LIST or HOMOPTEKOUS INSECTS. 



4. ApHROPHORA OCCIDENTIS. 



Teslacca ; caput piceo vittalum ; thorax piceo quadripunctalxis ; 

 scutetlum nigro-maculatum, apice flavtim ; pectus piceo bimacti- 

 latum; pedes fuM; ala anlica testaceofuscce, ad costam oblique 

 bivittatce. 



Testaceous, shining : head and chest roughly punctured, 

 covered with tawny down ; head flat, conical, concave along the 

 hind border, with a broad pitchy stripe ; its length a little more than 

 half its breadth; face very convex, almost oval, slightly keeled, 

 pitchy towards the epistoma, with about fourteen very slightly 

 olilique cross ridges ; epistoma pitchy, slightly keeled : mouth tawny 

 with a pitchy lip, almost reaching the middle hips : feelers tawny ; 

 chest very slightly convex, with four large pitchy punctures near 

 the fore border ; a black spot near the tip of the scutcheon which is 

 yellow ; breast with a large pitchy spot on each side ; tip of the ab- 

 domen pitchy : legs tawny, lips of the feet black : fore-wings tesla- 

 ceous-brown, slightly mottled, darkest along the fore borders and at 

 the lips, with two short oblique stripes near the fore border : hind- 

 wings almost colourless, with brown tips, indistinctly brown along 

 the hind borders ; veins black, tawny at the base. Length of the 

 body 5i lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 



a. West Coast of America. Presented by Capt. Wood and Lieut. 

 AVood. 



5. APHnOPHORA DIMINUTA. 



Testacea ; caput piceo-vittalum ; thorax piceo maculatus et fascia- 

 tiis ; pedes ferruginei ; al<e anticm ferrugineie, fusiformes,fulvo 

 obliqui Irivittata. 



Testaceous, shining: head and chest thickly punctured, 

 covered with tawuy down: head flat, slightly concave along the 

 hind border, almost conical in front, with an indistinct cross furrow, 

 and with a pitchy stripe, which is almost divided lengthwise ; ils 

 length almost half its breadth; face very convex, almost oval, 

 slightly keeled, pitchy in front, with thirteen shallow, very slightly 

 oblique cross ridges ; epistoma pitchy, slightly keeled : mouth 

 tawny, black towards the tip, reaching the middle hips: chest very 

 slighlly convex, with a pitchy spot and some large, shallow impres- 

 sions near the fore border ; a pitchy band near the tip of the 

 scutcheon: upper abdominal appendages black: legs ferrnginous; 

 a yellow spot on each knee ; tips of the feel pitchy : fore-wings fer- 



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