LIST OF HOMOPTEHOUS INSECTS. 



12. OXYPLEUBA B.WISTIOMA, Fenj. 



Nervux Iramvemis \ns feri rectus, suhobliquus, unguium obtusum 

 fingens, 2o plus quadntplo ejus longitudine divisus ; 2us 

 fer^ rectus, nbliquus, angulum valdi obtusum fingens, \o du- 

 pld longiiir ; 3«s subundatus, nbliquus, angulum subacutum 

 fingens ; ius fert- rectus, obliquus, angulum subacutum fin- 

 gens, 3o limgior. 



Second maipiiial aieolet shoiter lliaii llie firet : first cross-vein 

 nearly slraiKlit, slightly slanting, I'onnins: an obtnse angle, parted 

 IVoni the second liy move than four times its length ; second nearly 

 .straight, slanting, forming a very obtuse angle, about twice the 

 length of the first ; third .slightly waved, slanting, forming a slightly 

 acute angle ; fourth nearly straight, slanting, forming a slightly 

 acute angle, longer than the third ; fifth curved, forming a very 

 slightly acute angle. Body pale tawny, clothed with paler hairs : 

 head much narrower than the fore-chest, adorned with two black 

 bands, which include tawny spots, the hinder one is widened over 

 the region of the eyelets ; face very slightly convex ; mouth pale 

 lawny, with a black tip, extending lieyond the hind-hips : eyes not 

 prominent: feelers black: fore-chest broadest in the middle; scut- 

 cheon adorned with a black cross, and on each side with three ob- 

 lique black stripes; hind-scutcheon very much widened, and forming 

 a nearly right and very projecting angle on each side : scutcheon of 

 ihe middle-chest adorned willi the four usual marks ; tlie side pair 

 large, obconical, brown with black tips ; the middle pair smaller 

 and black, and each succeeded by a black dot ; hind border very 

 slightly excavated: abdomen obconical, a little longer and nar- 

 rower than the chest : a large black spot on eacli side of the tip : 

 drums pale tawny, very small, far apart: legs pale tawny; tips of 

 tlic feet, fore-shanks and fore-feel pitchy ; claws black ; fw'e-thighs 

 armed with three very short and blunt black teeth ; hind-shanks 

 aimed with black spines, which form a circlet at the tips: wings 

 colourless ; a black S])ot on the primitive areolet, which is pale 

 tawny; veins pale tawny, partly black, which colour mostly prevails 

 on the cross-veins ; flaps pale lawny. Length of the body 12 lines; 

 of the wings 37 lines. 



a. Gambia. Presented by T. Whitfield, Esq. 



