LIST OF HOMOFTEROUS INSECTS. 461 



the inner pair very short, the outer pair slightly curved ; epistoma 

 rather lonjf, slightly convex ; tip of the mouth hrown : fore-chest 

 truncate or angular on each side in front, slightly concave behind, 

 with a ridge in the middle which is not longer than each side : 

 middle- chest with three ridges, more than thrice the length of the 

 fore-chest: abdomen obconical, a little longer than the chest: legs 

 yellow : wings broad : fore-wings pale green, truncated at the tips 

 which form slightly obtuse angles with the hind borders, the latter 

 are tuberculated and slightly dilated towards the base ; longitudinal 

 veins green, not numerous ; cross-veins tawny, rather numerous ; 

 fore border almost straight, along it a row of oblique parallel cross- 

 veins which are shorter and more apart towards the tij) : hind-wings 

 whitish. Length of the body :) lines ; of the wings 1 1 lines. 

 a. New Holland. Presented by the Haslar Hosi)ital. 



49. PCECILOPTKKA COJIPI.ANATA, Fem. 



Flava,robust.a; caput breve ; thorax carinalus ; ahdntnen cristatum ; 

 pedes Jltivi ; tibia tarsiqiie anteriirra fulva ; alie antica virides, 

 apicc rotumlatw el fasco ytUtalce ; alee posticte limpidie. 

 Body yellow, rather short: head short; crown forming with the 

 front one compartment which is short above, has a middle ridge and 

 is bordered by ii rim ; fore part slightly convex, straight on each side, 

 a little rounded towards llic epistoma, broader than long, notchefl 

 where it joins the epistoma which is short and narrow : fore-chest 

 a little longer than the head, with a middle ridge, bordered by a 

 lim, convex in front, concave behind, longer in the middle than on 

 each side : niiddle-ohcst about four times ihe length of the fore- 

 chest, with a middle ridge: iibdomen obconical, crested, a little 

 longer than the chest: legs yellow ; anterior shanks ami feet tawny : 

 wings broad : fore-wings pale green, rounded at the tips, along 

 which arc linear brown dots ; tips of the hind borders rounded ; 

 veins pale green ; longitudinal veins few ; cross-veins numerous, 

 irregular, extending over the whole surface; fore border very con- 

 vex, without a row of j)arallcl cross-veins: hind-wings colourless; 

 veins whitish. Length of the body 3i lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



