458 LIST OF HOMOPTEEOUS INSECTS. 



terior shanlis and feet ferruginous : wings broad : fore-wings grass- 

 green with luteous borders, slightly rounded at the tips, along which 

 there is a row of short brown streaks ; veins white ; longitudinal 

 veins ramified, not numerous ; cross-veins very numerous, irregular; 

 fore border very convex ; no cross-veins along it: hind-wings whitish 

 veins pale green. Length of the body 3j lines; of the wings 11 

 lines. 



a. New Orleans. From M. Salle's collection. 



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44. PCECILOPTEEA PEASINARIA, MaS. 



Viridis ; caput breve, suhconicum ; abdomen alho-viride ; pedes 

 viridi-Jlavi ; alcB anticce albo-virides, apicerotundatce, niargine 

 postico suhtuberculatce ; alee posticce albce. 



Body pale green : head short, slightly conical in front ; crown 

 extremely short; front forming above an ascending cone, vertical and 

 slightly convex on the fore side, a little broader towards the epistoma, 

 slightly rounded on each side, bordered by a rim, very slightly con- 

 cave where it joins the epistoma, with an indistinct middle ridge 

 extending along the whole length which much exceeds the breadth ; 

 compartment on each side concave, rather sm^ll : antennse thick : 

 fore-chest as long as the head, slightly arched, longer in the middle 

 than on each side : middle-chest full thrice the length of the fure- 

 chest : abdomen obconical, whitish-green, much powdered with white, 

 a little longer than the chest ; appendages large, curved, one of the 

 lower pairs ferruginous : legs pale yellow, tinged with green: wings 

 broad : fore-wings whitish-green, rounded at the tips, dilated and 

 very slightly tuberculate along half the length from the base of the 

 hind border; veins green; longitudinal veins few ; cross-veins irre- 

 gular, very numerous ; fore border extremely convex, along it a row 

 of oblique cross- veins many of which are forked, towards the tip* 

 they are shorter and more irregnlar : hind-wings white ; veins whitish- 

 green. Length of the body 3^ lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. South Africa. Presented by Dr. A. Smith. 



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' 45. PCECILOPTERA RUFtFASCIA. 



Rufa, viridi-vittata ; caput perbrtve ; prothorax viridi-fasciatus ; 

 mesothorax carinatiis ; pedes virides ; tarsi lutei ; al(S anticce 

 luteo-virides, apice subiruncatce, margine postico tuberculatce ; 

 alee posticce albce. 



Body grass-green : head pale red, very short ; crown very 

 slightly convex in front, shorter in the middle than on each side ; 



