olO LIST OF HOMOPTEIIOUS INSECTS. 



fourth of its breadth ; on each side of the fore border a spindle- 

 shaped concave compartment, wliose disk is black ; face with a 

 slight keel, black along the front and towards the epistoma, which 

 has a black stripe on each side : chest almost flat, finely striated 

 transversely; shield almost conical along the fore border, with five 

 slight pitchy stripes ; middle one in front, very short ; inner pair 

 zigzag ; outer pair short ; hind border concave in the middle, con- 

 vex on each side : abdomen with a black stripe beneath : legs pale 

 testaceous; tips of the posterior-thighs and of the hind-shanks 

 black: fore-wings ferruginous, with almost colourless tips: hind- 

 wings almost colourless. Length of the body 8^ lines; of the 

 wings 15 lines. 



a. Van Dieman's Land. Presented by R. Butler, Esq. 



17. Ledra confebta. 



Ferruginea, nigra tessellata et vittata, subtus testacea ; fades nigra 

 interrupte fasciata ; abdominis segmenta testacea fasciata et 

 utrinque maculata ; pedes femoribus posterioribus tibiisqiie 

 posticis apice nigris ; alee anticce viridi-testacece, nigra lessel- 

 latce, apice sublimpidm, aim pastictB limpidce. 



Ferruginous, tessellated with black, testaceous beneath : head 

 very short, not broader than the chest, not arched, very slightly con- 

 cave above, finely striated longitudinally, short-conical on the fore 

 border, slightly convex on each side, very concave on the hind bor- 

 der, with a black middle stripe ; its length hardly more than one- 

 sixth of its breadth ; on each side of the fore border a spindle- 

 shaped concave compartment, whose disk is black; face hardly 

 keeled, with a short slender interrupted black band towards the 

 front; epistoma with a black stripe on each side, and a black tip: 

 chest flat, finely striated transversely ; shield conical along the fore 

 border, with five slight black stripes ; middle one in front, very 

 short ; inner pair zigzag ; outer pair indistinct ; hind border con- 

 cave in the middle, convex on each side: hind borders of abdomi- 

 nal segments, a row of spots along each side and tip testaceous : 

 legs pale testaceous ; a black spot near the tip of each of the poste- 

 rior thighs; tips of the hind-shanks black: fore-wings greenish tes- 

 taceous, tessellated with black, almost colourless towards the tips, 

 slightly convex along the fore border ; veins pitchy, with numerous 

 pale bands : hind wings colourless. Length of the body 7J lines ; 

 of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



