﻿J 798 CATALOGUE OF 



with brown ; lines angular, indistinct, except a slender zigzag ex- 

 terior black line. Hind wings with a slightly curved exterior ferru- 

 jiinous band, containing two slightly undulating black lines. Wings 

 beneath with a diffuse submarginal brown band. Length of the 

 body 10 lines ; of the wings 24 lines. 



a. Brazil. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



HOMOPTERA VERNIFERA. 



Foem. Albida, subtus testacea ; palpi ferruginei nigro varii ; tho- 

 rax antice ferrugineus nigro fasciatus ; alee subtus fusco 

 varicp ; anticce plagis duabus costalibus unaque basali obliqua 

 albido notata ferrugineis nigro variis, vitta siibcostali pallide 

 smaragdina^ linea exteriore tenui Jiexuosa denticulata undulata 

 strigaque marginali nigris ; posticce fusco pallidissimo varice, 

 fascia abbreviata cervina, lineis duabus exterioribus nigris 

 undulatis, ptaga smaragdina nigro notata. 



Female. Whitish, testaceous beneath, where the wings are 

 thickly mottled with brown. Palpi ferruginous, partly black. Tho- 

 rax ferruginous in front, with a black band near the fore border. 

 Fore wdngs with an oblique basal and two costal patches ferruginous, 

 mottled with black, the basal patch containing a whitish mark ; a 

 pale emerald-green subcostal stripe traversing the patches ; exterior 

 line black, slender, flexuous, denticulated, undulating ; a black 

 streak by the middle of the exterior border ; submarginal lunules 

 brown. Hind wings mottled with very pale brown ; two exterior 

 black undulating lines accompanying an abbreviated fawn-coloured 

 band, the latter having a white space between it and an emerald- 

 green black-marked patch ; two or three black marks by the interior 

 angle. Length of the body 9^ lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 



Para. In Mr. Smith's collection. 



HoMOPTERA DELINEOSA. 



Mas. Lignicolor ; thorax lineis nonnullis anticis transversis ni- 

 gricaniibus ; abdomen nigro cristatum ; alee anticce nigricante 

 nebulosce, lineis nigris undulatis et angulatis, linea submar* 

 ginali ferruginea, maculis submarginalibus nigris; posticce 

 vix diversce. 



Male. Wood-colour, more cinereous beneath. Third joint of 

 the palpi a little shorter than the second. Thorax with several 

 slight blackish bands in front. Abdomen with black crests. Fore 



