4j8 list of HOMOPTEBOrS INSECTS. 



teiior shanks and feet ferruginous : wings broad : fore-wings grass- 

 green with luteous borders, slightly rounded at the tips, along whieh 

 there is a row of short brown streaks ; veins white ; longitudinal 

 veins ramified, not numerous; cross-veins very numerous, irregular; 

 fore border very convex ; no cross-veins along it : hind-wings whitish 

 veins pale greeu. Length of the body 3^ lines ; of the wings 1 1 

 lines. 

 a. New Orleans. From M. Salle's collection. 



44. PUSCILOPTERA PBASINARIA, MaS. 



Viridis ; caput breve, subconicum ; abdomen albn-viride ; pedes 

 mridi-Jlavi ; aim antica albn-virides, apice rotundalce, margine 

 postico sublubereulatte ; aire pusiiccc alb(C. 

 Body pale green : head short, slightly conical in front ; crown 

 extremely short; front forming above an ascending cone-, vertical and 

 slightly convex on the fore side, a little broader towards the epistoma, 

 slightly rounded on each side, bordered by a rim, very slightly con- 

 cave where it joins the epistoma, with an indistinct middle ridge 

 extending along the whole length which much exceeds the lireadth; 

 compartment on each side concave, rather small : antenna; thick : 

 fore-chest as long as the head, slightly arched, longer in the middle 

 than on each side : middle-chest full thrice the length of the fore- 

 chest : abdomen obconical, whitish-green, much powdered with white, 

 a little longer than the chest ; appendages large, curved, one of the 

 lower pairs ferruginous : legs pale yellow, tinged with green: wings 

 broad : fore-wings whitish-green, rounded at the tips, dilated and 

 very slightly tuberculate along half the length from the base of the 

 hind border; veins green; longitudinal veins few ; cross-veins irre- 

 gular, very numerous ; fore border extremely convex, along it a row 

 of oblique cross-veins many of which are forked, towards the tip 

 they are shorter and more irregular : hind-wings white ; veins whitish- 

 green. Length of the body 3^ lines ; of the wiugs 10 lines. 

 (I. South Africa. Presented by Dr. A. Smith. 



45. PcECILOPTEllA IIOFIFASCIA. 



Rufa, viridi-viltata ; caput perbruve ; prolhorax viridi-fascialus ; 



mesolhorax carinatus ; pedes virides ; tarsi lutei ; aUe anticce 



luteo-mrides, apice sublrunculw, margine poslieo iuberculata ; 



alee posticte alba. 



Body grass-green : head pale red, very short ; crown very 



slightly convex in front, shorter in the middle than on each side ; 



