326 LIST OP HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



the fore-chest; upper side surrounded by a rim, deeply notched on 

 the hind border, divided by a middle ridge into two compartments ; 

 it also resembles M. pallida in the structure of the front, and of the 

 chest : abdomen obconicul, not longer than the chest : legs pale 

 green ; hind-shanks armed with four black-tipped spines: wings 

 colourless ; veins green. Length of the body 2i lines ; of the wings 

 6 lines. 



a. Isle St. Thomas. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 



4. MONOPSIS FUSCA. 



Fusca, fusiformis, fulvo guttata ; caput prothorace longius ; ah- 

 domen tlwrace paullb longius ; pedes fulvi ; aleefuscie nigra 

 guttata. 



Structure of tlie wing-veins very different from that of all the 

 preceding species, the first longitudinal vein being at a considerable 

 distance from the fore border, with no intermediate cross-veins: 

 body brown, spindle-shaped : head flattened, conical, much less 

 than twice the length of the fore-chest ; upper side with a longi- 

 tudinal ridge, surrounded with a rim, concave on the hind border ; 

 sides about half the breadth of the upper or under surface, the latter 

 is very slightly contracted in the middle, and its ridge does not 

 extend beyond the eyes from the tip : mouth ferruginous, extend- 

 ing much beyond the hind-hips: fore-chest convex in front, con- 

 cave behind, wiih a ridge on each side ; middle-chest not ridged ; 

 abdomen obconical, a little longer than the chest ; legs tawny ; 

 hind-shanks armed with spines : wings pale brown, minutely mottled, 

 with a few black dots along the fore border and near the tips; veins 

 pale brown. Length of the body 2J lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



5. MoNOPsis Florida, Mas. 

 Fusca, fusiformis, fulvo guttata ; caput prothorace multli longius ; 

 pectus Jlavum ; abdomen apice fuluum, baii rufo bimacuta- 

 ium ; pedes f unci ; alee subfuscce, subnebulos<B, ad costam fusco 

 guttatee. 



Structure of the wing-veins like that of M. fusca, but there is 

 an indistinct cross-vein between the fore border and the first longi- 

 tudinal vein : body brown, speckled with tawny, spindle-shaped : 

 head flattened, conical, much longer than the fore-chest, surrounded 

 by a rim, not ridged, concave on the hind border ; sides about half 

 the breadth of the upper or tlie under surface, the latter is very 



