LIST OP HOMOPTEnOUS INSECTS. 



21. ACOCEPHALUS NITIDUS. 



Pbrynomorphus nitidiis, Curt. Ent. Mag. i. 194. 

 a—/. England. Presented by F. Walker, Esq, 



22. AcOCEPHALUS SPARSl'S. 



Flaims,fusco guttatus ; pectus, abdomen et pedes Jlava; ala antica 

 albidce,fusco guttata ; alec posticm albw. 



Yellow, thinly covered with very minute brown dots: head 

 short, almost as broad as the chest ; crown flat, semicircular in front, 

 slightly concave along the hind border ; its length about one fourth 

 of its breadth ; face flat : breast, abdomen and legs pale yellow : 

 fore-wings whitish, dotted with brown : hind-wings white. Length 

 of the body 2J lines ; of the wings 6 lines, 

 o. British Guiana. Presented by Sir B. Schomburgck. 



23. AcOCEPHALUS OBLIQUUS. 



Flamts, fvsco varius ; pedes flavi ; pedes postici fiisco-flavi i al<E 

 anticcB subfitlixB, fiisco varirc ; alw poslicce limpida. 



Yellow, mottled with brown : head flat, short-conical, very con- 

 cave on the hind border, almost as broad as the chest, slightly im- 

 pressed on the disk, with a slender, indistinct longitudinal furrow ; 

 its length not more than one-lburth of its breadth ; face flat : shield' 

 slightly convex : scutcheon flat, yellow, with a slightly arched trans, 

 verse suture in the middle : legs yellow ; hind-legs partly brown : 

 fore-wings slightly tawny, varied with brown : hind-wings colourless 

 Length of the body li line ; of the wings 3 lines. 

 «. St. James Isle, Galapagos. Presented by C. Darwin, Esq. 



24. AcOCEPHALUS ? (Pupa). 



a. Cape. From M. Drege's collection. 



