LIST OF HOMOPTEllOUS INSECTS. 



6. Gypona histrio. 



Gypona histrio, Burm. Gen. Gyp. 5. 

 Brazil. 



6. Gypona aukulenta. 



Gypona aurulenta, Burm. Gen. Gyp. 6. 

 Ccicopis aurulenta, Fabr. Sysl. Rhyn. 92, 18. 

 Brazil. 



7. Gypona chalcoptera. 



Gypona chalcoptera, Burm. Gen. Gyp. 7. 

 Brazil. 



8. Gypona smaragdula. 



Viridis; .icutum flavo varium ; scuiellum lutemn; abdomen sma- 

 ragdinum, fusco bivittattim ; ala antica; luridw, cosUe virides, 

 apice nigra maculatce ; alec postic<e subiimpida: fttsco margi- 

 nata. 



Grass-green, paler beneath ; head flat, short-conical, narrower 

 than tlie chest, striated longitudinally, black along the fore border, 

 very slightly concave along the hind border ; its length rather less 

 than half its breadth ; underside testaceous towards the fore-border ; 

 stria; on each side of the face hardly visible : chest slightly convex, 

 transversely striated : shield yellow in front and on each side ; 

 scutcheon mostly luteous, with a very slight transverse suture near 

 the tip : breast testaceous on each side in front ; abdomen above 

 bright emerald green, with two reddish brown stripes, which are 

 united at the tip, beneath with an indistinct testaceous stripe along 

 each side : legs very pale green ; feet and fore-shanks tawny : fore- 

 wings lurid, narrow, rather pointed, green along two-thirds of the 

 fore border from the base, with an oblong black spot on each tip, 

 near which the hind border is brown : hind-wings almost colourless, 

 brown at the tips and along the hiud borders. Length of the body 

 7 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



«. Para. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



