232 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 
black. Pectus with black marks. Abdomen black, luteous beneath. 
Fore wings reddish, with very numerous yellow dots, with a black 
band near the tips, which are lurid-vitreous. Hind wings grayish 
vitreous, blackish towards the tips and along the hind border. 
Length of the body 34 lines; of the wings 84 lines. 
a, Petropolis, Province of Rio. Presented by J. Gray, Esq. 
b,c. Tejuca, Province of Rio. Presented by the Rev. Hamlet Clark. 
Proconta INSISTANS. 
Nigra; caput maculis quatuor anticis flavis, subtus flavum vitta 
lata striguque nigris ; prothorax flavus, maculis tribus con- 
nevis, guttis duabus margineque postico nigris; scutellum 
flavo bimaculatum; pectus flavum, nigro notatum ; abdomen 
apice subtusque luteum ; pedes flavi ; ale antice@ rufescentes 
Jlavo maculata, apice nigra; postice cinereo-vitree, apice 
nigricantes, 
Black. Head thick, with four yellow spots along the border 
above ; under side yellow, with a broad black stripe, which is dilated 
towards the face, the latter with a black streak. Prothorax yellow, 
black along the hind border, and with a black dot on each side 
in front; between these there are three black spots, which are con- 
nected by a slender transverse angular line. Scutellum with two 
yellow spots, one in front, the other behind. Pectus yellow, with 
black marks. Abdomen luteous at the tip and beneath. Legs yel- 
low. Fore wings reddish, black at the tips, with six or seven pale 
yellow spots or dots. Hind wings grayish vitreous, blackish towards 
the tips. Length of the body 3}—4 lines; of the wings 8—84 
lines. Var. 8.—The yellow part of the prothorax is divided into 
three large spots. 
a. Rio Janeiro, Presented by J. Gray, Esq. 
b, c. Petropolis, Rio Janeiro. Preseuted by J. Gray, Esq. 
PROCONIA ANNULIGERA. 
Flava ; caput supra subtusque nigro unimaculatum, macula verticis 
quadriramosa ; prothorax fascia antica angulata utrinque 
Jfurcata villa margineque postico nigris ; scutellum nigrum, 
flavo bimaculatum ; pectus disco liturisque lateralibus nigris ; 
abdomen nigrum, apice maculisque lateralibus flavis; ale 
antice pallide viridescentes, annulis liturisque variis rufescenti- 
bus, apice fusca ; pustice cinereo-vitree, apice nigricantes. 
