LIST OF nOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



angle, parted from the second byraueli loss than its length ; second 

 waved, slanting, foiining an acute angle, shorter than the first; 

 third ver.v slightly waved, slightly slanting, forming a right angle, 

 closing the third discoidal areolet more or less before the fork of the 

 fore-vein ; fourth sliglitly curved, slightly slanting, forming a right 

 angle, longer than the tliird ; fifth curved, nearly upright, forming 

 a hardly acute angle. Body bright tawny, partly green, hairy, es- 

 pecially in front of the head which is formed like ihat of a 'Dun- 

 ihibia : head much narrower than the fore-chest; face very convex : 

 mouth dark tawny with a black tip, reaching the hind-hips: eyes 

 prominent: feelers black : hind-scutcheon of ihe fore-chest broad, 

 green, rounded but hardly widened near the base of each fore-wing : 

 scutcheon of the middle-chest adorned with some indistinct darker 

 marks ; hind border very slightly excavated : abdomen pitchy, 

 slightly obconical, longer than the chest : drums tawny, very small, 

 far apart: legs dark tawny ; claws black; fore-thighs armed with 

 two stout tawny teeth: wings slightly tinged with tawny; veins 

 green, tawny towards the tip.s. Length of the body 15 lines; of 

 the wings 43 lines. 



n. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



4. Cabineta Sciras, Fern. 

 Mentis tramversus lus subcurvns, mldv obliquus, angulum mltU 

 obtusum fint/ens, 2o Iripld ejus longiludine divisus : 2iis sub- 

 curvu.1, mldi nbtiqmis, angulum vulde obtusum fingens, lo 

 paullf) lovgior ; 3us subundalus, obiit/nus, angulum vix acu- 

 lumfaigens ; 4us subundatiis, nbliqum, angulum ri.v aculum 

 fingens, 3» paulld tongior. 



Second marginal areolet about lliree-fomlhs of the length of 

 the first; first cross-vein slightly curved, very slanting, fonning a 

 very obtuse angle, parted from the second "by ihrice its length; 

 •second slightly curved, very slanting, forming a very obtuse angle, 

 a little longer than the fii-st; third slightly waved, slanting, form- 

 ing a hardly acute angle; fourth very slightly waved, slanting, 

 forming a hardly acute angle, a little longer than the third ; fifth 

 curved, slightly slanting, forming a slightly acute angle. In the 

 insect described the fore vein of the second marginal areolet is 

 divided and then reunited, and thus forms a little spindle-shaped 

 areolet. Body green, hairy, short, broad ; head nearly as broad as 

 the foie-chest, clothed with long black hairs and with' short tawnv 

 hairs; crown adorned with a broad irregular black band which in- 

 closes a tawny spot ; face very slightly convex ; mouth black, tawnv 

 at the base, reaching a little beyond the hind-hips : eyes not pro'- 



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