LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



42. Ledba EPISCOPALIS. 



Testacea, fusi/ormis ; caput subtxis sulcatum ; alte antica punc- 

 tatm ; ala posticcB sublimpido!. 



Testaceous, spindle-shaped : head and chest minutely punc- 

 tured ; head conical, as broad as the chesi, very slightly arched, not 

 ridged, slightly concave along the hind border, very slightly increas- 

 ing in breadth from the base to the obtuse angle on each side ; its 

 length almost equal to its breadth ; underside with a longitudinal 

 furrow ; face small : shield transversely rugulose towards the hind 

 border ; scutcheon with a distinct arched suture across the middle : 

 fore-wings thickly punctured from the base to the tips : hind-wings 

 almost colourless. Length of the body 4j lines ; of the wings 8 

 lines. 

 a. Columbia. From M. Jurgens' collection. 



43. Lediia guttata. 



Testacea, fusiformis, nigra punctata; abdomen nigra quinquextil- 

 latum ; pedes fusco varii ; aim anliccB piceo strigalm ; alie 

 posticie sublimpido;. 



Dull testaceous, spindle-shaped : head and chest flat, covered 

 with black points: head short-conical, as broad as the chest, not 

 arched, hardly ridged, very slightly concave along the hind border, 

 which lias a black dot ; its length about half its breadth ; face and 

 epistoma pale testaceous ; face with slight oblique pitchy bands on 

 each side ; epistoma linear, black and rounded on the fore border : 

 mouth ferruginous : scutcheon with a distinct slightly arched trans- 

 verse suture : abdomen with five black stripes, the middle one and 

 the inner pair interrupted: legs mottled with brown: fore-wings 

 pale testaceous, not punctured ; borders of the areolets with pitchy 

 pencillings ; some larger and darker marks along the disk and along 

 the hind border: hind-wings almost colourless. Length of the body 

 3 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 

 a. China. Presented by G. T. Lay, Esq. 



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