394 LIST OF HOMOPTEEOUS INSECTS. 



each side, very concave where it joins the epistoma, with a very slender 

 curve on each side near the eye ; epistoma nearly triangular, ferrugi- 

 nous, slightly keeled : fore-chest a little longer than the crown, nearly 

 straight behind, slightly convex on the fore border : middle-chest 

 triangular, more than twice the length of the fore-chest, bordered 

 with red, and having three red ridges, the side pair oblique: breast 

 red : abdomen red beneath, obconical, not longer than the chest : 

 legs blact, very broad, slightly marked with red ; hind-thighs and 

 hind-shanks red, the latter armed with three teeth : forewings black, 

 mostly feriuginous towards the hind border, adorned with a white 

 spot in the middle of the fore border and with two colourless spots 

 near the tip ; fore border convex near the base, concave towards the 

 tip ; veins ferruginous. Length of the body 2 lines ; of the wings 

 5 lines. 



a. New Holland. Presented by the Haslar Hospital" 



^^28. EURYBRACHYS VARIA, MaS. 



Nigra, rufo varia ; metathorax et abdomen rvfa ; pedes nigri ; 

 femora postica rufa, nigro vittata et apice fasciata ; tibice 

 posticee ferruginece ; aim anticce nigrcB, angustce, aubtubercu- 

 latcB, basirufo varice, disco fulvo fa sciatce, apice fascia limpida 

 ornatrn ; ala posticce nullcs P 



Body black, varied with red : head narrower than the chest ; 

 crown somewhat depressed, very slightly arched, bordered with red ; 

 its breadth about four times its length; front very large, a little 

 broader than long, rather depressed, much rounded on each side, 

 angular where it joins the epistoma, with a slight longitudinal ridge 

 which is traversed by a furrow ; fore border red ; epistoma ferrugi- 

 nous, triangular: eyes very prominent: fore-chest slightly convex 

 on the fore border, straight behind, a little longer than the crown : 

 middle-chest triangular, longer than the fore-chest : hind-chest and 

 abdomen bright red : abdomen obconical, not longer than the chest ; 

 sexual appendages black : legs black, very broad ; hind-thighs red, 

 striped with black and with a black band near the tips ; hind-shanks 

 ferruginous, armed with three stout spines : fore-wings black, hori- 

 zontal, narrow especially towards the tips, slightly tuberculate, 

 bristly, partly red towards the base, with a tawny band in the 

 middle and a colourless band near the tip, the bands irregular and 

 accompanied by some dots of their respective colours ; veins tawny 

 and black, few and very robust : hind-wings wanting ? Length of 

 the body 1 line ; of the wings 4 lines, 



a. New Holland. Presented by the Haslar Hospital, 



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