560 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



circular furrow, concave beneath and much attenuated towards the 

 tip which is black and very acute, extending in the male a little 

 beyond, in the female nearly to, the tip of the abdomen : breast 

 black ; thighs black above : wings colourless ; veins yellow ; fore- 

 wings tawny and punctured at the base of the hind border, pale 

 tawny at the tips ; three discoidal areolets. Length of the body 2^ 

 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



Var. Abdomen black beneath towards the base. 



a. Warm Springs, N. Carolina. Presented by E, Doubleday, Esq, 



b. Trenton Falls, New York. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



c. North America. Presented by the Entomological Club. 

 d. ? 



^14. Thelia. tumida. Fern. 



Lutea, carince latera Jlava ; abdomen Jiavum, ; ales limp ida. 



Luteous, shining : head and fore-chest thickly punctured : head 

 transverse, almost triangular, narrower than the fore-chest, impress- 

 ed on each side, very slightly undulating on the hind border, rather 

 convex on each side of the front ; hind angle of the face very ob- 

 tuse, occupying less than half the length of the head : fore-chest 

 convex, very slightly ridged in front, forming a keel behind the 

 shoulders, which are obtusely angular and slightly prominent ; keel 

 slightly undulating, mostly pale yellow on each side, not attenuated, 

 but embracing the sides of the abdomen and extending far beyond 

 its tip : abdomen pale yellow ; oviduct ferruginous : wings colour- 

 less ; veins yellow : fore-wings punctured at the base and along the 

 borders of the veins nearly to the tips ; two or three discoidal areo- 

 lets. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



a. St. John's Bluff, East Florida. Presented by E. Doubleday, 

 Esq. 







15. Thelia tacta, Fem. 



Flava ; carina later a jiavo maculata ; pectus et abdomen piceo 

 varia ; pedes fulvi ; alee limpidce. 



Pale yellow, shining : head transverse, nearly triangular, a 

 little narrower than the fore-chest, slightly rugulose, finely striated 

 between the face and the hind border, which is slightly undulating ; 

 fore-sides slightly convex, slightly retuse towards the eyes, which 

 are prominent ; a suture extends from the hind border to the face, 

 whose hind angle is slightly obtuse and occupies nearly half the 



