LIST OF HOMOPTEnons INSECTS. 



23. Flatoides Orientis, Mas. 



Fulvvs ; films stibmrinaliis ; prot/wrax carinatus ; mesothorax tri- 

 earinatus ; pedes fitlvi; aim anlicie le.itaceic , maculis limpidis 

 omatie ; aim posticm cinerem. 

 Body tawny : head as broad as the cliest ; crown short, hordered 

 l)y a very slifjht. rim, concave behind, straight on the fore border, ils 

 length in ihe middle half of thai on each side ; front flat, rounded 

 on each side, a little narrower towards the epistoma, bordered by a 

 very slight rim, concave where it joins the epistoma, with a very in- 

 distinct ridjfe, its breadth less than twice its length ; epistoma tri- 

 angular, not ridged : fore-chest more than twice the length of the 

 crown, concave on the hind border, more convex in front, with a 

 middle ridge : middle-chest with three ridjies, the side pair .slightly 

 undulating, diverging much from the fore border: abdomen obcon- 

 ieal, a little longer than the chest : legs tawny ; fore-wings broad, 

 testaceous, colourless at intervals along the lips ; a colourless dot 

 near the tip of the fore border, and a large oblong colourless spot in 

 the disk touching the fore border ; veins tawny, pale yellow in the 

 colourless part ; longitudinal veins very numerous; cross-veins rather 

 numerous in the disk ; fore border convex, along it a row of parallel 

 oblique cross-veins decreasing in length towards the lip : hind-wings 

 gray. Length of the body '2i lines; of the wings 7j lines. 

 a. East India. 



24. Flatoides minor, Mas. 



Ferrugineus ; vertex carinatus, piceo bhniicidalus ; frontis carina 



f areata ; thorax non cariiiatus ; mesnthoracis disctis pieeus ; 



pedes fulvi ; aim anticm latm, ferruginem ; aim posticm cinerem. 



Body ferruginous : head as broad as the chest ; crown slightly 



depressed, surrounded by a slight rim, having a slight middle ridge 



and on each side a pitchy spot, its length about half its breadth ; 



front broader than long, ronnded and with a slight rim on each side, 



concave where it joins the epistoma, having a slight middle ridge 



which is forked towards the crown ; epistoma lanceolate : fore-chest 



as long as the crown, slightly concave behind, truncate on the fore 



border : disk of the middle-chest pitchy : abdomen obconical, a little 



longer than the chest: appendages very large; upper one with a 



groove, near whose base is a little appendage, curved downward and 



meeting the lower one, the latter is very deep towards the tip : legs 



tawny: fore-wings broad, ferruginous ; veins ferruginous; longitu- 



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