LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



each side and beneath, and has a black obtuse tip ; hind part ob- 

 lanceolate, extending far beyond the tip of the abdomen, attenuated 

 towards the tip, which is black and acute ; with nine lidges, one of 

 which on each side disappears towards the tip ; with two black spots 

 on each side and a large annular black mark nearer the tip : breast 

 yellow ; disk mostly black : abdomen black, fermginous at the tip 

 beneath : legs tawny : wings colourless ; fore-wings striped witli 

 black, tiiwny and punctured at the base and along part of the fore- 

 border. Length of the body 6i lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 

 a, b. Columbia. From M. Jurgens' collection. 

 c. Columbia. From Mr. Turner's collection. 



13. POLYGI.VPTA BREVIVITTA, MaS. 



Ferrtiginea, perangusta, lanceolata ,• caput flavum ; jmithoraxfiavo 

 et piceo maculalits ; cornu stibtus nigi-um fiavo trivittalum ; 

 ■pedes ferruginci ,- al(e anticai subcincreie, nigra vitlata:, basi et 

 ad costam ferrugineie. 



Body lanceolate, ferruginous, long and narrow, in general 

 structure like that of P. .itraminea, thinly clothed with white hairs ; 

 head yellow, shining, almost triangular, slightly irilobed, broader 

 than long, much narrower than the fore-chest ; middle furrow in- 

 distinct ; disks of hind-lobes slightly impressed ; fore-lobe with a 

 ferruginous furrow along each side of its convex disk : fore-chest 

 adorned with alternate, irregular, yellow and pitchy marks, roughly 

 punctured between the ridges ; horn black beneath, with three yel- 

 low stripes extending from the base along part of tlie length : legs 

 pale ferruginous : fore-wings slightly tinged with gray, striped with 

 black, ferruginous and punctured at the base and along part of the 

 fore border. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 

 a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



14. POI.YGLYPIA IJJTERRUPTA, MaS. 



Nigra, perangtista, lanceolata ; caput flavum, nigra varium ; pra- 

 tlwraxflavo carinatus et bimaculatus ; pectus flnvo varium ; 

 pedes fulvi ; aim limpidcc ; alee anticce nigra vittattc, basi 

 fulvtE. 



Body black, lanceolate, long and narrow, in general structure 

 like P. straminea : head yellow, triangular, hardly broader than 

 long ; disks of hind-lobes mostly black : ridges of the horn yellow 



