250 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



slightly obtuse angle, parted from the second by nearly thrice its 

 length ; second very slightly curved, slightly slanting, fonning an 

 obtuse angle, hardly longer than the first ; third straight, slanting, 

 forming an acute angle ; fourth very slightly curved, slightly slant- 

 ing, forming a right angle, very little shorter than the third ; fifth 

 slightly curved, slightly slanting, forming a slightly obtuse angle. 

 Body dark red, adorned with yellow down, which forms a broad 

 stripe along the back of the abdomen : mouth ferruginous, with a 

 pitchy tip : feelers yellow, pitchy at the base : furrows of the fore- 

 chest pitchy : legs red ; claws tawny, with black tips : wings colour- 

 less, bright red at the base and along half the length of the fore 

 border; fore-wings bright tawny for near half the length ; a brown 

 band adjoins the tawny hue, and proceeds from the fore border to 

 the middle of the disk where it almost ceases ; veins yellow, reddish 

 towards the base. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 17 

 lines. 



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



^ 5. MOGANNIA AVICULA, MaS. 



Nervus trans versus lus rectus, fere erectus, angulum suhohtusum 

 fingens, 2o plus diip Id ejus longitudine divisus ; 2us vix curvus, 

 fere erectus, angulum ohtusum fingens, \o longior ; 3us rectus, 

 ohliquus, angulum rectum fingens ; 4«5 rectus, ohliquus, an- 

 gulum acutmn Jingens, 3o longior. 



Second marginal areolet full three-fourths of the length of the 

 first : first cross-vein straight, nearly upright, forming a slightly ob- 

 tuse angle, parted from the second by more than twice its length ; 

 second very slightly curved, nearly upright, forming an obtuse 

 angle, longer than the first ; third straight, slanting, forming a right 

 angle ; fourth straight, slanting, forming an acute angle, longer 

 than the third ; fifth straight, nearly upright, forming a right angle. 

 Body dark red, clothed with pale tawny down : head pale red, much 

 narrower than the fore-chest ; face longer than broad ; mouth dark 

 tawny, with a black tip : feelers yellow, black at the base : eyes 

 rather prominent: a pale red stripe extending from the head to the 

 tip of the abdomen : legs pitchy ; shanks dark red ; claws tawny, 

 with black tips : wings colourless, bright red at the base ; fore- 

 wings brown and mottled with tawny for half the length from the 

 base ; veins yellow ; veins of the hind-wings tawny, red towards the 

 base. Length of the body 6 — 7 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 

 6. Java. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



