LIST OF IIOMOPl'EnOUS INSECTS. 



10. PbOCONIA LUOEBNEA? 



Ferruginea, nigra maculata ; scutellum luleum; abdomen nigrum, 

 subtus piceum, apice ferrugineum. ; aim anticte picete, apice 

 fulviB ; alee postica sublimpidee, fusco marginatte. 



Fulgora lucernea ? Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. 704, 6. Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 



314,7. Mant. Ins. i\.' 313, 7. Ent. Si/st. iv. 37. Sgst. Rhyn. 



iii. 7. 

 Cicada bieviiostris ? Deg. Ins. iii. 202, 6, pi. 32, f. 6. 

 Fulgora lucernaria ? Gmel. Ed. Si/st. Nat. i. 4, 2090, 6. 

 Tettigonia luccmaria.'' Burnt. Handb. Ent. ii. 120. 



Nearly allied to the two preceding species. Ferruginous: 

 head with two converging black stripes, which unite on the com- 

 mencement of the slight ridge of the face : shield marked with 

 black; scutcheon dull luteous: abdomen black, pitchy beneath, 

 ferruginous at the tip: legs dark ferruginous: fore-wings pitchy, 

 with tawny tips: hind-wings almost colourless, with brown borders. 

 Length of the body 4i lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



Var. /3. Head wholly ferruginous. 



a. Brazil. Presented by John Miers, Esq. 



b. Brazil. From Mr. Mornay's collection, 

 c — e. ? 



11. Proconia marginata. 



Ferruginea, nigra vittata ; scutum albo-viridescens ; scutellum 

 luteum, disco nigrum; abdomen nigrum, subtus et apice lu- 

 teum; pedes lutei, nigra maculati, tarsis nigris ; alte anticce 

 rufescentes, limpido vurice, basi et ad costam picea, apice 

 fulvee ; alee pasticce fuscce, basi subcinerete. 



Ferruginous: head with two short, oblique, black stripes on 

 the crown, and in front with two longer, oblique stripes which join 

 the black stripe of the face ; rugulose part of the shield dingy 

 whitish green : scutcheon luteous ; its disk partly black : abdomen 

 black, luteous beneath on each side and at the tip : legs luteous, 

 with black marks : feet black : fore-wings reddish, here and there 

 almost colourless, pitchy at the base and along part of the fore 

 border, tawny at the tips : hind-wings slightly gray ; brown for near 



2z3 



