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cupreous tinge more prevalent, with indistinct oblique brown bands, 

 and with the snbmarginal line like that of the fore wings. Length 

 of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 



a. West Coast of America. Presented by Capt. Kellett and Lieut. 

 Wood. 



30. HoMOPTERA APICALIS. 





Mas. Purpurascente-cervina ; caput et palpi nigra conspersa 

 palporum articulus 3us 2i dimidio brevior ; thorax nigro 

 fascia tus ; alee lineis plurimis obliquis nigricantibus^ lineis 

 tribus nndulatis nigris magis conspicnis, linea submarginali 

 fiiscescente pallida exius marginata, linea marginali nigra ww- 

 dulata ; anticce macula apicali nigra, 



Male. Fawn-colour, with a purplish tinge. Head and palpi 

 speckled with black. Third joint of the palpi not half the length 

 of the second. Thorax with black bands. Wings with numerous 

 slight oblique blackish lines, and with three more distinct black un- 

 dulating lines ; submarginal line brownish, with a pale exterior 

 border; marginal line black, undulating. Fore wings with a black 

 apical spot. Lenj^^th of the body 6 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Honduras. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



31. HOMOPTEKA DISCISIGNA. 



Fuscescente-cinerea^ subconspersa, sat gracilis ; tarsi antici nigri 

 albo-cincti ; alee lineis plurimis obliquis nndulatis fuscis^ 

 linea exteriore media lunulisque marginalibus, linea marginali 

 denticulata nigricante ; anticce plaga purpuraseente maculaque 

 reniformi pallida marginata cantiguis. 



Brownish cinereous, slightly speckled, rather slender. Fore 

 tarsi black, with pale bands. Wings with numerous oblique undu- 

 lating brown lines, with the exterior middle line black and irregu- 

 lar ; snbmarginal lunulas black ; a denticulated marginal blackish 

 line. Fore wings with a purplish patch between the exterior middle 

 line and the reniform spot, which has a pale border. Length of the 

 body 7 lines: of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Honduras. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



