2 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 
Genus PLATYPLEURA, Cat. Hom. 2. 
PLATYPLEURA PENICILLATA, 
Mas. Nigra, caput fulvo trifasciatum ; prothorax lituris mar- 
gineque fulvis; mesothoraw lineis quatuor arcuatis fulvis ; 
abdominis segmenta testaceo marginata ; opercula testacea ; 
pedes testacei, nigro strigati ; alee antice albide strigis pluri- 
mis ramosis nigris, venis transversis la et 2a nigro marginatis ; 
postice nigricantes, fascia interrupta testacea, linea transversa 
-nigricante, apice lactee. 
Male. Black, with whitish tomentum beneath. Head with 
three irregular tawny bands, the first and the third interrupted. 
Prothorax with several tawny marks, and with a tawny border which 
is edged with black on each side. Mesothorax with four tawny 
loops, the middle pair short; hind ridges tawny, with three black 
marks. Abdominal segments with testaceous hind borders. Oper- 
cula testaceous. Legs testaceous, with black streaks. Fore wings 
whitish, with a ramose black streak on each areolet; primitive areo- 
let black; veins tawny, black towards the tips; first and second 
transverse veins bordered with black. Hind wings blackish ; api- 
cal part milk-white, divided by a blackish line from a whitish tes- 
taceous band, which is warrower and interrupted hindward. 
Length of the body 11 lines; of the wings 32 lines. 
a, South Africa. From Mr. Bartlett’s collection. 
Genus ZAMMARA, Cat. Hom. 33. 
Mexico. 
ZAMMARA IMBELLIS. 
Viridis (mas) aut testacea (feem.); caput nigro bifasciatum ; 
prothorax vita strigisque quatuor nigris, lateribus parum 
dilatatis nigro marginatis; mesothorax vitlis quatuor obconi- 
cis, strigis duabus guttisque duabus nigris ; abdomen Sasciis 
interruplis nigris ; pedes ex parte nigri; ala vilree ; antica 
maculis plurimis fuscis ; postice vena 1a transversa margine- 
que exteriore fusco nebulosis. 
Green (male) or testaceous (female). Head with two black 
bands, which emit several streaks. Prothorax with a black middle 
stripe, and with two black streaks on each side ; sutures also black ; 
