158 Mil. r. WALKEH, ON HOMOPTEBA 



linea marginali punctulari, alls posticis plaga obsoleta. Var. y. Pro- 

 thorace pallide viridi, alis auticis linea marginali tenuissiraa, alis 

 posticis plaga vix conspicua. 

 Male. Testaceous. Vertex very short ; front very much broader than 

 long, with a slightly elevated border, and with three slight keels j the 

 keel on each side abbreviated, slightly curved, very remote from the 

 middle one; face not keeled. Prothorax whitish, short, arched, with 

 one keel. Mesothorax with five keels, the inner pair diverging hind- 

 ward from the middle one. Legs pale testaceous. Wings vitreous. 

 Fore wings with three irregular lines of transverse veins, which are 

 bordered with brown ; a tawny, transversely whitish-streaked costal 

 stripe extending from the base to the stigma, which is dark brown, 

 and opposite the second line, and is nearly connected with a dark- 

 brown marginal line, which extends round the tip to the hind part 

 of the exterior border and includes a regular submarginal line of 

 transverse veins ; two forked apical veins. Hind wings with an 

 irregular line of transverse veins, with a brown patch by the in- 

 terior angle, and with a brown line along the exterior border. 



Var. j3. Transverse veins of the fore wings not clouded ; marginal line 

 represented by points. Hind wings with no brown patch. Var. y. 

 Prothorax pale green. Fore wings with the marginal line much 

 more slender, except at the tip. Hind wings with the patch on the 

 interior angle almost wanting. Length of the body 2^ lines, of the 

 wings 8 lines. 

 Hah. New Guinea ; K^. 



The additional line of transverse veins on the fore wings suf- 

 ficiently distinguishes it from JR. viridicollis. 



Var. /3, Mas. Fulva; prothorace viridi-albido ; mesothoracis disco 

 nigricante, alis pellucidis, alis anticis vena costali pallide fusca, striga 

 apicali fusca guttas duas pellucidas includente, stigmate nigricante. 



Male. Tawny. Prothorax greenish whitish. Mesothorax with a 

 blackish disk. Wings vitreous. Fore wings with a pale brown costal 

 stripe, which is interrupted by the blackish stigma ; a brown apical 

 streak, including two vitreous dots. Length of the body 2^ lines, of 

 the wings 8 lines. 



Hab. Gilolo. 



195. RiCANiA BASIGERA. Mas. Testacea, fronte tricarinata antice 

 nigra, facie non carinata, prothorace pallide viridi unicarinata, me- 

 sothorace tricarinato, abdominis segmentis quatuor nigro marginatis, 

 alis pellucidis venis marginalibus non furcatis, alis anticis lineis 

 quatuor e venis transversis ( 1* nigro nebulosa), vitta costali testacea 

 strigam fuscam includente, stigmate maculaque apicali nigricantibus, 

 alis posticis plaga postica fusca. 



