﻿1052 CATALOGUE OF 



1. Xylis setipes. 



LignO'fusca ; alee lineis transversis indistinctis, linea exteriore 

 postice retracta, serie duplici suhmarginali strigarum nigra- 

 Tum; anticcB versus marginem exteriorem pallida fuscce^ ma- 

 culis vagis nigricantibus, linea nulla suhmarginali ; posticce 

 disco pallide fusco, lineis duabus exterioribus denticulatis 

 nigris, 



Xylis setipes, Guen, Noct. iii. 7, 1328. 



Brazil. 



Genus 4. HOMOPTERA. 



Corpus robustum. Proboscis mediocriter longa. Palpi erecti, 

 lonji^iusculi ; articulus 3us compressus, gracilis, 2i dimidio multo 

 longior. Antennae simplices, corporis dimidio multo longiores. 

 Abdomen subcristatum, alas posticas non aut vix superans. Pedes 

 validi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus longis. Alae denticulatae, longius- 

 culae, mediocriter latae ; anticae apud costam rectae, apice rotundatae, 

 margine exteriore sat obliquo. 



Homoptera, Boisd. Icon. Regn, Anim. Guen, Noct. iii. 8. 



Body stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi vertical, rather 

 long ; third joint compressed, slender, slightly widening towards the 

 tip, much more than half the length of the second. Antennae 

 simple, much more than half the length of the body. Abdomen 

 slightly crested, not or hardly extending beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs stout; hind tibiae with long spurs. Wings denticulated, 

 rather long, moderately broad. Fore wings straight along the 

 costa, rounded at the tips, rather oblique along the exterior 

 border. 



North America. 



A. Alae antica? nigricantes. 



A. Alae aniicae albo fasciatae. - - . Edusa, Drury. 



B. Alae antica? albo nun fasciatae. - - Calycanthata, Abbot. 



B. Alae anticae non nigricantes. 



A. Alae anticae plus niinusve cervina?. 



A. Thoracis discus nigricans. - - - lunata, Drury. 



B. Thoracis discus non nigricans. 

 a. Thorax non albido fasciatus. 



i. Ala? anticae fasciis duabus albidis. Minerea, Drury. 



