LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



20. Aph^na varieoata. 



AphiEiia variegata, Guh: Voy. lielanger, Zool. 455. Riyn. Anitn. 



Ins. pi. 58, f. 3. Spin. Ann. Soc. Enl. Fr. viii. 247, 4. 

 Aphaiia variegata, Amyut et Serv. Hist. Nut. Him. 497, 1. 

 PentliicHS variegatus, Blanch. Hist. Nat. Ins. iii. 171. Him. pi. 



12, f. 4. 

 0. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



21. ApHjENA polchka. 



Lystra pulcbra, G. R. Gray, Griff. Ed. Anim. Kinyd. Ins. ii. 260, 

 pi. 90, f. 5. 



22. Aph^na Caja, Mas. 

 Flavo-fusca ; metathorax et abdumen rufa, hujus discus niger ; 



pedes fusci viridi vittati ; alte basi ruftB ; alct antictt fulvce ; 



basim versus luteal viridi maculat<s, apices vindes subfasciatee ; 



alee posticm lutea, basi nigra maculatce, apice fuscce albo guttata. 

 Body yellowish brown : head and shield of the chest somewhat 

 reticulated ; the former ridged across in front : mouth brown, ex- 

 tending far beyond the hind-hips : hind-chest red : abdomen bright 

 red ; disk black, with the exception of the hind borders of the seg- 

 ments: legs brown, streaked with green: wings red at the base: 

 fore-wings tawny luteous, with olive-green spots towards the base, 

 towards the tip olive-green with a pale green irregular and indefinite 

 band ; hind-wings luteous, adorned with white dots ; these are mostly 

 near the tip, which is brown ; towards the base are five black 

 spots, three of which are near the hind border. Length of the body 

 8^ lines; of the wings 24 lines, 

 a, Silhet. From Mr. Stainforth's collection. 



2.3. Aph^na basirupa, Mas. 



Fusca ; metathorax et abdomen rufa, hoc iubtus nigrum ; pedes 



■ nigri; femora et tibia flaw varia ; alee anticee virides fusco 



guttata: et maculates, albo bimaculat<B, ad costamfulvee ; alte 



posticie luteie, niyro et albo maculatie, basi rufa, apice niyro- 



fusca caruleo inaculatte. 



Body brown ; crown of the head surrounded by a ridge which 



encloses a single compartment ; under side slightly ridged, finely 



