﻿1044 CATALOGUE OF 



3. DiATENES CHALYBESCENS. 



Foem. Violaceo-fusca ; palporum articulus Sus longissimus, gra- 

 cillimus, subspatulatus f abdomen subchalybeum ; alee aniicce 

 nebtdis cyaneo-chalybeis^ lineis tribus transversis flexuosis 

 nigris cervino marginatis, costa media cervina, tinea intermedia 

 duplicata, strigis submarginalibus remotis nigris fulvo margi- 

 natis ; posticce minus varice, 



Diatenes chalybescens, Guen, Noct. ii. 443, 1319. 



Australia? 



4. Diatenes subsignata. 



Foem. Cinereo'fusca ; abdomen cinereum ; alcB fusco consperscB, 

 fasciis tribus indisiinctis subundulatis, guttis submargirialibus 

 nigris ; anticce maculis orbiculari et reniformi subobsoletis. 



Female. Cinereous-brown. Abdomen cinereous. Wings 

 sprinkled with brown points, which, by their confluence, form 

 three indistinct slightly undulating bands, the third one a little 

 more distinct than the others ; a row of submarginal black dots 

 Fore wings with the orbicular and reniform spots almost obsolete. 

 Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Australia. Presented by J. Hunter, Esq. 



Fam. 2. HOMOPTERID^. 



Statura saepissime mediocris. Corpus robustum. Proboscis 

 mediocris. Palpi longi, ascendentes ; articulus 3us longus, linearis. 

 Antennae ciliato-crenulatae. Thorax tegulis remotis. Abdomen 

 cristatum, crista basali magna. Pedes validi, pilosi. Alae quatuor 

 concolores, lituris non diversis, ciliis latis. il/as.-— Antennae ciliis 

 plurimis. Fcem, — Antennae ciliis paucis. 



Homopteridae, Boisd. Faune Mad. 108. Guen. Noct. iii. 1. 



Species generally of middle size. Body robust. Proboscis of 

 moderate length. Palpi long, ascending ; third joint long, linear. 

 Antennae crenulate, with very short ciliae. Thorax with the lappets 

 remote, often hooped at the lips. Abdomen with crests, of which 

 the basal one is the largest. Legs stout, pilose ; hind tibiae with 

 long spurs. Wings moderately broad, generally alike in colour 

 and with similar markings; ciliae broad. Male.— Autenux with 

 many ciliae. Female. — Antennae with few ciliae. 



