LIST OF HOMOPTEKOUS INSECTS. 



38. PoiocEBA oBLiauA, Feni. 

 Cladodypteryx obliquata? Westw. Arc. Ent. 90, pi. 71, f. 3. 



Ferruyinea ; caput suhtus nigrum, fiam fascialum ; pectoris la- 

 terajtava; pedes fermginei ; alec limpidte ; alee anticcB nigro 

 bimaculatoe et unifasciatm ; venm apice setosce; vena transversa' 

 nigra nebuloste. 

 Body ferruginous, dull, somewhat granulated : head much nar- 

 rower than the chest ; crown narrow, surrounded by an indistinct 

 ridge; front square, flat, black; face yellow ; epistoma pitchy, with 

 a ferruginous border : mouth tawny with a black lip, extending to 

 the hind-hips : eyes rather large, like those of Cladndiptera, to which 

 genus this and the neighbouring species are somewhat related: fore- 

 chest slightly convex in front, very slightly concave behind : scut- 

 cheon of the middle-chest with three indistinct ridges ; the side pair 

 slightly curved : sides of the breast pale yellow, forming a conti- 

 nuous band wih the face : abdomen obconical, a little longer than 

 the chest : legs ferruginous, furrowed ; fore-thighs and fore-shanks 

 somewhat widened ; hind-shanks armed with i)lack spines : wings 

 colourless ; fore-wings adorned with three black marks ; the first a 

 small spot on the hind border near the base ; the second an oblique 

 band, widening from the hind border ; veins black, ferruginous to- 

 wards the base, feathered with bristles towards the tips ; cross- 

 veins clouded with black. Length of the body 6i lines; of the 

 wings 16 lines. 

 a, b. Para. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



39. PoiOCERA SETIFEKA, MaS. 



Flava, viridi varia , thorax nigra quadrivittatus ; abdomen supra 



viride, nigro fasciatum et bivitlatum ; pedes Jlavi, viridi et 



nigro varii ; alee limpidee, angustce ; venm transversie fuscn 



subnebulosa:. 



Body pale yellow, tinged with green, nearly smooth, slightly 



shining : head nearly as broad as the chest ; crown .short, surrounded 



by a slight ridge, a black band along its hind border : front flat, 



quadrate, with a black stripe supported by a broad black band, both 



somewhat excavated ; disk of the face black with a red border : 



mouth yellow; eyes rather prominent: fore-chest convex in front, 



hardly concave along the hind border, adorned with four black stripes ; 



the inner pair parallel, approximate, slightly widening towards the 



hind border, their outer sides slightly excavated ; the outer pair curved, 



somewhat interrupted : scutcheon of the middle-chest adorned with 



