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indeterminatis, linea exterioree putictis nigris cinei'eo marginatis ; alis 

 posticis flavescenti-cinereis, fascia marginal! lata rufescenti-cervina. 

 Male. Reddish fawn-colour, yellowish cinereous beneath. Head with a 

 small erect tuft on each side between the antennae. Palpi stout, 

 pubescent, erect, not rising higher than the vertex ; 3rd joint ex- 

 tremely small. Antennae slightly pectinated to nearly the middle. 

 Abdomen slightly tufted above near the base, extending somewhat 

 beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft compressed, very small. Legs 

 stout ; femora and tibise pilose. Fore wings with two zigzag very in- 

 distinct blackish lines and with an exterior more oblique line of black 

 cinereous-bordered points. Hind wings yellowish cinereous, with a 

 "broad reddish fawn-coloured marginal band. Length of the body 

 1 1 lines ; of the wings 24 lines. 



HoMOPTERA FiMBRiPES. Mas. Fusca, fasciculo frontali acuto; palpis 

 suberectis verticem longe superantibus, articulo 3° lanceolato ; tarsis 

 late fimbriatis ; alis fascia nigra undulata e lineis tribus approximatis, 

 lineis duabus exterioribus nigricantibus angulosis indistinctis ; alis 

 anticis fascia antemedia e lineis tribus approximatis. 



Male. Brown, cinereous beneath. Frontal tuft prominent, acute. Palpi 

 nearly erect, rising much higher than the vertex ; 3rd joint lanceolate, 

 cinereous at the base and at the tip, rather shorter than the 2nd. An- 

 tennae setose. Thorax squamous. Abdomen extending much beyond 

 the hind wings; apical tuft small. Tibiae broadly fringed. Wings 

 with a middle undulating black band, which is composed of three ap- 

 proximate lines ; two exterior indistinct zigzag blackish lines ; mar- 

 ginal points black. Fore wings with a band near the base like the 

 one before mentioned. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 16 

 lines. 



HoMOPTERA PAUPERA. Fcem, Fusca ; palpis erectis verticcm longc su- 

 perantibus, articulo 3° lanceolato; alis spatio marginali obscuriore, 

 fascia median igricante angulosa ; alis anticis fascia antemedia angu- 

 losa. 



Female. Brown, cinereous beneath. Palpi erect, rising much higher 

 than the vertex ; 3rd joint lanceolate, much more slender thaa the 2nd, 

 and little more than half its length. "Wings with a middle zigzag 

 blackish band; space along the exterior border darker than the ground- 

 hue ; marginal points black. Fore wings slightly acute, with a blackish 

 band near the base ; exterior border slightly rounded, hardly oblique. 

 Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 



Gen. Vespola. 



Mias. Corpus sat validum. Falpi graciles, oblique ascendentes, 

 verticem sat superantes ; articulus 2''^ subarcuatus ; 3"* rectus, 

 linearis, 2° paullo brevier. Abdomen alas posticas dimidio 



