890 CATALOGUE OF 



HoMOPTERA DISPILA. 



Mas. Cervina,fusco conspersa ; palpi subascendentes, articulo So 

 conico ; antenna pubescentes ; ala breves, lineis duabus nigri- 

 cantibus obliquis angulosis, punetis marginalibus nigris, mar- 

 gine exteriore subdentato ; antica vix acuta, linea basali 

 angulosa nigricante, macula post media nigra, maculis tribus 

 costalibus fuscis. 



Male. Fawn-colour, brown-speckled, paler beneath. Palpi 

 slightly ascending, extending beyond the head ; third joint conical* 

 not more than one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennae 

 minutely pubescent. Abdomen extending somewhat beyond the 

 hind wings; apical tuft elongate, slightly compressed. Wings 

 short; marginal points black; marginal festoon brown; exterior 

 border slightly dentate; two blackish oblique zigzag lines, one 

 before the middle, the other beyond the middle. Fore wings hardly 

 acute, with three brown spots on the costa, and with a black spot 

 beyond the middle of the second line ; a zigzag blackish line near 

 the base and a blackish basal point. Length of the body 7 lines ; 

 of the wings 12 lines. 



HOMOPTEEA DIMINUTIVA. 



Fcem. Fusca ; palpi laves, oblique ascendentes, verticem paullo 

 superantes, articulo So lanceolalo ; pedes laves; ala lineis 

 fuscis denliculalis duabusque ferrugineis magis determinatis , 

 fasciis tribus fuscis, \a Saque interruptis, punetis mar- 

 ginalibus albidis, margine exteriore subdentato ; antica acuta, 

 reniformi e punetis cinereis. 



Female. Brown, cinereous-brown beneath. Palpi smooth, 

 obliquely ascending, rising a little higher than the vertex; third 

 joint lanceolate, less than half the length of the second. Abdomen 

 extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth. Wings 

 with some denticulated brown lines ; two lines more distinct than 

 the others, ferruginous tinged, one antemedial, the other post- 

 medial ; three brown bands, of which the first and the third are in- 

 complete ; marginal points whitish ; exterior border slightly dentate. 

 Fore wings acute; reniform mark distinguished by some cinereous 

 points. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



