464 LIST or HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



numerous, irregular in the disk but forming two uninterrupted bands 

 towards each tip with which they are parallel ; fore border slightly 

 convex, along it a row of slightly oblique parallel cross-veins of 

 nearly equal length : hind-wings white ; veins whitish. Length of 

 the body 2^ lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



a. Rio Janeiro. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 



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7^ 54. P(ECILOPTERA HEBES. 



Viridis, depressa, tuherculata ; caput conicum, sat longum ; pedes 

 Jlavi ; tarsi fulvi ; alcB anticcB virides, apice truncatcB, margine 

 postico tuberculatcB ; alee posticcB alhidcB. 



Body pale green : head and thorax flat, tuberculaled : head 

 moderately long, crown conical, bordered by a rim in front ; front 

 slightly convex, narrower towards the epistoma, bordered by a rim, 

 slightly rounded on each side, almost straight where it joins the epis- 

 toma, with a short middle ridge towards the crown, an indistinct 

 slightly oblique ridge on each side : epistoma slightly convex, rather 

 long : fore-chest much longer than the crown, truncated in front, 

 notched behind, much longer in the middle than on each side: 

 middle-chest full thrice the length of the fore-chest: abdomen ob- 

 conical, a little longer than the chest : legs yellow ; feet tawny : 

 wings broad : fore-wings green, truncated at the tips which form 

 right angles with the hind borders, the latter are tuberculated and 

 very slightly dilated towards the base ; veins green ; longitudinal 

 veins rather numerous ; cross-veins numerous, moderately regular ; 

 fore border convex, a row of slightly oblique parallel cross-veins 

 along two-thirds of its length from the base : hind-wings whitish. 

 Length of the body 2^ lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



a. New South Wales. From Mr. Pamplin's collection. 



55. PcEciLOPTERA SERVA, Fem. 



Sordide straminea ; caput breve ; thorax carinatus ; alee anticoB 

 albidcB, apice truncatcB^ margine postico tuberculatce ; alee pos- 

 ticce sublimpidcB. 



Body dingy straw-colour : head short ; crown and front forming 

 one compartment, which above is short, convex, and conical ; fore 

 part flat, nearly linear, a little narrower towards the epistoma, 

 bordered by a slight rim, very much longer than broad, straight 

 where it joins the epistoma, with a middle ridge which extends along 

 half the length from the crown ; side compartments large, concave, 



