476 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



second nearly upright, a little in advance of the middle of the fore- 

 chest, widening much from the ridge to the lower side, joined by a 

 rather broad pale yellow stripe with the third which is broad, occu- 

 pies the tip, and is concave along the fore side : breast and abdomen 

 pitchy. Length of the body oi lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Brazil. 



.^11. Membracis alta. 



Nigra; prothorax albo-bifasciatus ; fascia \a angusta, marginem 

 anticum occupans, antice subcurva ; 2a lata, brevis fere api- 

 calis, antice undulala : abdomen piceum. 



Black, thinly clothed with pale down : fore-chest very high, 

 more conical than those of all the preceding species, with two 

 white bands ; the first narrow, occupying the fore border, and ex- 

 tending thence half-way to the eye ; its fore side slightly curved ; 

 second broad and short, occupying the tip, excepting the acute 

 angle of the latter which is black ; its fore side undulating ; abdo- 

 men pitchy : fore-wings blackish ; veins tawny : hind-wings colour- 

 less ; veins black. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



^12. Membracis fasciata. 



Membracis fasciata, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. 262, 6. Ent. Syst. iv. 9, 6. 



Syst. Rhyn. 9, 16. Gmel. Ed. Syst. Nat. ii. 2092, 54. Oliv. 



Enc, Meth. vii. 662, 5. Germ. Silb. Rev. Ent. iii. 225, 6. 



Fairm. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2me Serie, iv. 245, 8. 

 Membracis cucullata, Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 534, pi. 1, f. 2. 



a. Interior of Brazil. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



b. Para. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



(9 13. Membracis rosea. 



Membracis rosea, Fairm. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2me Serie, iv. 246, 

 9, pi. 4, f. 24. 



a. Brazil. From Mr. Parzudaki's collection. 



b. Brazil. From Mr. Mornay's collection. 



