LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



34. PtECILOPTEIU COMPLETA, Fem, 



Sublutea ; frons supra bicarinahis, anliee carinattis ; prot/iorax et 

 mesothorax tricarinati ; abdomen apice subretusum ; pedes 

 pallide lutei ; alte anlicas sublutea, apice truncalee, postice 

 subacutce ; aim poslicai albie. 



Body buff: head a little narrower than the chest; crown not 

 visible above ; front short, and with an oblique ridge on each side 

 above; its fore-part flat, rounded on each side, narrower towards the 

 epistoma, slightly ridged, with a rim on each side, straight where it 

 joins the epistoma ; its length exceeding its breadth ; epistoma lan- 

 ceolate : fore-chest concave behind, more convex on the fore border, 

 with three indistinct ridges, the side pair slightly oblique : middle- 

 chest about four times the length of the fore-chest, with three ridges, 

 the side pair slightly oblique : abdomen obconical, a little longer 

 than the chest, slightly curved upward at the tip : legs buff: wings 

 broad : fore-wings buff, truncate at the tips, between which and the 

 hind border the angle is very slightly acute ; veins luteous ; longi- 

 tudinal veins and cross-veins very numerous ; fore border very slightly 

 convex, along it a row of oblique parallel cross-veins : hind-wings 

 milk-white. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 

 a. Java. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



35. Pcecilopteha sinensis, Mas et Fern. 



Lvtea ; subcnmpressa, viridi varia ; caput conicum, subascendens, 

 apice fuscum ; thorax viridi et albo fasciatus ; mesot/ioracis 

 discus luteus ; abdomen crislatum ; pedes virides ; al<e anticoe 

 virides, apice truncatte etfusco guttattc, margine postico tuber- 

 culal<e ; arcolarum disci limpidi ; alw postico; alba. 

 Body pale luteous, tinged with green : head conical, slightly 

 compressed, somewhat ascending, with a brown tip ; crown con- 

 cealed ; front convex, short above, much longer and bordered by a 

 rim on the fore side, l)roader and flat towards "the epistoma, which it 

 joins by a straight suture; epistoma triangular, with oblique darker 

 stripes on each side ; on each side a somewhat oval slightly concave 

 compartment surrounds the eye and the feeler, the bristle of the 

 latter is black at the base : thorax slightly eompressed : fore-chest 

 conical, adorned with an emerald green middle stripe and on each 

 side with green spots, its length on each side not one-fourth of that 

 in the middle : middle-chest almost twice the length of the fore-chest, 

 bright luteous on the disk, with an emerald-green stripe on each 



