LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



34. Bythoscopus dohsalis. 



Fuscus, flavo notaivs ; pectoris segmenta picea, flam marginata ,■ 

 abdomen nigrum, fulvo fascialum, subtus apice fulvum ; pedes 

 nigri ; pedes postici Jlavi, nigra viltati ; alai antica: albo 

 guttata ; alte posticee cinerece. 



Dark brown, varied with pale yellow marks: head extremely 

 short, as broad as the head, slightly rounded along the fore border, 

 rather more convex behind ; crown transversely striated ; its length 

 in the middle much less than that on each side ; face punctured, al- 

 most flat : chest very finely striated across : pectoral segments 

 pitchy, with yellow borders: abdomen black; hind borders of the 

 segments tawny ; underside tawny towards the tip : legs black ; 

 hind-legs yellow, striped with black: fore-wings thickly covered 

 with whitish dots, which form a short slightly oblique stripe in the 

 disk near the base : hind-wings gray. Length of the body 3^ — 4 

 lines ; of the wings 7 — 8 lines. 



0. New Holland. Presented by the Haslar Hospital. 

 b. ? Presented by the Entomological Club. 



35. Bythoscopus nioeojENecs. 



Nigroicneus, fulvo varius ; pectus nigrum ; abdomen nigrum, late- 

 ribus busi subtusque ferrugineum ; pedes nigri, fcmoribus 

 basi gemihusque fulvis, tarsis posticis basi flavis ; alte antic<B 

 albido guttatie et basi fasciata: ; alee postica: cinerea. 



Bronze-black : head formed like that of B. dorsatis. Some 

 tawny marks on each side of the face, and of the epistoma : shield 

 with numerous tawny marks, transversely striated ; scutcheon 

 slightly rugulose, with very few tawny marks : a smooth triangular 

 compartment on each side of the fore border : breast black : abdomen 

 black, ferruginous on each side at the base ; underside ferruginous, 

 with a pitchy tip: legs black: thighs towards the base and knees 

 tawny ; hind-feel yellow at the base ; fore-wings with dingy-white 

 marks, which are most numerous and partly confluent towards the 

 lips ; an oblique dingy-white band near the base : hind-wings dark 

 gray. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 

 a. Van Diemen's Land. From Dr. Hooker's collection. 



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