LIST OF HOMOPTEttOUS INSECTS. t)4 1 



the middle ; an irregular ferriigiiious spot in the disk ; under side 

 tinged witli blue : hiiid-wings dark brown. Lengtli of the body .'> 

 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 

 a. New South Wales. Presented by Juines Wilson, Esq. 



8. EUBYMELA SPECULUM. 



Nigro-anea, cnpite antico flavo-bivittato, mclathorace abdoniineque 

 rufis, hiijus apice pedibiuique nigris, femoribus basi rufis, 

 femoribus posticis rufis apice nigris, melalarsis posticis fvlns 

 apice nigris, alis anticis albo-bimaculatis. 



This species may have been described as E. feneslrata, from 

 which it differs in several characters. ^Eneous-black : head yellow- 

 along each side in front: nioulh yellow, with a black tip: hind- 

 chest and abdomen bright red ; lip of the latter black : legs black ; 

 thighs towards the base and liips red; hind thighs red, with black 

 tips ; hind metatarsi tawny, with black tips : fore-wings with two 

 white spots; the first very large, formed of two united spots, and 

 extending nearly across the wing; tlie second large, almost round 

 near the tip of the fore border. Length of the body 5 — 7 lines ; of 

 the wings 13 — 14 lines. 



In E. feneslrata the hind-chest, abdomen, and the fore-wings 

 along the fore border, are tawny, 

 u. New Holland. Presented by the Haslar Hospital. 

 b,c. New Holland. Presented by Liciit. Smith. 

 (/, e. New Holland. Presented by .1. G. Children, Esq. 

 /. Van Diemen's Land. Presented by the llev. AuL'ustus Beaufort. 

 g. Van Diemen's Land. Presented by R. Butler, Esq. 

 h. Van Diemen's Land. From Dr. Hooker's collection. 

 i. Moreton Bay. From Capt. Parry's collection. 

 j. New Holland. From Mr. Gould's collection. 

 k. New Holland. From Mr. Argent's collection. 

 /. New Holland. 



9. EURYMELA DISCIFERA. 



Nigra luteo varia, metalhorace piceo, abdomine vittis duabus itn.- 



treque Jlavis, femoribus flavis apice nigris, metatarsis posticis 



albis apice nigris, alis anticis nigro-ctneis albo bifasciatis, alis 



posticis nigro-cyaneis vel nigro-purpureis. 



Head luleous, yellow in front, with a large Idack spot on each 



side between the eyes; these spots are quadrate at the base, obliquely 



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