786 UST OF H0MOPTEROTJ8 INSECTS. 



half the length from the tips, which are dark brown. Length of the 



body 4| lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



a. St. John's Bluff, E. Florida. Presented by E. Donbleday, Esq. 



12. Proconia badia. 



Ferrvginea, nigrn vittata ; scuteUum picfum, luten marginatum ; 



abdominis discus piceus ; pedes picei ; alts anticce purpurea. 



rufte, apice subfulva ; aloe posticw sublimpidce. 

 Ferruginous : head with a very short and slightly obliqne black 

 stripe on each side of the crown, and in front with two long oblique 

 stripe-s which join the short black stripe on the face: shield de- 

 pressed on each side in front ; scutcheon pilchy, luteous on each 

 side and towards the tip : disk of the abdomen pitchy above and 

 beneath : feet pitchy : fore-wings dark purplish red ; tips transpa- 

 rent with a slight' tawny tinge: hind-wings almost colourless. 

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



13. PnOCONIA SCOTELLATA. 



Teslaeea, nigrn vittata ; scutum antic^ luleum ; abdomen nigrum, 



lateribus et apice siibtiis luleum ; alee anticm rufo-piceie, apice 



subfulvo! ; alee posliciB limpid at, fusco marginatte. 



Testaceous : front of the head with two very slender, oblique 



black stripes, which are united towards the face: shield slightly 



marked with black, mostly luteous in front: abdomen black, lurid 



beneath on each side and towards the tip : legs luteous ; feet pitchy 



towards the tips : fore-wings reddish pilchy, transparent, with a 



slight tawny tinge towards the tips : hind-wings colourless with 



narrow brown borders. Length of the body 4i- lines; of the wings 



!) lines. 



14. Prooonu terminalis. 



Lutea ; caput nigra fasciatum ; scutum abdominisque dorsum 



nigra ; ala antic/e rufo-picea, albidn maculat<e ; alec posticce 



fuscee, limpido unimaculatce . 



Luteous : head with a short black band in front of the eyelets ; 



keel of the epistoma and mouth ferruginous : shield black, with 



