LIST OF HOMOPTEEOUS INSECTS. 



40. Bytiioscopus luridus. 



Rufo-ferruginevs, flam gutlatus ; fades piceo bimaculata ; scu- 

 tellum piceum ; peclvs flavum, disco nigra ; abdomen nigrum, 

 utrinque ferrugineum, suhliui flavum ; pedes fulvi, femorihus 

 flavis; alie anticm htrid(£, albo guttata ; ales postic<s ci- 

 nerea. 



Reddish-ferrupfinons, with yellow dots : head extremely short, 

 as broad as the chest, slightly rounded along the fore border, more 

 convex behind ; front transversely striated, a little longer on each 

 side than in the middle, where its length is less than one-twelfth of 

 its breadth ; a pilchy mark on each side of the face, which is punc- 

 tured, and another on each side of the epistoma : shield transversely 

 striated ; scutcheon finely punctured, mostly pitchy : breast yellow, 

 with a black disk : abdomen black, ferruginous on each side, yellow 

 beneath : legs tawny ; thighs yellow : fore-wings lurid, with white 

 marks, which are smallest and most numerous towards the tips : 

 hind-wings gray. Length of the body 3J lines ; of the wings 7-J 

 lines. 



o. New South Wales. From Mr. Pamplin's collection. 



41. Bythoscopus capensis. 



Testaceus, fusco varitis ; scutelliim apice et pectus albida ; abdomen 

 ferrugineum ; pedei albidi,fusco maculati ; aleeanticcB luridce, 

 fusco maculatee ; ala posticte subcinereee. 



Testaceous, varied with brown : head very .short, as broad as the 

 chest, semicircular, very convex in front and equally concave along 

 the hind border: crown longer on each side than in the middle, 

 where its length is about one-sixth of its breadth ; front occupying 

 part of the upper surface ; face truncate-conical ; epistoma small, 

 widening towards the mouth : shield very convex in front, almost 

 straight along the hind border ; scutcheon towards the tip and breast 

 whitish : abdomen ferruginous : legs whitish, spotted with brown : 

 fore-wings slightly lurid, with some dark brown spots along the fore 

 border, and with some brown streaks on the disks of the areolets ; 

 veins brown : hiiid-wings pale gray. Length of the body 2i lines ; 

 of the wings 6 lines. 



(I. South Africa. Presented by Dr. A. Smith. 



