LIST OP HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



11. DUNDUDIA STIPATA, MaS. 



Nervas transversus \iis vald^ curvus, oblir/uits, angulum obtnsum 

 fingens, 2« plus duplb ejus longiludine divisiis ; 2us valde 

 curvus, obliqmis, angulum. oblusum fingens, \o paulld Ion- 

 gior ; 3us curmis, obliquus, angulum acutum fingens ; 4us 

 subcurvus, ubliqum, angulum subacutum fingens, 3o paulld 

 brevior. 



Second marginal areolet more than two-thirds of the length of 

 the first: first cross-vein much curved, slanting, forming an obtuse 

 angle, parted from the second by more than twice its length ; second 

 much curved, slanting, forming an obtuse angle, a little longer than 

 the first; third curved, slanting, forming an acute angle; fourth 

 very slightly curved, slanting, forming a slightly acute angle a little 

 shorter than the third ; fifth very slightly curved, slightly slanting, 

 forming an obtuse angle. Body tawny: head much narrower than 

 the fore-chest, blackish about the eyelets ; face very convex : mouth 

 tawny with a black lip, reaching a little beyond the hind-hips : eyes 

 very prominent : feelers tawny, pitchy at the base : fore-chest broad- 

 est near the base of the fore-wing ; scutcheon adorned with four 

 black stripes, the middle pair wideued in front and behind, the side 

 pair short; furrows black; hind-scutchcon narrow in the middle, 

 much widened and slightly angular at the base of each fore-wing, 

 hiudly notched, but armed with a small tooth on each side : scutcheon 

 of the middle-chest adorned with five black stripes, the inner pair 

 shortened behind, but succeeded by two black spols ; some slight 

 streaks in front between the inner and the outer pair, the latter ac- 

 companied by some marks, which give a mottled appearance to the 

 scutcheon ; hind border very slightly excavated : abdomen nearly 

 spindle-shaped, twice the length of the chest ; a pitchy mark on 

 eacli side of every segment ; tip blackish : opercula extremely small ; 

 tymbals white with brown bands; drums small, pale green, hardly 

 overlapping, not extending beyond the base of the abdomen : legs 

 tawny ; tips of the hind-shanks darker ; claws black towards the 

 tips; fore-thighs armed with two rather long teeth: wings colour- 

 less, tawny at the base ; fore-wings very slightly tinged with brown ; 

 veins alternately black and tawny ; the latter colour prevails most 

 towards the base ; first second and third cross-veins clouded with 

 brown ; a row of brown spots on the tips of the veins of the mar- 

 ginal areolets ; flaps tawny at the base. Length of the body 17 

 lines; of the wings 37 lines. 



a. Ceylon. From the Rev. J. Wenham's collection. 



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