348 LIST OF HOMOPTEBO0S INSECTS. 



less than half the breadth of the middle one ; epistoma ferruginous : 

 mouth tawny : antenniE ferruginous : fore-chest convex in front, 

 concave behind : abdomen obconical, not longer than the chest: legs 

 tawny, slightly grooved : fore-wings pale brown, adorned towards 

 the lips with many dark brown marks, generally one on each areolet ; 

 basal part occupying two-thirds of the length of the wing, with six 

 longitudinal veins, two of which are forked ; five or six discoidal 

 areolets in the reticulated part; veins dark brown; hind-wings pale 

 gray; veins black. Length of the body li line; of the wings 4 

 lines. 

 a. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



32. ClXIUS FLAVISIONA, MsS. 



Fuscus, vitta antica dorsalifiava omatus ; abdomen fulvo fascia- 

 iittn ; pedes ftisci, flam fasciali : aloe antica fulviB, fusco 

 guttata ; vena fusco fulvoqtie fasciata ; aUs postiea fusco- 

 cinerete. 



Body brown : crown of the head yellow ; front and epistoma 

 adorned with numerous tawny dots, together spindle-shaped, divided 

 by a ridge into two long narrow compartments which are slightly 

 concave ; each side compartment alike in shape and size to each 

 middle one, adorned with a large yellow spot ; front slightly widen- 

 ing from the crown to the epistoma, the latter tapering to the mouth 

 which is tawny with a brown tip, and extends a little beyond the 

 hind-hips : fore-chest very convex in front, slightly excavated on the 

 hind border; slightly ridged along the disk which is adorned with 

 a large conical bright yellow spot ; a few tawny dots on each side : 

 a rhomboidal bright yellow spot on the middle-chest, which has 

 three ridges, the side pair diverging towards the hind border; each 

 side adorned with a yellow stripe whose inner edge is excavated : 

 hind-chest partly tawny : abdomen obconical, not longer than the 

 chest, paler beneath, where the hind borders of the segments are 

 tawny : legs brown, grooved ; thighs and shanks adorned with yellow 

 bands: fore-wings tawny, varied with very numerous small brown 

 marks which are often confluent and occupy almost the whole surface 

 at the base and at the tips ; structure of the veins alike along the whole 

 length ; veins adorned with alternate brown and tawny bands : hind- 

 wings grayish, brown towards the tips and along the hind border ; 

 veins black. Length of the body 2i lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



a. North India. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 



