1 12 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



and much narrower than the outward pair which are much excava- 

 ted; hind border pitchy nn each side; excavation in the middle 

 rather deep, foimins half an ellipse : abdomen pitchy, obconical, 

 a little longer than the chest, greenish-tawny towards the base above : 

 thighs (iark ferruginous with black s(reaks ; shanks greenish-tawny 

 with pitchy tips ; fore-feet black ; middle-feet partly tawny beneath ; 

 hind-feel tawny with pitchy tips ; claws black, lawny at the base ; fore- 

 thighs armed with two black teeth near the tips : wings colourless ; 

 fore-wings very bright red at the base and <br a short space along the 

 hind border ; beyond the red there is a pale yellow band which is 

 tinged with green towards the fore border, and towards the hind 

 border is succeeded by a brown tinge which clouds the hind border 

 for nearly half the length ; hind-wings adorned with a broader yellow 

 band, adjoining which there is a brown band ; flaps very bright red 

 with brown lips ; veins green, tawny towards the tips where they are 

 black ; brands, first and second feet partly tawny beneath ; claws 

 black, tawny at the base ; hind-feet tawny with pitchy tips ; fore- 

 thighs armed with two black teeth near the tips : wings colourless ; 

 fore-wings very bright, red at the base and for a short space along the 

 hind border ; beyond the red there is a pale yellow band which is 

 tinged with green towards the fore border, and towards the hind 

 border is succeeded by a brown tinge which clouds the hind border 

 for nearly half the length ; hind-wings adorned with a broader yel- 

 low band, adjoining which there is a brown band ; flaps very briglit 

 red with brown tips; veins green, tawny towards the tips which are 

 black; brands, cross-veins from the first to the fourth, fore border 

 towards the tip, veins adjoining the base of the first cross-vein, and 

 the veins between the second and third cross veins clouded with brown ; 

 fore border greenish-tawny. Length of the body 16 lines ; of the 

 wings 48 lines. 

 a. Brazil ? From Mr. Stevens's collection. 



14. CioADA BicosTA, Fcm. 



Nervas IransiKtsus 1 us subcurvus, obliquus, ant/ulum oblusum fin- 

 gens, '2o quinquies ejus longitudine divisus ; 2us suhcunms, 

 obliquus, angutum valde oblusam fingens, \i> Inngior ; 3«s 

 subcurvus, obliquus, angulum rectum fingens ; 4 ms undatus, 

 obliquus, angulum subucutum fingens, 3o niullb longior. 

 Second marginal areolet about two-thirds of the length of the 

 first: first cross-vein slightly curved, slanting, forming an obtuse 

 angle, parted from the second by five times its length ; second slight- 

 ly curved, slanting, forming a very obtuse angle, longer than the 



