﻿1072 CATALOGUE OF 



42. HOMOPTERA DECESSA. 



Fcem. Obscure ferruginea, subtus cinerea ; thorax obscure fuscus ; 

 abdomen cinereo-fuscum ; alee anticce obscure fuscce^ ferru- 

 gineo conspers(B, lineis transversis undulatis nigricantibus ^ 

 reniformi testaceo aut albido ex parte marginata, guttis sub^ 

 marginalibus nigris testaceo ex parte marginatis lineas emit- 

 tentibus, lunulis marginalibus nigris; posticce tinea unica 

 exteriore guttisque submarginalibus. 



Female. Dark ferruginous, cinereous beneath. Thorax mostly 

 dark brown. Abdomen cinereous-brown. Fore wings dark brown, 

 with ferruginous speckles, which are most frequent about the 

 transverse undulating blackish lines ; border of the reniform spot 

 partly testaceous or whitish ; a row of submarginal black dots with 

 the borders partly testaceous, and emitting lines to the black mar- 

 ginal lunules. Hind wings with only one line, which is exterior; 

 submarginal dots like those of the fore wings. Length of the body 

 7J lines; of the wings 18 lines. 



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43. HOMOPTERA COSTALIS. 



Foem. Pallide cervina, cupreo nitens, nigro-fusco conspersa, sub- 

 tus albida; palporum articulus Sus 2i dimidio longior ; alee 

 fasciis sex obliquis subundulatis, tribus obscurionbus^ linea 

 marginali nigra, maculis marginalibus cervinis ; anticce ma- 

 cutis costalibus nigris ; posticce macula postica fusca. 

 Female. Pale fawn-colour, with a cupreous tinge, speckled 

 with blackish brown, mostly whitish beneath. Third joint of the 

 palpi more than half the length of the second. Wings with six ob- 

 lique slightly undulating bands, three of them darker and more dis- 

 tinct than the others; marginal line black, accompanied by a 

 fawn-coloured spot on each lunule. Fore wings with black costal 

 spots, which join the transverse lines. Hind wings with a brown 

 spot somewhat beyond the middle of the exterior border. Length 

 of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 15 lines. 



«• ? Presented by the Entomological Club. 



