LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 59 



^19. DONDUBIA RUFIVENA, MaS. 



Nervus iransversus lits subcurvus, subobliquus, angulum subobtu- 

 sum Jingens, 2o dwplo ejus longitudine divisus ; 2us subcur- 

 viis, obliquus, angulum obtusum Jingens, lo multo brevior ; 

 3ms subcurmis, stibobliquus, angulum rectum Jingens ; Au^ sub' 

 curviis, fere erectiis, angulum rectum Jingens^ 3o brevior. 



Second marginal areolet nearly five sixths of the length of the 

 first : first cross-vein very slightly curved, slightly slanting, forming 

 a slightly obtuse angle, parted from the second by twice its length ; 

 second very slightly curved, slanting, forming an obtuse angle, 

 much shorter than the first ; third very slightly curved, very slightly 

 slanting, forming a right angle ; fourth slightly curved, nearly up- 

 right, forming a right angle, shorter than the third ; fifth slightly 

 curved, nearly upright, forming a nearly right angle. In the right 

 wing of an insect of this species the fourth cross-vein is a little 

 longer than the third ; and joins the hind-vein of the third dis- 

 coidal areolet before the fork of the latter. Body pale grass-green : 

 head much narrower than the fore-chest; face very convex : mouth 

 tawny, reaching the middle-hips : feelers tawny : eyes not prominent ; 

 fore-chest broadest near the base of the fore-wings ; hind-scutcheon 

 broad, finely furrowed, forming a very obtuse angle by the base of 

 each fore-wing, brownish and slightly notched on each side, aiTned 

 with a small tooth towards the fore border -. scutcheon of the middle- 

 chest indistinctly marked with four obconical, fawn-coloured stripes, 

 outer pair obconical, about thrice the length of the inner pair, which 

 are semicircular ; hind border slightly excavated : abdomen ob- 

 conical, much longer than the chest: opercula pale green ; drums 

 very large, pale green, narrow towards the base, much more than 

 half the length of the abdomen : legs green ; tips of shanks, feet, 

 fore-shanks, and spines of the hind-shanks tawny ; tips of the 

 claws black; fore-thighs armed with three tawny teeth: wings 

 whitish, grass-green at the base; veins pale fawn-colour with a red- 

 dish tinge towards the base ; flaps pale green towards the base. 

 Length of the body 13 lines; of the wings 33 lines. 



a, b. Java. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



