LIST OP HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



14. EURTMELA VARIA. 



Nigra albo varia, scutelln rufo bimaculato, ahdomine albo apice 



nigra, metatarsis poslicis femoribusque albis, atis anticis albo 



bifasciatis et guttalis. 



Black : head bordeied with while, having on the front two 



white stripes, which are connected with two large white spots on the 



episloraa : a white stripe on the fore-chest, which is white along the 



hind border: scutcheon white on each side, with two reddish spots 



in the disk : abdomen while, with a black tip : legs black ; hips and 



thighs white; tips of the latter black ; knees white ; hind metatarsi 



while, with black tips ; fore-wings with two white bands; the first 



imperfect at one-third from the base ; the second beyond two-thirds 



from the base; two white dots on the hind border between the 



bands : hind-wings blackish. 



Var. /3. Head without a white stripe on the front ; the white 

 spots on the epistoma diminished to two white stripes on each side : 

 scutellum black, dingy white along each side towards the tip : disk 

 of the back of the abdomen black : white of the legs dingy : fore- 

 wings with irregular bands, which are accompanied by several white 

 dots. Length of the body 3— 3i lines ; of the wings 7—8 lines. 

 a. Hobart Town. Presented by the Earl of Derby. 

 6, c. New Holland. Presented by llie Entomological Club. 

 d. Swan River. From Mr. Turner's collection. 

 e—i. New Holland. 



15. EUBYMELA niCINCTA. 



Eurymela bicincla ? Ericlison, Archiv. 1842, i. 286. 



Nigro-ienea, albo varia, metatarsis posticis femoribusque albis, alls 

 anticis albo bifasciatis et unigultatis. 



Brassy-black : head bordered with white : abdomen black, 

 white towards the base beneath : legs black ; thighs and hind 

 metatarsi white, with black tips: fore-wings with two slender 

 white bands ; the first very slanting ; the second erect ; a white dot 

 on the hind border between the bands ; hind-wings gray. 



Var. 3. Epistoma with a large white spot on each side: fore- 

 chest and scutellum bordered with white: abdomen dingy-while, 

 with a black tip. Length of the body 2—3 lines ; of the wings 

 6—8 lines. 



