LIST OF H0M0PTER0U8 INSECTS. 



base, slightly tinged with brown about the hind bordei-s near the 

 base : veins black, tawny at the base. Length of the body 5 lines ; 

 of the wing.s 10 lines. 

 a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



U. Gypona qdadkimacula. 



Fulva, swbtus testacea ; caput nigra vittatum ; thorax nigra inacu- 

 latus ; aim anticcB cupreo-picece, maculis undJtavS, duabusque 

 Umpidis arnatai ; alw posticm sublimpida:., apice fusca. 



Tawny, testaceous beneath : head flat, semicircular, concave 

 behind, a little narrower than the chest, striated longitudinally in 

 the middle, and obliquely on each side, black along the borders, and 

 with two black stripes between the eyelets ; its length less than half 

 its breadth : chest almost flat, transversely striated ; shield bordered 

 with black on each side and behind, and with two black spots in 

 front, one of them on the fore border, the other towards the disk ; 

 scutcheon with two black spots on the fore border : abdominal seg- 

 ments red beneath along the hind borders, and with a red triangular 

 spot on each side: tips of the feet and of the hind-shanks black : 

 fore-wings pitchy, slightly coppery, with a large, pale yellow spot 

 on the base of the fore border ; a colourless spot near the tip of the 

 fore border, and another on the middle of the hind border : hind- 

 wings almost colourless, with brown tips. Length of the body 4i 

 lines ; of the wings 9^ lines. 



Var. B. Crown black along each side, and with one black stripe 

 between the eyelets : shield with deep black borders, which enclose 

 some tawny spots on each side ; one black spot in the disk, none on 

 the fore border ; disk of the scutcheon black : abdomen wholly yel- 

 low beneath : tips of the hind-shanks testaceous : fore-wings mostly 

 lurid. 



a. Paril. Presented by Beginald Graham, Esq. 

 h. ? 



12. Gypona reticulata. 



Testacea, nigra varia ; abdominis dorsum nigrum ; pedes nigra 

 varii, tibiis anticis nigris ; ala antica Jlavte, disco piceo ma- 

 culatm; ala postica fuscte. 



Testaceous, slightly convex : head very short-conical, concave 

 behind, narrower than the chest ; crown striated obliquely on each 



