302 LIST OF HOMOPTEEOUS INSECTS. 



^-'38. PoiocERA oBLiQUA, Fem. 



Cladodypteryx obliquata? Westw. Arc. Ent. 90, pi. 71, f. 3. 



Ferruginea ; caput subtus nigrum, Jlavo fasciatum ; pectoris la- 

 terajiava; pedes ferruginei ; alec limpidce ; alee anticce nigro 

 bimaculatee et unifasciatcB ; vence apice setosce; vence trajisversce 

 nigro nebulosce. 



Body ferruginous, dull, somewhat granulated : head much nar- 

 rower than the chest ; crown narrow, surrounded by an indistinct 

 ridge ; front square, flat, black ; face yellow ; epistoma pitchy, with 

 a ferruginous border : mouth tawny with a black tip, extending to 

 the hind-hips : eyes rather large, like those of Cladodiptera, to which 

 genus this and the neighbouring species are somewhat related: fore- 

 chest slightly convex in front, very slightly concave behind: scut- 

 cheon of the middle-chest with three indistinct ridges ; the side pair 

 slightly curved : sides of the breast pale yellow, forming a conti- 

 nuous band wih the face : abdomen obconical, a little longer than 

 the chest : legs ferruginous, furrowed ; fore-thighs and fore-shanks 

 somewhat widened ; hind-shanks armed with black spines : wings 

 colourless ; fore-wings adorned with three black marks ; the first a 

 small spot on the hind border near the base ; the second an oblique 

 band, widening from the hind border ; veins black, ferruginous to- 

 wards the base, feathered with bristles towards the tips ; cross- 

 veins clouded with black. Length of the body 5w lines ; of the 

 wings 16 lines. 



a, b. Para. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



39. POIOCERA SETIFERA, MaS. 



Flava, viridi varia ,• thorax nigro quadrivittatus ; abdomen supra 

 vinde, nigro fasciatum et bivittatum ; pedes Jlavi, viridi et 

 nigro varii ; al<2 limpidee, angustce : vence transversce fuseo 

 subnebulosce. 



Body pale yellow, tinged with green, nearly smooth, slightly 

 shining: head nearly as broad as the chest; crown short, surrounded 

 by a slight ridge, a black band along its hind border : front flat, 

 quadrate, with a black stripe supported by a broad black band, both 

 somewhat excavated ; disk of the face black with a red border : 

 mouth yellow: eyes rather prominent: fore-chest convex in front, 

 hardly concave along the hind border, adorned with four black stripes ; 

 the inner pair parallel, approximate, slightly widening towards the 

 hind border, iheir outer sides slightly excavated ; theouterpair curved, 

 somewhat interrupted : scutcheon of the middle-chest adorned with 



