98 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



tuse angle, much longer than the first ; third slightly curved, nearly 

 upright, forming a right angle ; fourth slightly waved, slanting, 

 forming a slightly acute angle, longer than the third ; fifth curved, 

 nearly upright, forming a hardly acute angle. Length of the hody 

 1 1 lines ; of the wings 32 lines. 



a. Port Essington. From Mr. Gould's collection. 



rSl. FiDICINA INTERNATA, MaS. 



Nervus transversus lus subciirvus, valde obliquus, angulum valde 

 ohtusumjingens^ 2o plus triplu ejus longitudine divisus ; 2us 

 subcurvus, angulum perobtusum Jingens ; lo longior et obli- 

 qiiior ; Sus subcurvus, subobliquus, angulum rectum Jingens ; 

 4us subundatus, obliquus, angulum acutum Jingens, 3o multb 

 longior. 



Second marginal areolet a little shorter than the first: first cross- 

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

 gle, parted from the second by much more than thrice its length ; 

 second very slightly curved, forming an extremely obtuse angle, 

 longer and u)ore slanting than the first; third slightly curved, slightly 

 slanting, forming a right angle, not joining the fourth marginal 

 areolet as is usual, but the second discoidal areolet ; fourth slightly 

 waved, slanting, forming an acute angle, much longer than the 

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

 Body tawny, almost hairless : head a little broader than the fore- 

 chest ; a short black band across the crown, sending forth two short 

 branches in front, and having behind it two short branches between 

 which are two semicircles ; a black stripe half encircling each eye ; 

 face prominent, very convex, adorned with two broad black stripes, 

 between which above there is a slender black band : mouth tawny 

 with a black tip, reaching the middle-hips: eyes very prominent: 

 feelers black, tawny at the base : scutcheon of the fore-chest adorned 

 with two black dots in the middle of the hind border, and with pitchy 

 dots in the spaces between the furrows which are black ; hind-scut- 

 ciieon broad, forming a very obtuse angle near the base of the fore- 

 wing, slightly excavated on each side, widened again towards the 

 fore border: scutcheon of the middle-chest adorned with four black 

 stripes ; the middle pair triangular, slightly excavated, much shorter 

 than the outer pair which are slightly oblique, much excavated and 

 somewhat interrupted ; a horse-shoe shaped black mark beyond the 

 middle ; excavation of the hind border slight : abdomen obconical, 

 very little longer than the chest ; a black, more or less interrupted and 

 excavated band on the fore border of each segment ; a black shining 



