LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 883 



HOMOPTERA PRIVATA. 



Mas. Albida ; caput et thorax anticus ferruginea ; palpi sub- 

 erecti, verticem paullo superantes, articulo So lineari ; thorax 

 linea transversa nigra ; abdomen cristatum, nigra unimacula- 

 tum ; alee linea post media nigra angulosa, margine exteriore 

 dentato ; antica plagis tribus ferrugineis nigra lineatis, \a 

 basali, 2a Saque costalibus ; posticce linea nigra subduplicata, 

 fascia abbreviata ferruginea, siriga lata alba y plaga viridi. 



Male, Whitish, dingy cinereous beneath. Head, palpi and 

 fore part of the thorax ferruginous. Palpi black-speckled, nearly 

 erect, rising' a little higher lhan the vertex ; third joint linear, about 

 half the length of the second. Antennae setose. Thorax with a 

 transverse black line on the fore tegulae. Abdomen extending a 

 little beyond the hind wings; a large tuft on the first segment; a 

 black dot on the second segment, and a very small tuft on each of 

 the following segments ; apical tuft small. Wings with a slender 

 very zigzag black line beyond the middle; marginal points fawn- 

 colour ; exterior border dentate. Fore wings with three ferruginous 

 patches, which contain some irregular black lines ; first patch basal ; 

 second and third costal ; a small ferruginous black-marked 

 spot near the hind border of the third patch ; a short broad 

 streak of the same hue proceeding to the middle of the exterior 

 border. Hind wings with the black line incompletely double, 

 accompanied by an abbreviated ferruginous band, which is sepa- 

 rated by a broad white streak from a bright green patch. Length 

 of the body 10 lines; of the wings 24 lines. 



Brazil. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



HOMOPTERA PHGEOLEUCA. 



Mas. Alba; caput et thorax anticus subochracea, fusco con- 

 spersa ; caput fusco bifasciatum ; antennce pubescentes ; 

 abdomen alas posticas Longe super ans^ fasciculo apicali 

 Jlavescente ; ala? anticce ochracea pallido varice, fasciis 

 duabus latis fuscis postice abbreviatis y \a basali divisa, 2a 

 strigas duas latas ad marginem exteriorem emittente ; posticus 

 fuscescente late marginatum. 



Male. White. Head and fore tegulaa of the thorax dull 

 ochraceous, brown-speckled, the latter with two brown bands. Palpi 



