I.ISI OP HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. o4.J 



stripe extends to the mouth, and has some small black spots 

 on each side of it ; tbie-chesi black, with a tawny border, and with 

 three short tawny stripes, of which ihe side pair arc slightly oblique : 

 scutcheon black, with a tawny border: abdomen black, red towards 

 the base and beneath ; legs black ; thighs pale red ; tips of anterior 

 thighs black ; hind-shanks pale red at the base ; hind metatarsi 

 while towards the base : fore-wings brown, lawny on the disk 

 towards the base, which is black ; a white baud near the tip widens 

 towards the fore border: hind-wings blackish. Length of the body 

 3} lines ; of the wings 9 lines, 

 o. Port Stephen, New Holland. Presented by the Earl of Derby. 



12. EURYMELA SEMIFASCIA. 



Nigro-cenea, pectore rti/o, abdoniine pcdibusgne ■nigris,femoribus 

 basi rujis, metatarsis posiicis basi albis, alis anticis rufo 

 cinctis albo bifusciaiis. 



Brassy-black: mouth tawny, with a black tip: breast mostly 

 red : abdomen blaok : oviduct red : legs black ; thighs towards the 

 base and hips red; hind metalaisi while towards the base: fore- 

 wings bordered with red, having two slender, imperfect, whitish 

 bands ; one near the base, the other near the tip : hind-wings 

 blackish. Length of the body 3^ lines ; of the wings 7i lines. 

 a. New Holland. Presented by the Entomological Club. 

 4. Van Diemeu's Laud. From Dr. Hooker's collection. 



13. EURYMELA DECISA. 



Nigr<)-a:nea,riifa vUtata, abdomine rufo apice nigra, pedibiis nigris, 

 tibiis pnsticis basi femoribusque rujis, metalarsis posiicis basi 

 albis, alis anticis albo interrupte fusciatis. 



Brassy-black: head with a red stripe, which is forked in front 

 of the crown ; four tawny stripes on the face ; border whitish : fore- 

 chest with a red stripe ; border whitish ; scutelliim reddish along 

 the hind border: abdomen bright red, black towards the lip : legs 

 black; thighs bright red; tips of anterior thighs black; hind- 

 shanks red at the base ; hind metatarsi white towards the base : 

 fore-wings with an interrupted white band near each tip: hind- 

 wings blackish. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 10 

 lines. 



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



