188 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 
Genus PTYELUS, Cat. Hom. p. 702. 
PryELus ORNATUS. 
Aphrophora ornata, Cat. Hom. 702, 13. 
a, Ega. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
PryELus vITTIGNR. 
Testaceus ; caput vitta media furcata facieque nigris, vittis duabus 
lateralibus fuscis ; prothorax fusco quadrivittatus ; scutellum 
pectus et pedes fulva; abdomen nigrum, segmentorum mar- 
ginibus posticis pallide testaceis ; ale antice nigricante-fusce, 
apud discum exteriorem lurido-fusce, fascia interiore lutea, 
macula elongata exteriore subcostali pallide lutea, guitis duabus 
albis subapicalibus albis, una nonnunquam obsoleta ; postice 
Susco-vitree, apud discum nigro-fusce. 
Testaceous. Head with a black middle stripe, which is forked 
hindward, and with a brown stripe on each side; under side black. 
Prothorax with four brown stripes. Scutellum, pectus and legs 
tawny. Abdomen black; hind borders of the segments pale testa- 
ceous. Fore wings blackish brown, lurid-brown in the exterior 
part of the disk, with a luteous band before the middle, with an 
exterior elongated subcostal pale luteous spot, and with one or 
two white subapical dots. Hind wings vitreous-brown, blackish 
Nb in the disk. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 
12 lines. 
a, Ega. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
PryELUS VARIOLOSUS. 
Obscure fulvus ; facies nigra; prothorax et scutellum lineis trans- 
versis fuscis, hoc nigro fasciatum ; pedes nigri; ale untice 
nigricantes, e lituris variis minutis discalibus fulvis vic 
bifasciate ; postice nigricante-vitree. 
Dark tawny. Head black beneath towards the proboscis. 
Prothorax and scutellum with slight transverse brown lines, the 
latter with a black band. Legs black. Fore wings blackish, with 
various minute tawny discal marks, which form two indistinct and 
incomplete oblique bands. Hind wings blackish vitreous. Length 
of the body 5 lines; of the wings 12 lines. 
a. Mexico. From M. Sallé’s collection. 
