112 MB. r^ WALKEB ON HOMOPTEEA. 



In this specimen the prothorax is injured, and the abdomen is 

 lost, and therefore the description is incomplete. 



83. Brixia nanula. Foem. Fusca, capite fulvo lateribus carinatis, 

 vertice elongato, fronte facicque unicarinatis, prothorace arcuato 

 brevissirao, raesotborace tricariiiato, pectore pedibusque testaceis, fe- 

 moribus posticis fuscescentibus, alls subcinereo-byalinis nigro ve- 

 nosis ; alls anticis lituris duabus antemediis, lineis duabus transversis 

 guttaque media fuscis, venis apice fusco-nebulosis, stigraate nigricante 

 interrupto. 



Female. Brown. Head tawny, with prominent borders ; vertex longer 

 than broad ; front and face with one keel ; front widening from the 

 vertex nearly to the face, where it is not longer than broad. Pro- 

 thorax arched, very short. Mesothorax with three keels. Pectus 

 and legs testaceous ; hind femora brownish. Wings hyaline, slightly 

 cinereous j veins black. Fore wings with two brown marks near the 

 base, and with two transverse brown lines ; first line incomplete ; a 

 brown dot on the disk between the first line and the second, which 

 joins an interrupted blackish stigma; tips of the veins clouded with 

 brown ; some transverse veins in the second brown line. Length of 

 body I line, of the wings 2 lines. 



Hab. New Guinea. 



84. BuixiA NiVEA. Mas. NIvea, capite antico antennis pectorisque 

 lateribus anticis rufescentibus, capite minimo, fronte subcultriformi, 

 mesothorace non carinato, pectore abdomine pedibusque pallide fla- 

 vescentibus, alis seniihyalinis sat angustis j alis anticis lineis duabus 

 e venia transversis, venis costalibus transversis tribus, venis margina- 

 libus non furcatis. 



Male. Pure wiiite. Head in front, antennai, and each side of the pectus 

 in front reddish. Head very small, with very prominent borders; 

 vertex triangular ; front extremely narrow, the edges nearly conti- 

 guous ; face long, lanceolate. Antennae short, cylindrical. Pro- 

 thorax arched, very small, extending over part of the vertex. Meso- 

 thorax not keeled. Pectus, abdomen, and legs pale yellowish. Legs 

 slender. Wings semihyaline, rather narrow, with few veins. Fore 

 wings rounded at the tips, with two lines of transverse veins ; second 

 line submarginal; three transverse costal veins near the tip; margi- 

 nal ^veins not forked. Length of the body 1 line, of the wings 5 

 lines. 



Hab. Mysol. 



85. Bkixia subpunctata. Mas. Fulva, cajute flavescenti-margi- 

 nato, vertice fusco postice flavescente, fronte guttis duabus nigri- 

 cantibus, facie pectoreque nigricantibus, prothorace flavescente, me- 

 sothorace nigricanti-sexvittato, abdominis dorso nigro segmentis 



