LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 93 



^-25. FiDiciNA NiGRORUFA, Mas et Fem. 



Nervus transversus \us subundatus, valde obliquus, angulum perob- 

 tiisiun fingens, 2o fere triplb ejus longitudine divisus ; 2us sub- 

 cumis, valde obliquus, angulum perobtmum fingens^ \o bre- 

 vier ; 'dus fere rectus, obliquus, angulum vix acutum fingens ; 

 Aus fere rectus, obliquus, angulum subacutum fingens, 3o 

 multb longior. 



Second marginal areolet a little more than three-fourths of the 

 length of the first: first cross-vein slightly waved, very slanting, 

 forming an extremely obtuse angle, parted from the second by al- 

 most thrice its length ; second slightly curved, very slanting, form- 

 ing an extremely obtuse angle, shorter than the first ; third almost 

 straight, slanting, forming a hardly acute angle ; fourth almost 

 straight, slanting, forming a slightly acute angle, much longer than 

 the third ; fifth curved, nearly upright, forming a hardly acute angle. 



Male. — Body black, shining, short and broad, thickly covered 

 with white on each side beneath : head narrower than the fore-chest ; 

 face convex : eyes prominent : mouth black, ferruginous towards the 

 base : feelers black : fore-chest narrower in front thau behind, round- 

 ed or almost forming an obtuse angle near the base of each fore- 

 wing, nearly straight from thence to the fore border where it has a 

 small tawny spot; hind-scutcheon rather narrow in the middle, 

 broader on each side : hind border of the scutcheon of the middle- 

 chest dark red on each side, with a moderately deep excavation in 

 the middle : abdomen dark red, obconical, a little longer tlan the 

 chest, adorned above with black bands which do not extend to the 

 sides; opercula none: tymbals white: dru.Tis very small: legs 

 black ; middle and hind-thighs striped with red ; middle-shanks dark 

 red ; hind-shanks and hind-feet pale red ; claws red with black tips ; 

 fore-thighs armed with three black teeth : wings colourless, blackish 

 and adorned with red at the base, black along the fore border ; veins 

 black, pitchy at the base ; flaps of the hind-wings colourless, black- 

 ish towards the base and along the fore border. 



Fem. — Abdomen hardly larger than the chest, scarcely decreas- 

 ing in breadth till near the tip where it is narrow, obconical, com- 

 pressed and black ; the black bands extend across the whole breadth. 



Length of the body 11—13 lines ; of the wings 36—40 lines. 



a, b. Venezuela. From Mr. Dvson's collection. 



