LIST or HOMOPTKROUS INSECTS. 



7. .Sthalion BIVITTATUM. 



Testaceum nigra varium, abdomen Ivteum, femora nigra viltata, 

 tibia tarsique nigra fasciata, alee anticw hirida apicc nigri- 

 canies. 

 Testaceous : head with two black hands in front : tip of the 

 mouth lilack : chest thickly and very minutely punctured ; shield 

 with two short black stripes on each side in front, and with two pa- 

 rallel pale ferruginous stripes in the disk ; two short black stripes 

 on the scutcheon : abdomen luteous : thighs streaked with black ; 

 shanks and feet with black bands : fore-wings pale lurid, blackish 

 along the tips ; veins white : hind-wings slightly gray ; veins yel- 

 low. Length of the body 21 — 4 lines ; of the wings 6 — 8 lines. 



Var. 0. Abdomen testaceous : tips of the fore-wings not 

 blackish. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



b. Venezuela. From Mr. Stevens' collection, 

 c Columbia. From Mr. Pamplin's collection. 



8. jEthalion latipes. 



Ferrugineum, thoracis discus, abdomen femoraque testaeea, tibiiF 

 tatte cotnpresstB nigra varia:, alte sub-limpidce basi testaeea. 



Pale ferruginous, clothed with gilded down : head impressed 

 on the fore border, yellow beneath : mouth yellow, with a piceous 

 tip : chest beset with tubercles ; middle ridge slight ; disk of the 

 shield mostly testaceous : abdomen testaceous ; thighs testaceous ; 

 tibia; widened, compressed, marked with black: fore-wings almost 

 colourless, testaceous towards the base ; veins testaceous : hind- 

 wings colourless ; veins black. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the 

 wings 10 lines. 



This species recedes very much from the type in structure, and 

 may be considered as forming a new genus, 

 n. Columbia. From Mr. Jurgens' collection. 



JEthalion ? (Pupa). 



a. Columbia. From Mr. Turner's collection. 



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