

 more than half their length, and pointing towards two black dots ; 

 hind border very slightly excavated : abdomen obconical, a little 

 longer than the chest : opercula large, close ; drums meeting be- 

 neath, of moderate size, less than half the length of the abdomen : 

 legs tawny ; feet and tips of the shanks pitchy ; cla,ws black ; fore- 

 thighs aimed with three very short and blunt tawny teeth ; hind- 

 shanks beset with tawny black-tipped teeth : wings tinged with pale 

 tawny : a black spot on the primitive areolet ; veins tawny : cross- 

 veins mostly black. Length of the body 1 1 lines ; of the wings 

 36 lines. 

 a. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



