(\ £Nr LIST SPECIMENS HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS THE COLLECTION BRITISH MUSEUM. PART IHV^; PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES. LONDON, 1851. LONDON : PRINTED BY EDWARD NEWMAN, 9, DEVONSHIRE ST., BISHOPSGATE. fil^^ INTRODUCTION. The principal object of the present Catalogue has been to give a complete hst of the specimens of Homopterous Insects contained in the collection of the British Museum, indicatuig at the same time the peculiarities of each, as regards variation of cliaracter, locaHty, and the source from whence it has been derived. With this \dew, the different individuals of each species contained in the collection ai'e indicated by the letters «, h, G, &c., foUowing the name of the species and its synonymes, and the description, if it appeared to have been before un- described. This part of the Catalogue of Homopterous Insects has been prepared and the new species described by Mr. Feancis Walkee, so weU Imown for his attention to tins order of Insects. The remaining part is in hand, and wiU follow as soon as it can be completed. JOHN EDWARD GRAY. British Museum, Oct. ^OtK 1851. LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS, Order I. CICADINA. Fam. V. CICADELLINA. Ranatrap, Germ. Mag. Ent. iv. 1. CicadellEe, St. Farg. el Serv. Enc. Meth. x. 602. Cicadellina, Burm. Handh. EnL ii. 103, 5. Planidorsi, Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 553. Tribe 1. L^VIPEDES. I^aevipedes, Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 553. Sub-tribe 1. CEPHALELIDES. Cephalelides, Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 554, 1. Genus 1. CEPHALELUS. Cephalelus, Percheron, Guer. Mag. Zool. ii. 9. Burm. Gen. Rhynch . Tribe 4, Fam. 5. Dorydium, Burm. Handh. Ent. ii. 1, 106. PART III. 2 L 638 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 1. Cephalelus INFUMATUS. Cephalelus infamatus, Perchemn, Gner. Mag. Zool. ii. 9, pi. 48. Burm. Gen. Rhynch. Tribe 4, Fam. 5. Doiydium paradoxum, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 1, 106, 1. S. Africa. 2. Cephalelus Percheronl Cephalelus Percheroni, Guer. Mag. Zool. Hem. 3. Cephalelus maeginatus. Cephalelus marginatus, fVaterhouse, Trans. Ent. Soc. ii. 195. King George's Sound. 4. Cephalelus brunneus. Cephalelus brunneus, Waterhouse, Trans. Ent. Soc. ii. 195. a. Sydney, King George's Sound. Presented by C. Darwin, Esq. Genus 2. DORYDIUM. Dorydium, Burm. Gen. Rhynch. Tribe 4, Fam. 5. Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 1. Dorydium lanceolatum. Dorydium lanceolatum, Burm. Gen. Rhynch. Tribe 4, Fam. 5. Dorydium, Amyot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2me Serie, v. 201, 436. Sicily. Sub-tribe 2. EURYMELIDES. Eurymelides, Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 554, 2. Cercopides, p., St. Farg. et Serv. Enc. Meth. x. 602. Ulopides, p.,>S7. Farg. et Serv. Enc. Meth. x. 602. Genus 1. EURYMELA. Eurymela, Hojf. St. Farg. et Serv. Enc. MSth. 603. Burin. Blanch. Amyot et Serv. LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 639 1. EURYMELA FENESTEATA. Euryraela feuestrata, St. Farg. et Serv. Enc. Meth. Ent. x. 604. Burm. Ent. ii. 1, 108, 1. Gen. Rhynch. Tribe 4, Fam. 5, 2, fig. 1. Blanch. Hut. Nat. Ins.ui. 199. Hem. pi. 15, f. 5. Aniyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. a. New Holland. Presented by the Earl of Derby. b, c. New Holland. Presented by the Entomological Club. d. New Holland. From Mr. Shuckard's collection. e—l. New Holland. 2. EORYMELA RUBROVITTATA. Euryraela nibrovittata, Amyot et Serv. Nat. Hist. Hem. 555,2. a. Swan River. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. b. Moreton Bay. From Capt. Parry's collection, c*. New Holland. From Capt. Parry's collection. (/— /. New Holland. From Mr. Argent's collection. 3. EuRYMELA RUFICOLLIS. Eurymela ruficollis, Burm. Gen. Rhynch. Tribe 4^ Fam. 5, 3. a — c. New Holland. 4. Eurymela ERYTHROcNEMis. Eurymela erythrocnemis, Burm. Gen. Rhynch. Tribe 4, Fam, 5, 4. Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 556, 3, pi. 10, f. 5. a. New Holland. Presented by the Entomological Club. b. New Holland. From Capt. Parry's collection. c. d. New Holland. 5. Eurymela latifascia. Nigra, rufo varia, f route fulro bivittato, femoribus basi rufis, rne- tatarsis* posticis subtns fulvis, alis anticis rufo bifasciatis et ad costam viltatis, alis posticis nigro-fuscis basi rujis. Black: epistoma red, with two large black spots on each side in front; front with conical furrows, adorned on each side with a slen- der, short, oblique, tawny stripe; vertex red along the middle of the * Metatarsui or basal joint of the tarsus. 2l2 640 LIST OF HOMOPTEEOUS INSECTS. hind border : disk of the fore-chest with a short, conical, red stripe, which rests on a red band : hind-chest red : abdomen tinged with lead-colour : legs black ; thighs towards the base and hips red ; hind metatarsi tawny beneath : fore-wings black, with two very broad red bands, which are connected along the fore border ; the tirst con- nected with the base by a stripe along the fore border: hind-wings blackish brown, paler towards the base, which is red. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 13 lines. a. King George's Sound, New Holland. Presented by Captain Gray. 6. EURYMELA BASALIS. Lutea cyaneo varia, capite anlico nigro vittato, abdominis apice nigro, pedibus iiigris, femoribus basi htieis, alts anticis cya- neis basi fulvis cyaneoque ynaculatis, alis posticis piirpureo- fuscis basi limpidis. Luleous : head with a short, black stripe in front: proboscis tawny, with a brown tip ; front of the fore-chest with a broad, dark blue band, which is dilated on each side of the hind border: scutel- lum dark blue: tip of the abdomen black: legs black; thighs towards the base and hips luteous: fore-wings blue, tawny for more than one-third from the base, which has a blue spot on each side : hind-wings purplish brown, colourless towards the base. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 13 lines. a. New Holland. From Mr. Argent's collection. 7. EuRYMELA surrusA. JFerruginea, capite nigro bimaculato^ ihorace nigro trimaculato, abdomine rufo apice nigro, pedibus nigris, femoribus fulvis apice nigris, tibiis posticis basi ferrugineis, alis anticis nigri- cantibus ferrugineo cinctis el ad discum maculatis, alis posti- cis fuse is. Ferruginous : head witli a pair of black spots on each side 1)e- tween the eyes, yellow, with a ferruginous stripe in front: mouth tawny, with a black tip ; scutellum with three triangular black spots along the fore border : abdomen red, with a black lip, and with a black spot at the base of the oviduct: legs black ; hips and thighs tawny; tips of the latter black; hind shanks ferruginous towards the base: fore-wings blackish, with a tawny margin, which is widened on the fore border near the base, and on the hind border in LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 641 the middle; an irregular ferruginous spot in the disk ; under side tinged with blue: hind-wings dark brown. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. a. New South Wales. Presented by James Wilson, Esq. 8. EURYMELA SPECULUM. Nigro-anea, capite antico Jlavo-bivittato, metathorace abdomineque rujis, hnjus aplce pedibusque nigris^ femoribus basi rujis, femoribus posticis rujis apice nigris, metatarsis posticis fulvis apice nigris, alis anticis albo-bimaculatis. This species may have been described as E. fenestrata, from which it differs in several characters. iEueous-black : head yellow along each side in front: mouth yellow, with a black tip: hind- chest and abdomen bright red ; tip of the latter black: legs black ; thighs towards the base and hips red; hind thighs red, with black tips; hind metatarsi tawny, with black tips: fore-wings with two white spots ; the first very large, formed of two united spots, and extending nearly across the wing; the second large, almost round near the tip of the fore border. Length of the body 5 — 7 lines ; of the wings 13 — 14 lines. In E. fenestraia the hind-chest, abdomen, and the fore-wings along the fore border, are tawny. «. New Holland. Presented by the Haslar Hospital. b,c. New Holland. Presented by Lieut. Smith. (/, e. New Holland. Presented by J. G. Children, Esq. /. Van Diemeij's Laud. Presented by the Rev. Auirustus Beaufort. g. Van Diemen's Land. Presented by R. Butler, Esq. h. Van Diemen's Land. From Dr. Hooker's collection. i. Moreton Bay. From Capt. Parry's collection. j. New Holland. From Mr. Gould's collection. k. New Holland. From Mr. Argent's collection. I. New Holland. 9. EuRYMELA DISCIFERA. Nigra luteo varia, metathorace piceo, abdomine vittis duabus ven- treque Jlavis, femoribus Jlavis apice nigris, metatarsis posticis albis apice nigris, alis anticis nigro-ceneis albo bifasciatis, alis posticis nigrO'Cyaneis vel nigro-purpureis. Head luteous, yellow in front, with a large bhsck spot on each side between the eyes ; these spots are quadrate at the base, obliquely •2l3 t>42 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. truncate on the inner side of the fore part, connected by a slender black band, from whence an interrupted black stripe proceeds to ihi mouth: fore-chest black, with a large luteous spot on each side in front ; hind border dingy white : scutcheon luteous ; disk black : hind-chest pitchy : abdomen black, with a broad, short, yellow stripe along each side ; under side yellow, with a black tip : legs black ; hips and thighs yellow ; tips of the latter black ; hind meta- tarsi white, with black li})s : fore-wings brassy-black, with two white bands ; first band beyond one-third of the length of the wing, shortened, more or less interrupted, emitting a more or less distinct stripe towards the base ; second band near the tip, slightly curved inward, broadest on the fore border: hind-wings bluish or purplish black. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 9 lines. a. Moreton Bay. From Capt. Parry's collection. b. New Holland. 10. EURYMELA TERMINALIS. Ferrughiea, cajnte Jiavo himaculato ^ scutello piceo, abdomine rvfo apice nigra J pedibus nigris, femonbus fuhis, alls anticis fuscis albo bifasciatis. Ferruginous: head yellow on each side in front, adorned be- tween the eyes with an irregular black band, from whence a black stripe proceeds to the mouth: scutcheon piceous, ferruginous at the tip and along the border on each side : abdomen red, with a black tip: legs black; hips and thighs tawny; tips of the latter black : fore-wings brown, with two white bands ; first band at one-third of the length of the wing, slightly oblique, emitting three tawny stripes to the base, the middle one, in some cases, very broad ; second band beyond two-thirds of the length of the wing, broadest on the fore border ; hind borders tawny : hind-wings bluish brown. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 10 lines. Var. /3. No black band between the eyes. a — d. Adelaide. Presented by the Entomological Club. II. EuRYMELA LIVIDA. T^Hgra fulvo varia, abdominis apice ventreque rujis^ tibiis posticis basi femoribusque rujis, metatarsis posticis basi albis, alis an- ticis fuscis apice albo fas ciatis. - Head tawny, with a large, irregular, black spot on each side between the eyes ; between the fore part of these spots a black LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 643 Stripe extends to the mouth, and has some small black spots on each side of it : fore-chest black, with a tawny border, and with three short tawny stripes, of which ihe side pair are slightly oblique : scutcheon black, with a tawny border: abdomen black, red towards the base and beneath ; legs black ; thighs pale red ; tips of anterior thighs black : hind-shanks pale red at the base ; hind metatarsi white towards the base : fore-wings brown, lawny on the disk towards the base, which is black ; a while band near the tip widens towards the fore border: hind-wings blackish. Length of the body 3f lines ; of the wings 9 lines. a. Port Stephen, New Holland. Presented by the Earl of Derby. 12. EURYMELA SEMIIASCIA. Nigro-cenea^ pectore rufo, abdomine pedibusque nigris,femoribus basi rujis, metatarsis posticis basi albis, alia anticis rufo cinctis albo bifascialis. Brassy-black : mouth tawny, with a black tip : breast mostly red : abdomen black : oviduct red: legs black; thighs towards the base and hips red; hind metatarsi white towards the base: fore- wings bordered with red, having two slender, imperfect, whitish bands ; one near the base, the other near the tip : hind-wings blackish. Length of the body 3^ lines ; of ihe wings 7^ lines. a. New Holland. Presented by the Entomological Club. b. Van Dieraen's Land. From Dr. Hooker's collection. 13. EuRYMELA DECISA. Nigro-cEnea^rufo viitala, abdomine rufo apice nigro^ pedibus iiigris, tibiis posticis basi femoribusque rujis^ metatarsis posticis basi albis, ulis anticis albo interrupte fasciatis. Brassy-black: head with a red stripe, which is forked in front of the crown ; four tawny stripes on the face ; border whitish : fore- chest with a red stripe; border whitish; scutelliun reddish along the hind border: abdomen bright red, black towards the lip : legs black ; thighs bright red ; tips of anterior thighs black ; hind- shanks red at the base ; hind metatarsi white towards the base : fore-wings with an interrupted while band near each tip: hind- wings blackish. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 10 lines. a. Moreton Bay. From Capt. Parry's collection. 644 LIST or HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 14. EURYMELA VARIA. Nigra albo varia, scutello rufo bimaculato, abdomine albo apice nigro^ metatarsis posticis femoribusque albis, alls anticis albo bifasciads et guttatis. Black : head bordered with while, having on the front two white stripes, which are connected with two large white spots on the epistoma : a white stripe on the fore-chest, which is white along the hind border: scutcheon white on each side, with two reddish spots in the disk : abdomen white, with a black tip : legs black ; hips and thighs white ; tips of the latter black ; knees white ; hind metatarsi while, with black tips ; fore-wings with two white bands; the first imperfect at one-third from the base ; the second beyond two-thirds from the base; two white dots on the hind border between the bands : hind-wings blackish. Var. /3. Head without a white stripe on the front ; the while spots on the epistoma diminished to two white stripes on each side : scutellum black, dingy white along each side towards the tip : disk of tbe back of the abdomen black : white of the legs dingy : fore- wings with irregular bands, which are accompanied by several white dots. Length of the body 3 — 'i\ lines ; of the wings 7 — 8 lines; a. Hobart Town. Presented by the Earl of Derby. &, c. New Holland. Presented by tlie Entomological Club. d. Swan Kiver. From Mr. Turner's collection. e—i. New Holland. 15. EuRYMELA BICINCTA. Eurymela bicincta ? Erichson, Archiv. 1842, i. 285. Nigro-anea, albo varia, metatarsis posticis femoribusque albis, alis anticis albo bifasciatis et uniguttatis. Brassy-black : head bordered with white : abdomen black, white towards the base beneath : legs black ; thighs and hind metatarsi white, with black tips: fore-wings wilh two slender while bands ; the first very slanting ; the second erect ; a white dot on the hind border between the bands ; hind-wings gray. Var. |3. Epistoma with a large white spot on each side: fore- chest and scutellum bordered with white: abdomen dingy-while, with a black tip. Length of the body 2—3 lines : of the wings 6 — 8 lines. LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 645 a. Van Diemen's Land. Presented by the Rev. T. Ewing. 6,c. Van Diemen's Land. Presented by the Rev. T. Augustus Beaufort. d^e. Van Diemen's Land. Presented by the Entomological Club. / — h. Van Diemen's Land. From Dr. Hooker's collection. i. Van Diemen's Land. From Mr. Argent's collection. 16. EURYMELA ATRA. Nigro-csnea, abdomine nigro lato, pedibus piceis, femoribus basi rujis. Brassy-black: mouth red : abdomen black, rather broad : legs pitchy; thighs towards the base and hips red: hind-wings gray, blackish brown along the hind borders. Length of the body 2| — S{ lines; of the wings 6 — 8 lines. a, b. Van Diemen's Land. From Dr. Hooker's collection, c, d. Van Diemen's Land. From Mr. Shuckard's collection. 17. EuRYMELA MARMORATA. Eurymela marmorata, Germar, Burm. Gen. Rhynch. Tribe 4, Fam. 5, 5. a. Van Diemen's Land. Eurymela .^ (Pupa). a. New Holland. From Mr. Argent's collection. Eurymela .? (Pupa). a. Adelaide. Presented by the Entomological Club. Genus 2. UROPHORA. Urophora, G. R. Gray, Griff. Ed. Anim. Kingd. Hem. 261. 1. Urophora Hardwickii. Urophora Hardwickii, G. R. Gray, Griff. Ed. Anim. Kingd. Hem. 261,pl. 90, f. 3. a—c. Nepaul. 646 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. Genus 3. iETHALTON. iEthalion, Latr. Com. Gen. 263. St. Farg. et Serv. Guer. Blanch. Amijot et Serv. Crochard. Cicada, p., Linn. Deg. Tign. Tettigonia, p., Fahr. Lystra, p., Fahr. -/Ethalia, Germar, Burin. 1. ^THALION RETICULAIUM. -Ethalion reticulatum, Latr. St. Farg. et Serv. Enc. Meth. x. 765, 1. Blanch. Hist. Nat. Ins. iii. 199, 1. Hem. pi. 15, f. 4. Guer. Icon. Reg. Anim. Ins. pi. 5, 9, f. 6. Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 557, I. Crochard, Ed. Reg. Anim. pi. 98, f. 6. Cicada reticulata, Linn. Si/st. Nat. ii. 707, 18. Stall, Cic. pi. 14, f. 74. Deg. Ins. iii. 227, 24, pi. 33, f. 15, 16. Tign. Hist. Nat. Ins. iv. 144. Tettigonia reticulata, Fab. Sgst. Rhyn. 41, 42. Tettigonia minuta, Fah. Ent. Syst. iv. 26, 37. Lystra reticulata, Fab. Syst. Rhyn. 60, 16. ^thalia reticulata, Germ. Mag. Ent. iv. 95, 1. Burm. Handh. Ent. ii. 1, 108, 1. .^talion reticulatum, Humboldt, Recueil, 378, pi. 23, f. 12, 13. a. Brazil. Presented by John Miers, Esq. b. Columbia. From Mr. Turner's collection. c — g. Brazil. 2. ^Ethalion punctatum. Testaceum nigro varium, abdomine supra nigro fasciis apiceque viridibus, pedibus nigro fasciatis, alis anticis albidis basiful- vis nigro-punctatis. Testaceous: head notched on the middle of the crown, concave, and with two black bands in front : tip of the mouth black : fore- chest dotted with large black punctures ; two short black stripes on each side in front: scutcheon with a black stripe, which is forked towards the tip : abdomen black above, green towards the tip and on the hind-borders of the segments : le>»:s adorned with irregular black bands or spots, clothed with short pale hairs: fore-wings LIST OF HOMOPTEROCS INSECTS. 647 whitish, tawny, with black punctures at the base; veins green or tawny, more or less marked with black, marginal areolets numerous, irregular in number and form: hind-wings white; veins black. Length of the body 6+ lines ; of the wings 14 lines, a, b. Columbia. From Mr. Turner's collection. 3. iETHALION PULCHRUM. ^thalion pulchrura. White, MSS. Testaceum nit^ro variiim, pedibus nifo-vittatis, alis anticis albidis, nifo mncitlatis, basi nigro variis. Testaceous : head notched in the middle of the crown, concave and with two black bands in front: tip of the mouth black: fore- chest dotted with large black punctures ; two short black stripes on each side in front : scutcheon black at the base and with a black stripe which is forked towards the tip : abdomen with black punc- tures, blackish towards the base : legs streaked and spotted with black, clothed with short white hairs , fore-wings whitish, testaceous with black punctures at the base, slightly streaked with black near the base and along the hind border, with a gray spot in the disk ; veins white, black towards the tips and along the fore border ; disks of the areolets red : hind-wings white ; veins black. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. a. Columbia. From M. Jurgens' collection. 4. jEthalion basale. Testacenm nigro varium, thoracis disco abdominisque segmentorum marginibus posticis riifis, alis anticis luridis albido fasciatis basi rufis nigroque vittatis. Testaceous : head slightly concave on the crown and in front, where there are four black dots in two lines : tip of the mouth black : chest very minutely punctured ; disk red with the exception of a middle stripe ; shield with two short oblique black stripes in front ; scutcheon with a black stripe along the furrow on each side : hind-chest black : abdomen punctured ; hind borders of the seg- ments red : legs not hairy; thighs streaked with black ; shanks and feet with black bands : fore-wings lurid, whitish towards the base, where they are red with a black stripe; veins red for near half the length from the base, tawny and bordered with brown from thence to the tips : hind-wings pale lurid ; veins darker, partly black. 648 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. Var. 3- Head with four black spots along the crown, and with a short black band which incloses the eyelets; two black spots on the face: scutcheon black at the base: abdomen yellow. Length of the body 5 — 5i lines; of the wings 12 lines. a, h. Columbia. From Mr. Turner's collection. 5. iETHALION APICALE. Flavum niyro et ferrugineo variiim, ahdomine luteo 7iigro-varium, pedibus iuteis nigra variis, alls anlicis ferrugineis nigro semi- cinctis. Yellow : head with three black bands; the fore one short, half- elliptical ; a black spot on the face and a black band on the epi- stoma : tip of the mouth black: chest black, minutely and thickly punctured, with a while border, and with a slight white dorsal keel which has a broad ferruginous stripe on each side ; scutcheon with a luteous stripe which is forked towards the fore border : abdomen luteous, marked with black at the base and at the tip, and Avith a black dorsal stripe : legs luteous with black bands ; anterior femora with black stripes ; hiud femora black, with luteous tips : fore-wings ferruginous, black along the hind borders and at the tips, and with a black stripe in the disk near the base; veins whitish : hind-wings gray, blackish-brown at the base ; veins black. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 11 lines. a. ? From Mr. Shuckard's collection. 6. ^THALION FISSUM. Tesiaceum, nigro varimn, abdomine ferrugineo^ pedibus Iuteis nigra maculatis, alis anticis luridis basi testaceis. Testaceous : head with four black spots in a line on the crown deeply notched on the fore border ; front with two black spots ad- joining the crown, and with a black band across the eyelets ; a black spot on the face and two black spots on the epistoma : tip of the mouth black: chest thickly and very minutely punctured; shield with two short black stripes on each side in front, and with a slight dorsal keel ; scutcheon mostly black at the base and on each side, reddish at the tip: abdomen ferruginous: legs luteous, adorned with black spots and bands; fore-wings pale lurid, testaceous and punctured at the base ; veins yellow, much varied with black : hind- wings gray ; veins black, pale towards the base. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. Var. /3. Fore- wings colourless. a, b. Columbia. From Mr. Turner's collection, c. Columbia. From M. Jurgens' collection. LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 649 7. JEthalion bivittatum. Testareum nigra varium, abdomen luteum, femora nigro vittata, tibice tarsique nigro fasciata , ala- anticce luridce apice nigri- cantes. Testaceous : head with two black bands in front : tip of the mouth black : chest thickly and very minutely punctured ; shield with two short black stripes on each side in front, and with two pa- rallel pale ferruginous stripes in the disk ; two short black stripes on the scutcheon : abdomen luteous : thighs streaked with black ; shanks and feet with black bands: fore-wings pale lurid, blackish along the tips ; veins white : hind-wings slightly gray ; veins yel- low. Length of the body 2^ — 4 lines ; of the wings 6 — 8 lines. Var. j3. Abdomen testaceous : lips of the fore-wings not blackish. a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. b. Venezuela. From Mr. Stevens' collection. c. Columbia. From Mr. Pamplin's collection. 8. ^thalion latipes. Ferrugineum, thoracis discus, abdomen femoraque testacea, tibice latcB compresscB nigro varice, alee snb-limpid(£ basi tesiacece. Pale ferruginous, clothed with gilded down : head impressed on the fore border, yellow beneath : mouth yellow, with a piceous tip : chest beset with tubercles ; middle ridge slight ; disk of the shield mostly testaceous : abdomen testaceous ; thighs testaceous ; tibiae widened, compressed, marked with black: fore-wings almost colourless, testaceous towards the base ; veins testaceous : hind- wings colourless ; veins black. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. This species recedes very much from the type in structure, and may be considered as forming a new genus. a. Columbia. From Mr. Jurgens' collection. jEthalion — ■- ? (Pupa). a. Columbia. From Mr. Turner's collection. •2'M 650 LIST or IIOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. ^THALION ? (Pupa). a, Columbia. From Mr. Turner's collection. Sub-tribe 3. ULOPIDES. Uiopides, Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 557, 3. Ulopides, p., St. Farg. et Serv. Enc. Meth. x. 602. Genus 1. ULOPA. TJlopa, Fallen. Germ. Burm. St. Farg. et Serv. Amyot et Serv. Cereopis, p., Germ. 1. Ulopa obtecta. Ulopa obtecta, Fall. Man. Cic. Suec. Germ. Mag. Ent. iv. 55, 1. Burm. Handh. Ent. ii. 1, 106, 1. Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 558. Crochard, Ed. Reg. An. pi. 99, f. 2. Cevcopis Ericae, Germ. Faun. Ins. iii, pi. 24. Ulopa ericetorum, St. Farg..et Serv. Enc. MSth. x. 765, 1. Ulopa, Amyot, Ann. Sac. Ent. Fr. 2me Serie, v. 195, 429. a. Enarland. Presented by F. Walker, Esq. b — ''. England. / — /. Soutb of France. m. Sweden. 2. Ulopa trivia. Ulopa trivia, Gei-m. Mag. Ent. iv. 56, 4. Fairm. Ins. iv. pi. 21. Epitaenia? Amyot, Ann. Sac. Ent. Fr.2me Serie, v. 195, 430. a. South of France. 3. Ulopa grisea. Ulopa grisea, MSS., B. M. Testacea, pedibus fulvis. Testaceous: legs tawny. Length of the body 1 line; of the wings 2i lines. a. South of France. LIST OF HOMOPTEKOUS INSECTS. 651 4. Ulopa decussata. Ulopa decussata, Germ. Mag. Ent. iv. 55, 2. Germany. 5. Ulopa lugens. Ulopa lugens, Germ. Mag. Ent. iv. 56, 3. Germany. Sub-tribe 4. CERCOPIDES. Cercopides, vdinyoi et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 558, 4. Cercopides, p., St. Farg. et Serv. Enc. Meth. x. 602. Genus I. CERCOPIS. 1. Cehcopis tricolor. Cercopis tricolor, St. Farg. et Serv. Enc. Meth. x. 604, 6, 1. Buryn. Handb. Ent. ii. 1, 124, 1. a. Java. b. Java. 2. Cercopis costalis. Ferriiginea vel testacea, pectus venterque nigra, femora picea, alee anticm nigrce basi et ad costam ferrnginece apice luridce. Ferruginous : mouth piceous : scutellum black, furrowed across: breast black: abdomen dark testaceous, black beneath, ex- cepting the middle: legs ferruginous J thighs piceous : fore-wings black, ferruginous at the base and along the fore border ; tips lurid : hind-wings dark brown, lurid at the base. Length of the body 10 lines ; of the wings 22 lines. Var. ^. Head and chest testaceous. a, b. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 3. Cercopis Proserpina. Cercopis Proserpina, White, Ann. Nat. Hist. xv. 35. a. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 2m2 652 LIST OF HOMOPTEBOUS INSECTS. 4. Cercopis Theora. Cercopis Theora, White, Ann. Nat. Hist. xv. 35. a, h. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Ciiraing's collection. c. Corea. Presented by Capt. Sir E. Belcher. 5. Cercopis Charon. Cercopis Charon, White, Ann. Nat. Hist. xv. 35. a, h. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 6. Cercopis perspicillaris. Cercopis perspicillaris, White, Ann. Nat. Hist. xv. 35. a,b. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 7. Cercopis xanthome l^na. Cercopis xanthomelaena, White, Ann. Nat. Hist. xv. 35. C. spectabilis, Var. ? a, h. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 8. Cercopis spectabilis. Cercopis spectabilis, Burm. Nov. Act. Phys. Med. Nat. Cur. xvi. Suppl.mA,^\. 41, f. 8. Manilla. 9. Cercopis mactans. Cercopis mactans. White, Ann. Nat. Hist. xv. 36. a,b. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's collection. LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 653 10. Cercopis plana. Nigra, caput et thorax rufa, alee anticcB ad costam rufa., basi nonnunquam plus minusve ferruginea . Black : head and chest red : mouth red, with a black tip : fore-wings red along the fore border : hind-wings dark gray. Length of the body 5 — 6 lines ; of the wings 13 — 14 lines. Var. (3. Fore-wings ferruginous for one-third from the base. Var. y. Fore-wings ferruginous for one-half from the base. Var. h. Fore-wings ferruginous for two-thirds from the base. a. Java. Presented by the Entomological Club. 6, c. Java. Presented by J. G. Children, Esq. J, e. Java. From the East India Company's collection. / — h. Java. From Mr. Melly's collection. i — /. Java. From Mr. Argent's collection. 11. Cercopis nigripennis. Cercopis nigripennis, Fahr. Syst. Rhyn. 90, 8. a — d. China. Presented by G. T. Lay, Esq. e. Java. From Mr. Argent's collection. /. North Lidia. From Mr. Warwick's collection. g. Silhet. From Mr. Sowerby's collection. h. ? 12. Cercopis fuscipennis. Cercopis fuscipennis, St. Farg. et Serv. Enc. Meth. x. 605, 6. Java. 13. Cercopis Urvillei. Cercopis Urvillei, St. Farg. et Serv. Enc. Meth. x. 605, 3. Guer. Icon. Reg. An. Ins. pi. 59, f. 8. Texte, 368. Oflfak. 14. Cercopis bivittata. Cercopis bivittata, St. Farg. et Serv. Enc. Meth. x. 605, 4. Java. 2 m3 654 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 15. Cercopis guttata. Cercopis guttata, St. Farg. et Serv. Enc. Meth. x. 605, 7. Java. 16. Cercopis flavifascia. Nigra, nitens ; alee anticce virides, fiavo-alho hifasciata. Black, shining: oviduct piceous : fore-wings metallic green, with two yellowish white bands ; one before one-third of the length of the wing, broader than the second, which is before two-thirds of the length. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 19 lines. a. Java. From Mr. Argent's collection. 17. Cercopis heros. Cercopis heros, Fahr. Syst. Rhyn. 89, 3. o, h. China. Presented by G. T. Lay, Esq. c, d. Hong Kong. Presented by J. Bowring, Esq. 18. Cercopis abdominalis. Cercopis abdominalis, M^/S., B.M. Nigra, nitens; scutellnm abdomen et pedes rufa; tibice anteriores tarsique nigra, aire anticce rufo fasciatte, basi rufce. Nearly allied to C. heros, but distinguished by the greater breadth and brighter colour of the bands of the fore-wings, and by the darker colour of the hind-wings, and the greater proportion of red in them. Black, shining: mouth, scutcheon, abdomen, and legs red : feet, anterior shanks and tips of hind-shanks black : fore- wings red for one-fourth of the length from the base, with a broad, slightly undulating red band at two-thirds of the length : hind- wings gray, red at the base and along part of the fore border. Length of the body 5^— 6 lines; of the wings 14 — 15 lines. a — e. China. Presented by G. T. Lav, Esq. /• ? 19. Cercopis viridans. Cercopis viridans, Guer. Voy. Belanger, Ind. Orient. Java. LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 655 20. Cercopis latissima. Nigra, nitens, lata ; pedes abdominisque apex riifa, al(e anticoe virides basi dilatata;. Black, shining : shield very broad : mouth, legs and tips of the abdomen red : fore-wings metallic green, convex along the fore border, which is much dilated towards the base : hind-wings brown ; veins black. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 22 Hues. a. Java. From Mr. Argent's collection. 21. Cercopis signifera. Flava ; caput fiisco cinctum ; acutellum nigro bivittatum ; abdo- men pur pureum, basi et subtus Jiavuin ; femora fusco vittata ; alcB anticcB fusca;, basi Jiavce fusco maculata, apice rufo ocel- latce. Yellow: head encircled with a broad brown band; a brown spot on the epistoma : mouth tawny, with a black tip : shield with two very broad black stripes, which are angular on the outer sides, and occupy there the whole breadth on tlie hind part, but are con- tracted in front: abdomen purple ; tip and under side yellow, the former partly ferruginous : legs yellow, partly tawny ; thighs streaked with brown ; tips of the shanks and of the tarsi brown : fore-wings brown, yellow, with three large brown spots towards the base, with three red semicircles in the disk towards the lip, which is bordered with red ; two of the semicircles united : hind-wings pale brown ; veins brown. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 20 lines. a. - ? Presented by J. G. Children, Esq. b. Silhet. From Mr. Argents collection. 22. Cercopis ducens. Nigra, nitens, lata ; abdomen purpureum ; pedes picei ; ala an- tic(B nigro-fusccB, fasciis duabus angustis undatis rufis or- natce. Black, shining: shield broad: mouth and legs pitchy: abdo- men purple : fore-wings blackish brown, with two red, narrow, slightly undulating bands, one near the base, the other at two-thirds 656 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. of the len,2:th: liind-wings dark brown; veins black. Length of the body 7^ lines; of the wings 19 lines. a. Silhet. From Mr. Argent's collection. b. Silhet. From Mr. Sowerby's collection. 23. Cercopis octopunctata. Cercopis octopunctata, Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 559, 2, pi. 10, f 6. Java. 24. Cercopis bispecularis. Cercopis bispecularis. White, MSS. Rufa, nitens, lata, nigra quadrimaculaia ; pectus nigrum; abdo- men suhtus nigro fasciatum ; alee anticce nigra univittatce et bifasciatce, apice fusca. Red, shining : shield broad, mostly occupied by two very large, nearly oval, black spots, in front of which are two small, nearly round black spots : breast black : hind-chest mostly black : under- side of abdomen with two black bands: fore-wings with a short black stripe at the base, near which three united black spots form a curved band across the wing ; another baud is formed in the middle by three separate black spots ; tips brown: hind-wings gray, brown- ish along the hind borders and at the tips, red at the base. Length of the body 5 — 5^ lines ; of the wings 12 — 13 lines. a, b. North India. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 25. Cercopis bimacula. Rufa; thorax nigro unifasciatus et bi macula t us ; ales anticce nigra rufa bifasciatce basi rufce; alee posticte subcinerece basi rufce apice fusc(B. Bright red, shining : shield adorned in front with a broad, short black band, whose hind border is concave, and in the disk with two large black spots : fore-wings black, red at the base, and with two irregular, slightly curved red bands ; second band adjoin- ing the reticulated part : hind-wings pale gray, red at the base, brown at the lips and along the hind borders. Length of the body 5\ lines; of the wings 14 lines. a. Hong Kong. Presented by J. Bowring, Esq. b—y. ? LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 657 26. Cercopis pallida. Testacea ; caput nigrum ; abdomen fuscum, hasi et apice testaceum ; alcB antic(B lurid(£, apice fusccB. Testaceous: head black, transversely striated, very convex in front : mouth testaceous : abdomen brown, testaceous at the base and at the tip : tips of the feet brown : fore-wings lurid, brown to- wards the tips: hind-wings gray; veins brown. Length of the body 5 — 6 lines ; of the wings 14 — 16 lines. a. India. From Mr, Stevens* collection. h. ? 27. Cercopis submaculata. Ritfa ; scutelium piceum, utrinque rnfum ; femora posteriora hasi picea ; alee anticce 6- vel S-maculata, apice luridce. Pale red, shining: shield very minutely punctured; middle ridge very slight ; scutcheon pitchy, striated across, red on each side : posterior femora piceous towards the base : fore-wings with six or eight pale brown spots in the disks, lurid towards the tips : hind-wings almost colourless, reddish at the base ; veins pale red. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. a. Java. From Mr. Melly's collection. 28. Cercopis semicincta. Rufa; caput et prothorax rufa; abdomen subtus maculis ni- g.ris hivittatum ; alee anticce nigru 7-maculatce, apice fusac nigro marginatce. Red, shining: head and chest black: head pitchy or ferrugi- nous beneath : scutcheon and hind-chest red : abdomen with a row of black spots along each side beneath : membranous part of the fore-wings red, very minutely punctured, occupying two-thirds of the length, adorned with nine black spots ; reticulated part bordered with black, forming numerous areolets which are brown with pale borders; veins red; hind-wings pale brown ; veins darker. Length of the body 5^ lines ; of the wings 13 lines. a, h. Java. From the East India Company's collection. ^58 list of homopterous insects. 29. Cercopis inclusa. Ferruginea vel testacea; scutellum nigrum; ahdomen purpureum ; pedes nigri ; tibia et femora antica ferrughwa ; alee anticcB fuscce^ fiilvu vel rufo bivittaice et unifasciatcB, apice et ad costam nigrcB; alee posticts rufce, apice et margine postico fuSC(B. Bright testaceous, shining : mouth pitchy : shield with two black punctures on each impression in front ; middle ridge very slight: scutcheon black: abdomen purple : legs black ; shanks and fore-thighs ferruginous : fore-wings brown, black along the fore bor- ders and towards the tips ; two tawny stripes along the borders from the base to one-third of the length, where they are connected by a tawny band : hind-wings bright red, brown along the hind borders and towards the tips ; veins black. Length of the body 6 — 7 lines; of the wings 16 — 18 lines. Var. j8. Stripes and bands of the fore-wings red. a — c. Ceylon. From Capt. Parry's collection. 30. Cercopis dorsalis. Picea ; tibice tarsique ferruginea ; alee antica rufa, nigro 8- maculatce^ apice nigrce. Piceous, shining : shield very minutely punctured, impressed on each side in front: shanks and feet ferruginous: fore-wings red, black on the reticulated part ; membranous part adorned with eight large, partly confluent, black spots : hind-wings brown ; veins black. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wdngs 12 lines. a. North India. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 31. Cercopis dorsimacula. Rufa vel testacea; thorax nigro quadrimaculatus ; pectus et venter nigra; abdomen maculis nigris bivittatum; alee antica nigro 7-maculata apice lurida. Bright red, shining : head with a short transverse streak along each side of the hind border: shield with two very large black spots on each side of the disk, and with two smaller spots in front : breast and hind-chest black : abdomen black towards the base ; a row of black spots along each side ; under side black, excepting the LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 659 hiod borders of the segments : fore-vviugs red : membranous part adorned with seven black spots, six of which are huge, and more or less confluent, and form two curved bands ; reticulated part lurid: hind-wings lurid, red at the base ; veins brown, red towards the base. Length of the body 6 — 6^ lines ; of the wings 17 — 19 lines. Var. /3. Abdominal segments with black bands. Var. y. Body and fore-wings testaceous, with the usual spots. a. North Bengal. From Miss Campbeirs collection. h—h. ? 32. Ceecopis septempl'nctata. Rufa; pectus et abdomen nigra; alee anticcc niyro 7-maculata;, apice luridce. Red, shining : tip of the mouth black : shield with two black punctures in the impression on each side of the front: breast and abdomen black : tip of the abdomen red : tips of the feet black : fore-wings with seven large black spots on the membranous part ; a few black dots adjoining the reticulated part, which is lurid : hind- wings gray, brown towards the tips and along the hind borders. Length of the body 5^ — 7 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. Var. B. Shield testaceous : abdomen red. 33. Cercopis UN data. Nigra; thorax rufo vel testaceo fasciatus ; ahdomen cyaneum ; alee anticce rufo bifasciatcs basi rufce. Black, shining: shield with a broad red band, which is widened on each side : abdomen blue : membranous part of the fore-wings red at the base, and with two interrupted red bands in the disk ; first band slightly curved ; second band formed of three large spots, the middle one advancing into the reticulated part : hind-wings pale gray, brownish at the tips and along the hind border ; veins black, red at the base. Length of the body 5 — 6 lines ; of the wings 14 — 16 lines. Var. i3. First band of the fore-wings uninterrupted ; two spots of the second band confluent. Var. y. Band of the shield testaceous : first band of the fore- wings uninterrupted. 660 LIST or HGMOPTEROUS INSECTS. Var, 8. Band of the shield testaceous, very broad : abdomen dark testaceous : bands of the wings uninterrupted. a, b. Silhet. From Mr. Stainforth's collection. , 34. Cercopis trigona. NigrO'Cyanea ; scutellum rufo marqmatum ; abdomen rufum, pi- ceo trifasciatum, subtiis nigrum ; pedes ruji ; alee anticce nigro-fusc(E, basi fasciisgue duabus connexis rujis. Bluish black, shinins:: scutcheon red on each side and at the tip : abdomen bright red ; three short pitchy bands on the disk : under side black, with a red tip : legs red : fore-wings brownish black, red at the base, and with two red bands ; first band connected with the red at the base in the disk and along the hind border, and including with a nearly triangular brown part; second band con- nected with the first near the hind border. Length of the body 5 — 6 lines; of the wings 14 — 15 lines. a. North India. From Mr. Warwick's collection. b-d. ? 35. Cercopis ferruginea.. Ferruginea; caput nigrum, ; scutellum fulvum ; abdomen piceum ; alcB anticcB fulvo fasciatce, basi fuhce, apice picece ; aim pos- ticcB cinerecE. Pale ferruginous, shining : head black : chest very minutely punctured ; shield with two black punctures in the impression on each side of the front; borders pitchy: scutcheon tawny: abdo- men pitchy, ferruginous at the base : ieet black towards the tips : fore-wings narrow, tawny at the base, pitchy at the tips ; a tawny band adjoining the reticulated part: hind-wings gray; veins black, tawny a the base and along part of the fore border. Length of the body 5i lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 36. Cercopis fulvicollis. Testacea; scutum jiavo marginatum ; pectus et scutellum picea ; abdomen purpureum ; pedes picei ; tibice rufm ; alee anticce nigrcB ; alee posticce cinerece. Testaceous, shining : chest very minutely punctured ; shield with two black punctures in the impression on each side of the front ; LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 661 border yellow; breast and scutcheon pitchy : abdomen purple: legs pitchy; thighs ferruginous towards the tips; shanks red : fore-wings black : hind-wings dark gray ; veins black. Length of the body 4 — 5 lines ; of the wings 12 — 13 lines. a, h. Java. From Mr, Argent's collection. 30. Cercopis concolor. Picea, subius ferruginea ; abdomen rufum, maculis piceis biiitta- tum ; femora postica rufa ; aUe antic(£ ferrugin£cB nigra ma- culatcE ; aUe postica cinerece. Pitchy, shining : head beneath and breast ferruginous : abdo- men red, with a row of pitchy spots along each side : hind-thighs and tips of fore-thighs red ; hind-shanks and hind-feet red towards the base : fore-wings ferruginous, with several indistinct black spots; reticulated part brown: hind-wings gray. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. a, b. Java. From the East India Company's collection, c, d. Java. From Mr. Argent's collection. 37. Cercopis cyaneiventris. Nigra , subtus ferruginea ; scutellum picenm ; abdomen cyaneum ; pedes ferruginei ; alee anticie nigro-fusca; apice luridcB ; alee posticcc cinerece^ bant apiceque fusca. Black, ferruginous beneath : shield broad, clothed with short pale hairs, hardly impressed in front; scutcheon pitchy: abdomen blue: legs ferruginous: fore-wings blackish brown, lurid towards the tips where the veins are, red: hind-wings gray, brownish at the base, at the tips, and along the hind border; veins black, tawny at the base. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 13 lines. a. Java. From Mr. Argent's collection. 38. Cercopis 4-maculata. Lurida ; thorax nigra unifasciatus et bimaculatus ; pectus nigrum ; abdominis segmenta subtus nigra interrupte fasciata ; alee anticce nigra 7-maculat(B ; alee postica basi rufescentes. Lurid, shining : shield adorned on the impressions in front with a short, broad, black band, whose hind border is very concave ; PART III. 2 N 662 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. two very large black spots on the disk behind it : breast black : un- der side of the abdomen with an interrupted black band on each segment: fore-wings adorned with seven black spots; six of these are large and mostly confluent, and form two slightly curved bands : the seventh is close to the reticulated part: hind-wings reddish at the base ; veins brown, tawny at the base. Length of the body 7 lines : of the wines 17 lines. 39. Cercopis dorsivitta. Nigra; caput rufum; thorax rufo trivittata ; abdomen supra pur- pureurn^ apice et utrinque rufum ; alee anticce nigro.fusccp, rufo 8-maciilat(e, apice luridce ; ahc posticm siibfuscce, basi rufcB. Black, slightly shining : head red, shining, almost smooth, black along the hind border : shield rugulose, slightly impressed on each side in front, with three broad red stripes, which are shortened behind: abdomen purple above, red at the tip and along each side ; fore-wings blackish brown, adorned with eight large red spots, three on the fore border, three on the hind border, one on the disk, and one near the tip, partly in the reticulated part, which is lurid, and occu- pies about one-fourth of the leno^th of the wing: hind-wings pale brown, bright red at the base. Length of the body 8| lines ; ul' the wings 21 lines. n, h. North India. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 40. Cercopis humeralis. Nigra; caput rufum, nigro variiim ; thorax rufo trivittatus ; alee anticce rufo 7-maculatce, apice lurida ; alee posticie subfusae. Black, shining: head red, black on each side in front and along the hind border: shield with three red stripes, the side pair oblique, and extending along each side from the fore border to the base of each fore-wing : fore-wings convex along the fore borders, adorned with seven red spots, three on the fore border, three on the hind border, and one in the disk near the tip ; the first on the hind border forms a short stripe, and the second a short hand : tips lurid : hind-wings pale brown. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 1 8 lines. a. Silhet. From Mr. Slainforlh's collection. LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 6(33 41. Cercopis dorsimacula. Nigra ; caput supra luteum ; thorax rufo quadrimacnlatwn, luteo hivittatum ; abdomen supra purpureum ; alee anticce picea', rufo S-maculatce, apice luridcc ; alee posticcc ftisccE, bad rufcc. Black, dull : head liiteous, black beneath : chest minutely rii- gulose; shield with a red spot on each side of the disk, and with a luteous stripe along each side from the fore border to the base of the fore-wing; scutcheon impressed on the disk, with a red spot on each side of the base : abdomen purple and shining al)o\ e : fore-wings pitchy, convex along the fore border, adorned with eight red spots, three on the fore border, one on the hind border at the liase, and four on the disk, one of them very near the hind border ; bor- der of the tip lurid: hind-wings brown, red at the base: veins black. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 18 lines. a. Malabar. From Mr. Walker's collection. 42. Cercopis conxexa. Lurida ; scutum fulvo marginatum ; scutellum rufum ; pectus ni- grum ; abdomen et pedes rufa ; alee anticce fusco-rufce^ nigro 7-macidat(S, apice fuse ce ; alee postico' cinerea. Lurid, shining: shield broad, with a tawny border, very mi- nutely punctured, with a slight impression on each side in front ; scutcheon small, red, concave towards the base ; breast black : ab- domen and legs red : membranous part of the fore-wings red, tinged with brown, adorned with seven black spots, which form two interrupted curved bands ; reticulated part brown : veins red : hind- w'ings gray ; veins brown. Length of the body 4^ — 5 lines ; of the wings 12 — 13 lines. a—c. ■ ■? 43. Cercopis eulva. Fuiva ; scutellum apice et utrinque rufum, abdomen rufum ; seg- menta subtus nigro fasciata ; pedes rufi ; alee anticce rufes- centes yii^ro 7-maculut(e, apice lurid ce ; alee posticce cinerece, basi rufcc. Tawny, shining: mouth red : chest very minutely punctured ; shield harJly impressed in front; middle ridge indistinct ; scutcheon red on each side and at the lip : al)domen red ; a black band 2n-2 664 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. on each segment beneath : legs red : memhrauous part of the fore- wings reddish, adorned with seven black spots, which form two in- terrupted slightly curved bands ; a few black marks on the disks of some of the areolets of the reticulated part, which is lurid ; veins red : hind-wings gray, red at the base ; veins brown, red towards the base. Length of the body 4— 5^ lines; of the wings 11 — 13 lines. 44. Cercopis proxima. Picea ; caputs scutelhim, pectus, abdomen et pedes ferruginea ; alee anticcB ferruginea, apice fuscce ; alee posticce cinerece. Body pitchy, shining- head ferruginous; front very convex, transversely furrowed, not keeled : chest thinly and very minutely punctured ; scutcheon and breast ferruginous : abdomen pale ferru- ginous : legs ferruginous : fore-wings pale ferruginous, very mi- nutely punctured ; reticulated part brown : hind-wings gray ; veins browii, tawny at the base. Length of the body 4^ lines ; of the wings II lines. a. Java. From the East India Company's collection. 45. Cercopis costalis. Nigra ; caput et thorax luteo fasciata ; pectus Jlavo viaculatuvi ; abdomen purpureum, subtus Jlavum macuiis nigris trivitta- tum ; pedes fulvi ; femora et tibia antica fusca ; femora subtus fiava; alee anticce fuscce rufo bifasciatcs et univit- tatcB, flavo univittatiB. Black : head shining ; front adorned with a semicircular lu- leous band, which is prolonged in a conical form to the face ; the latter is smooth, very convex, with slight transverse furrows, not keeled, yellow along each side : mouth yellow, with a pitchy tip: chest dull, very thickly punctured; fore-chest with a luteous band along the fore border, and extending on each side to the base of the fore-wing ; hind border slightly concave : scutcheon lurid on each side; breast with large yellow marks along each side: abdomen purple, black, with yellow bands at the tip ; under side yellow, with three rows of transverse black spots; the side rows on the rim, which is very broad: legs tawny; thighs and fore-shanks brown; thighs yellow beneath : fore-wings dark brown, with two narrow pale red bands, one at one-third, the other at two-thirds of the length ; a yellow stripe extending along the fore border from the base to the LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 665 first band, where it acquires a tawny hue, and extends round the tip to the second band ; a pale red stripe extending' along the hind bor- der from the base nearly to the first band: hind-wings pale brown, almost colourless in part of the disk, luteous at the base ; veins black. Length of the body 5^ lines ; of the wings 7 lines. a. Malabar. Presented by the Entomological Club. 46. Cercopis hilaris. Nigra ; caput et thorax luteo fasciata ; pectm flavum, nigra ma- culatum, ejus discus niger ; abdomen purpureum^ suhius jia- vum maculis nigris trivittutum ; pedes fulvi ; tarsi fusci ; al(C anticce fuscce Jlavo bifusciatce el univittat. 47. Cercopis.'* STELLAT A. Cercopis stellata, Guer. Icon. Reg. Anim. Texle, 368. Malacca. •2 N 3 666 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. Genus 2. TOMASPIS. Cercopis, Germar^ St. Farg. et Sptv., Burm., Blanch. Tomaspis, Amijot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 560, 456. 1. Tomaspis FURCATA. Cercopis furcata, Germ. Mag. Ent. iv. 39, 2. Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 124,2. Blanch. Hist. Nat Ins. iii. 187, 3. Hem. pi. 14, f. 2. Cercopis collaris, St. Farg. et Serv. Enc. Meth. x. 605, 2. Tomaspis furcata, Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 560, 1 . a. Brazil. Presented by John Miers, Esq. h. Brazil. From Mr. Stevens' collection. c — h. Brazil. 2. Tomaspis nigricans. Tomaspis nigricans, Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 560, 2. a. Brazil. Presented by J..G. Children, Esq. 3. Tomaspis apicalis. Cercopis apicalis, St. Farg. et Serv. Enc. Meth. x. 605, 5. Cayenne. 4. Tomaspis coccinea. Cercopis coccinea, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. 48, 4. Syst. Rhyn. 93, 21. West Indies. 5. Tomaspis quadrifasciata. Cercopis quadrifasciata, St. Farg. et Serv. Enc. Meth. x. 605, 8. Brazil. LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 667 6. TOMASPIS DIVISA. Rufa; thoracis discus, pectus, abdomen et pedes nigra ; alec an - ticcB nigro-fuscce, basi ruffe. Pale red : head convex, but not angular in front ; a slio-ht rido-e alonjy each side of the middle one ; transverse furrows very shallow : mouih and antennte black, the former red at the base •. disk of the chest black, excepting the slight middle ridge, which is red: breast, abdomen, and legs black : fore-wings blackish brown, pale red at the base, and for a short space thence along the fore border: hind-wings gray, brown at the tips and along the hind bor- der ; veins black, red at the base. Length of the body 5^ lines : of the wings 14 lines. a. Brazil. Presented by the Entomological Club. Genus 3. RHINAULAX. Rhinaulax, Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 560, 457. 1. Rhinaulax analis. Cercopis analis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. 49, 7. Syst. Rhyn. 93, 23. Rhinaulax maculipennis, Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 561, 1. a~h. South Africa. Presented by Dr. A. Smith. i,j. South Africa. From Mr. Argent's collection. k,l. ? Var. j3. Fore-wings dingy yellow instead of red. m. South Africa. Presented by Dr. A. Smith. n, 0. Cape. Genus 4. TRIECPHORA. Triecphora, Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 561, 458. Cicada, im^?., Scop., Geoffr., Panz. Cercopis, Fabr., Germ., Burm., Curt., Ramb., Blanch., Guer., Fieb. Tettigonia, Tign. 668 LIST OF HOMOPTEBOUS INSECTS. 1. Teiecphora. sanguinolenta. Cercopis sanguinolenta, Burm. Handh. Ent. ii. 1, 125, 7. Dum. Com. Gen. Ins. 219, pi. 38, f. 6. Crochard, Ed. Reg. An. pi. 99, f. 1. Var, 1. nigra, Amyot, Ann. Sac. Ent. Fr. 2me Serie^ v. \Sb. Cercopis atra, Herrich-Schaff. Nom. Ent. i. 66. Var. a. Bimn. Cicada sanguinolenta, Limi. S>/st. Nat. i. 2, 708,22. Tettigonia sanguinolenta, Oliv. Enc. Melh. pi. 114, f. 1. Cercopis sanguinolenta, Fahr. Ent. Syst. iv. 49, 6. Syst. Rhyn. 92, 20. Germ. May. Ent. iv. 44, 13, f. 4, 20. Faun. Ins. iv. pi. 20. Curt. Brit. Ent. 461,1. Tign. Hist. Nat. Ins. iv. 1 5 1 , pi. 6, f. 1. Buf. Rech. Hem. 99, 1. Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 561. Fieb. Ent. Monogr. 7, 4,*9, pi. 1, f. 8—10. Herrich-SchcEJf. Nom. Ent. i. 66. Triecphora, Amyot., Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2me Serie, v. 185, 414. Var. b. Burm. Cicada sanguinolenta. Scop. Faun. Cam. ii. 112, 330. Cercopis maciala. Germ. Mag. Ent. iv. 44, 14. Germ. Faun. Ins. xiv. pi. 11. Her rich- Schceff. Nom. Ent. i. 66. Fieb. Ent. Monogr. 7, 2, Epiemata, Amyot., Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2me Serie, v. 186, 415. Var. c. Burm. Cicada sanguinolenta, Panz. Faun. Germ. 33, 12. Naturf. d, pi. 2, f. 1, 2. Fuesl. Helvet. 24, 456. Tign. Ins. 151, pi. 6, f. 1. Geoff. Ins. i. 4 1 8, pi. 8, f. 6. Stoll, Cic. 34, pi. 5, f. 27. Cercopis vulner.ita, Rossi. Illig. Germ. Mag. Ent. iv. 45, 15. Curt. Brit. Ent. 461, 2. 'Her rich- Schceff. Nom. Ent. i. 66. Fieb. Ent. IFnogr. 7, 1. Blanch. Hist. Nat. Ins. 188, 8, pi. 14, f. 4. Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Ins. 562. a, b. England. c, d. ? Presented by J. G. Children, Esq. e. France. Presented by M. Goureau. /, g. South of France. h — 0. France. p, q. Spain. Presented bj Capt. Parry. r—t. Turkey. LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 669 2. Triecphoka dorsata. Cercopis dorsata, Ahrens, Faun. Ins. i. pi. 21. Germ. Mag. Ent. iv. 43, 11. Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. I, 125,5. Trispilaenia, Amyot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2me Serie, v. 187, 418. France, Germany. 3. Triecphoka arcuata. Cercopis arcuata, Fieber, Ent. Monogr. 7, 3. Bohemia. 4. Triecphoka 5-maculata. Cercopis 5-maculata, Hojfm., Germ. Mag. Ent. iv. 43, 12. Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 125, 6. Sassarus, Amyot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2me Serie, v. 187,417. a — c. Turkey-in-Asia. From Mr. Loftus' collection. 5. Triecphoka numida. Cercopis numida, Guer. Icon. Reg. Anim. Te.xte, 369. Constantina. 6. Triecphora plagiata. Cercopis plagiata, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 125, 4. Brazil. 7. Triecphora coccinea. Cercopis coccinea, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. 48, 4. Syst. Rhyn. 93, 21 . West Indies. 8. Triecphora bicolor. Cercopis bicolor, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. 523, 11. Syst. Rhyn. 93, 26. Cape. 670 list of homopterous insects. 9. Triecphora analis. Cercopis analis, F.ihr. Eat. Si/st. iv. 49, 7. Si/st. Rhyn. 93, 23. Cape. 10. Triecphora basirubra. Nigra; pectus rufo bimacidatum ; femora apice tihiceque basi rufa ; alcB anticce rufo unifusciatcB et bimaculata. Black, pubescent : head transversely farrowed and flattened in front, witli three distinct keels, forming an almost right angle on each side of the side pair: chest minutely and closely punctured: breast with a small red spot near the base of each hip : thighs red towards the tips ; shanks red at the base : fore-wiugs with a small red spot at the base : a larger red spot in the disk, and beyond two- thirds of the length a red band, which does not join the fore border : hind-wings grayish, pale brown at the tips and along the hind bor- ders. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 11. Triecphoea contigua. Nigra ; scutelli latera, abdomen ei pedes rufa ; ala anticcB fuscce, rufo bifasciatcB et univittatce fulvoque univittatce. Black, shining: head and chest finely punctured: epistoma with distinct, parallel, transverse furrows on each side of the keel: mouth red, with a pitchy tip : antenna ferruginous : scutcheon with a bright red rim on each side, tawny at the tip : breast pitchy, partly red : abdomen and legs bright red : fore-wings brown, with two bright red bands ; a tawny stripe diverges from the base of the fore border to the disk, and extends to the first band, and a red stripe extends from the base along the hind border nearly to the first band, which is oblique; second band upright, dividing the net- work of the wing from the membranous part: hind-wings colourless, pale brown along the hind border and at the tips : veins black. Len^^th of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. a. Hondiu-as. From Mr. Dyson's collection. LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 671 12. Triecphoea peopinqua. Nigro-viridis ; pectus riifum, piceo himacidatum ; abdomen ru- fum, apice nigrum; pedes nigri ; alee anticce fused' luteo bifasciatcB, rufo unimaculatce et univittatce. Greenish black, shining : head and chest finely punctured : epistoma with distinct parallel transverse lurrows on each side of the keel : mouth red, with a black tip: antennae black : scutcheon with a red rim on each side, tawny at the tip ; breast red, with a large pitchy spot on each side : abdomen red, with a black tip : legs black: fore-wings dark brown, with two orange bands, with a red spot near the base of the fore border, and with a red stripe extending from the base along the hind border to the first baud, which is oblique; second band upright, dividing the net-work of the wing from the membranous part : hind-wings almost colourless, pale brown at the tips and along the hind border; veins black. Length of the body 2^ lines; of the wings 7 lines. a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's colleclion. 13. Triecphora scita. Nigra ; caput faruvi, nigra maculatum ; thorax flavo fasciatus ; pectus rufo-fulvum ; abdomen flavum rufo marginatum et fasciatum^ apice piceum ; pedes rufi^ tibiis anticis tarsisque nigris ; ake anticte fuscte, flavo unimaculat(e, unifasciatic et wiivittatce. Black, shining : head and chest finely punctured : head yel- low, with a large transverse subquadrate black spot on the front: epistoma with indistinct parallel transverse furrows on each side of the keel, black towards the front: mouth yellow, black towards tlie tip : antennse yellow, black towards the base : a broad yellow band along the fore border of the chest: breast reddish tawny : abdomen yellow, red along each side and along the hind borders of the seg- ments, pitchy towards the tip : legs red ; tarsi, posterior tibiae to- wards the tips, and fore tibite black : fore-wings dark brown, thickly punctured, with a broad short yellow stripe extending from the base along the hind border, with a yellow triangular spot, ex- tending from the fore border to the disk at one-third of the length, and with a broad yellow upright band which divides the reticulations from the membranous part : hind-wings pale brown, almost colour- less beneath the fore border towards the base ; veins black. Length of the body 3^ lines; of the wings 9 lines. a — c. Brazil. Presented by John Miers, Esq. 672 LIST OF HGMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 14. TrIECPHORA BELLA. Nigra; caput subtus et pectus lutea ; thorax luteo bivittatzis; pedes lutei, iibiis tarsisque posticis nigris ; alee anticce apice Jiavo maculata. Deep black : head and chest shag-reened : head beneath and breast orange ; an orange spot on each side of the front ; epistonia with indistinct parallel slightly oblique ridges on each side of the keel: mouth orange with a black tip: antennae black, orange to- wards the base ; third joint emitting a bristle, which is longer and more slender than the fourth joint ; an orange stripe along each side of the chest as far as the base of the fore-wing ; a large pitchy- spot on each side of the hinder part of the breast : abdomen black, shining, broader than the chest ; lower appendage recurved, forked : legs orange ; middle-feet and tips of fore-feet pitchy ; hind-shanks and hind-feet black, hairy, the former orange at the base : fore- wings black, long and narrow, with a large pale yellow transparent spot, occupying almost the whole breadth near each tip : hind-wings almost colourless, broader than the fore-wings, pale brown at the tips and along the hind border ; veins black. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 12 lines. a. Columbia. From Mr. Turner's collection. 15. Teiecphora ferruginea. Testacea ; aim anticcs ferruginea. Male. — Testaceous, shining : head and thorax finely punctured : head above somewhat depressed, with a pitchy spot on each side be- tween the eyelet and the eye ; epistoma semi-transparent, with a broad flat conical front, on each side of which are slightly curved parallel transverse ridges : antenna black : chest with a pale pitchy- spot on each side n^ar the fore border ; scutcheon with a broad rim on each side : two lower appendages of the abdomen long, slender, slightly curved upward, furnished each with a long setiform process, which forms nearly a right angle with the first joint, between these are two short slightly curved processes ; upper appendages short : tips of the feet pitchy: fore-wings ferruginous, with an irregular pale band near the base : hind-wings pale gray, with a slight brown tinge along the hind borders and at the tips ; veins black. Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 8 lines. a. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's collection. h. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Wood's collection. LIST or HOMOPTEEOUS INSECTS. 673 16. Triecphora maculata. Rufa; ales anticcB fusco unifasciatcB et bimaculatce. Bright red: head and chest finely punctured: crown with a longitudinal suture on each side of the disk ; epistoma with a flat linear front, which is conical towards the mouth, the latter has a black tip : feet and tips of shanks black : fore-wings thickly punc- tured, with a broad, dark brown, slightly oblique band across the middle, and with two large dark brown spots, forming an interrupted band near the tip: hind-wings almost colourless; veins black. Length of the body 2 lines ; of the wings 6 lines, a. North West Coast of New Holland. From Mr. Dring's collec- tion. 17. Triecphora afra. Nigra ; abdomen et pedes picea ; ala ■posticce fusco-cinerecB. Black: head and chest thickly punctured: crown with two longitudinal furrows on the disk ; epistoma in front flat, long spindle- shaped, with a rim on each side ; sides with distinct, parallel, slightly oblique ridges : mouth, abdomen, and legs pitchy : fore-wings thickly punctured: hind-wings brownish gray ; veins black. Length of the body 2| lines ; of the wings 7 lines. a. Cape. Presented by M. Serville. 18. Triecphora inconstans. Nigra; caput, pectus, abdomen et pedes rufa; tarsi nigri; alw anticce rufo unimaculatce et unifasciatce . Black : head and chest thinly and coarsely punctured : head red; crown rather depressed; epistoma with a slightly concave spindle-shaped front, which has indistinct, parallel, slightly slanting, transverse ridges on each side : mouth red, with a black tip : chest along the fore border and scutcheon reddish : breast, abdomen, and legs bright red : feet and tips of shanks black : fore-wings black, thickly punctured, with a red curved band near each tip, and a red spot on the base of the fore border: hind-wings grayish; veins black. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. a. New Holland. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. PART III. 2 O 674 LIST or HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 19. TrIECPHORA ANTICA. Lutea; caput nigrum; pedes fulii; tarsi nigri ; alee anticce testacece. Male. — Luteous, shining : head and chest very finely punc- tured : head black ; face convex, forming, with the epistoma, a right angle, which is slightly concave in the disk ; a row of indistinct transverse parallel ridges on each side : tip of the mouth black : an- tennae black, tawny towards the tips : scutcheon emarginate on each side : abdominal appendages slightly reverted : legs tawny ; tips of anterior shanks and feet black : fore-wings testaceous ; their disks paler: hind-wings slightly tawny; veins tawny. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. a — e. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. Genus 5. MONECPHORA. Cercopis, p., Fahr. St. Farg. et Serv. Monecphora, Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 562, 459. 1. Monecphora cingulata. Cercopis cingulata, *S'^. Farg. et Serv. Enc. Meth. x. 606, 10. Monecphora cingulata, Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 562, I. S. America. 2. Monecphora mutata. Cercopis mutata. Fab. Ent. Syst. iv. 48, 5. Syst. Rhyn. 93, 22. Coqueb. Illustr. i. 33, pi. 8, f. 8. Senegal. 3. Monecphora humeralis. Cercopis humeralis, St. Farg. et Serv. Enc. Meth. x, 606, 11. Brazil. 4. Monecphora lanio. Cercopis lauio, ♦S'^ Farg. et Serv. Enc. Meth. x. 606, 12. Brazil. LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 675 5. MONECPHOBA InCA. Cercopis Inca, Guer. Icon. Reg. Anim. Texte, 368. a. Mexico. 6. MONECPHOEA MACULATA. Cercopis maculata, Fabr. Eat. Syst. iv. 48, 3. Syst. Rhyn. 91, 12. a, h. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan, c — e. ? 7, MONECPHORA AREATA. Cercopis areata, Germ. Rufa, subtus nigra ; caput nigra fasciatum ; fades rufo vittata ; tliorax niger, rufo fascialus et marginatus ; femora nigra^ apicerufa; ala antica bast lutece ; alee posticce cinerea, fusco marginatcB. Red, covered with tawny down, black beneath : head adorned between the eyes with a broad bhick band, which is convex in front : face very convex and prominent, with a keel, which is red along half its length, and has eight slight furrows on each side : mouth with a red band and a red tip : chest black, with a red baud, and on the fore-part with a red border : legs red ; thighs black, with red tips : fore-wings bright red, orange towards the base, with the exception of the fore-border: hind-wings gray, brown at the base, at the tips, and along the hind border; veins black, red towards the base. Length of the body 4^ lines ; of the wings 10 lines. a. Cape. From M. Drege's collection. h. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzins' collection. 8. MoNECPHORA ARITHMETICA. Cercopis arithmetica. Germ. Rufa, siibtus nigra; caput nigro fasciatum ; fades rufo vittata; thorax niger, rufo vittatus et semimarginatus ; pedes nigri ; tibicB rufcE; alcB anticce nigro quinquemaculatce ; alee pos- ticcB stibhiridcB, basi apiceque fuscce. Bright red, covered with tawny down, black beneath : head adorned between the eyes with a broad black band, which is convex 2o2 676 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. in front; face very convex and prominent, with a keel, which is red along half the length, and has about twelve slight furrows on each side : chest black, with a broad red band, which is widened at each end, and occupies the sides of the fore part: segments of the abdo- men with broad black bands ; tip testaceous: legs black; shanks red : fore-wings with five black spots ; two on the disk near the base ; three near the tips, one on the fore border, another on the hind bor- der, the third on the disk: hind-wings slightly lurid, brown towards the base and at the lips : veins tawny. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 11 lines. fl, h. South Africa. Presented by Dr. A. Smith. c. Natal. From Dr. Krauss' collection. d, e. Cape. From M. Drege's collection. 9. MONECPHORA PH^NICOPTEP.A. Cercopis phaenicoptera, Germ. Nigra ; capitis later a riifa ; fades rufo vittata ; thorax rufo fas- ciatus et semi-maniinatus ; abdominis dorsum rufum ; -pedes rufi ; femora postica nigro fasciata ; alee antica; rufce ; ala- posticcB fuscm. Black : sides of the head red ; face very convex and prominent, with a red keel on each side, on which there are about nine slight furrows ; epistoraa and mouth red: thorax red along the fore border and the hind border, adorned with an irregular intermpted black band ; ab- domen red above: legs red; hind-thighs with black bands : fore- wings bright red : hind- wings brown, paler towards the base ; veins brown, red towards the base. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. a. South Africa. Presented by Dr. A. Smith. J, c. Cape. From M. Drege's collection. 10. MONECPHOIIA FLAMMIGERA. Cercopis rubra? Fab. Sijst. Rhyn. 93, 22. Coqueb. III. Icon. i. 23? pi. 8, f. 8. Rufa ; alcB postica sublimpidce. Bright red, rather narrow : head impressed above ; front shin- ing, very convex; keel and transverse furrows slight: tip of the mouth black: chest roughly punctured, somewhat rugulose: tips of the feet black : hind-wings almost colourless ; veins black. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 12 lines. n _? LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. b77 11. MONECPHOEA. INCAENATA. Sanguinea ; thorax niyro trifasciatus ; pectus, abdomen, femora et tarsi nigra ; alec anlicce nigro varicB. Bright crimsou colour: head above with a black reversed V- shaped furrow; face and epistoma very convex and prominent, forming au almost right angle, black on each side, clothed with short black hairs : mouth and antennae black : chest roughly punc- tured, with three black bands; the first half-interrupted ; the second interrupted; the third entire: breast and abdomen black ; thighs black, with red tips; feet and tips of shanks black: fore-wings with a short angular black stripe in the disk near the base, and with seve- ral black marks near the tips, which are black ; cross-veins very few : hind-wings almost colourless, dark brown about the hind border at the base ; tips brown ; veins tawny, red at the base and along the fore borders, brown at the tips. Length of the body 4Hines ; of the wings 10 lines. a — i. Interior of South Africa. Presented by Dr. A. Smith. 12. MONECPHOEA FLEXUOSA. Viridis ; scutellum, abdomen et pedes rufa; femora nigra vittata ; alee anticce fusccB, rufo bivittatce et unifasciatce. Metallic green, tinged with blue and purple : head and chest shagreened : head almost flat above; face very convex, with a slight keel, on each side of which are parallel slightly oblique ridges : mouth red, with a black tip : antennae black, red at the base : scu- tellum red, emarginate on each side : abdomen red ; appendages black, reverted: legs red; thighs striped with black: fore- wings dark brown, thickly punctured, with two pale red stripes, which pro- ceed from the base to one-third of the length, where they are curved upward ; a pale red waved band at two-thirds of the length: hind- wings pale brown ; veins black, bright red at the base. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 13. MoNECPHORA RADIATA. Nigra ; thorax ferrugineo fasciatus, vittis duabus scutelloque fid- vis ; pedes picei, femoribns subius tibiisque posticis fulvis ; alcE anticcB rufo quinque littatce. Black: head and chest rugulose: head above ferruginous on the disk, tawny along the fore border; face very convex, tawny 2 o3 678 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. along tlie keel, piceous, and with distinct parallel cross ridges on each side : mouth ferruo;iuous, with a black tip : antennae pitchy : fore-chest ferruginous along the fore border, having on each side a tawny stripe, which is dilated in front; tip and scutcheon dull tawny : breast tawny about the hips : legs pitchy ; thighs beneath and hips tawny ; hind-shanks tawny, with pitchy tips : fore-wings thickly punctured, adorned with five pale red stripes, which accom- pany the longitudinal veins and spread over nearly the whole breadth at the base: hind-wings brown ; veins black. Length of the body 4^ lines ; of tlie wings 12 lines. a. Venezuela. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 14. MONECPHORA RUBICUNDA. Fusco-testacea ; caput fusco quadrimaculatum ; scutelhim, abdo- inen et pedes rufa; aloe anticcB fusc(P, hasi rufce rufoque bifas- ciatce. Brownish testaceous, shining: head and fore-chest finely punc- tured: head above depressed, with a brown spot on each side between the eyes, aud two in front of the eyelets; face very convex, clothed with short black hairs ; its keel very slight ; the parallel cross-furrows on each side indistinct; scutcheon and abdomen bright red ; the latter tawny on each side at the tip: legs bright red ; fore-wings brown, bright red at the base, near which the disk is somewhat tawny ; two pale red slightly zigzag bands, one at one- third, the other at two-thirds of the length of the wing: hind-wings slightly gray, pale brown at the tips and along the hind-border Length of the body 3^ — 4 lines; of the wings 10 — 11 lines. a, h. Brazil. Presented by John Miers, Esq. 15. MONECPHOEA CROCEA. Lutea ; abdomen basi, pectus et pedes fulva ; femora antica nigro vittata ; alee anticce fusca fiilvo univittatce luteo bifasciatce. Luteous, shining : head and chest finely punctured : head above concave on each side ; face very convex, slightly compressed, with a row of indistinct parallel slightly oblique cross ridges on each side of the keel : tip of the mouth black : abdomen at the base, breast, and legs tawny ; fore-thighs striped with bhick ; tips of the tarsi black : fore-wings brown, with two broad luteous bands, whose edges are whitish ; a short tawny stripe along the fore border from LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 679 the base : hind-wings almost colourless ; veins tawny. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 16. MONECPHORA BIFASCIA. Nigra; scutellum apice fulvum ; pectus, abdomen et pedes rufa ; alee anticce fuscce, hasi fasciuque duabus rufis. Black : head and chest finely punctured : head reddish about the border and beneath; face convex; keel prominent; ridges on each side distinct, parallel, oblique : mouth reddish, with a black tip : tip of the scutcheon tawny: breast, abdomen, and legs red; feet black towards the tii)S : fore-wings brown, red at the base, adorned with two narrow pale red bands, one at one-third, the other at two- thirds of the len<>th: hind-wings pale brown; veins black, red at the base. Length of the body 3— 3^ lines ; of the wings 8 — 9 lines. 17. MoNECPHORA VIRIDESCENS. Viridis ; abdomen apice rufum; pedes rufi ; femora nigra; ala anticcE nigro-virides, Jlavo bivittake et unifasciatcB. Metallic green : head and chest very thickly punctured : head above depressed on each side ; face very convex, with a slight ridge, on each side of which are parallel rather indistinct slightly oblique ridges: mouth red; antennae black: abdomen at the tip and legs red ; thighs Idack : fore-wings blackish-green, with two short curved yellow stripes, which proceed from the base, and terminate l^efore half the length, the inner one extends to the fore border; a slender slightly waved yellow band extends across the wing at two-thirds of the length : hind-wings grayisii ; veins black. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 10 lines. a. S. America. Presented, by E. Dotibleday, Esq. 18. MoNECPHORA SEMIFASCIA. Nigra ; scutellum et abdomen rufa, hoc siibtus nigrum ; femora postica apice tibiceque posticce basi rufa ; alee anticcB rufo bi- maculatce et wiifasciatce. Black : head and chest shagreened, dull: head above depressed on each side ; face very convex, its keel prominent, with distinct 680 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. slightly oblique ridges on each side : mouth and scutcheon red : ab- domen red, black beneath, except the tip: lips of hind-thighs and hind-shanks at the base red : fore-wings with an interrupted red stripe at one-third, and two red spots at two-thirds of the length, one on the fore border, the other on the hind border: hind-wings almost colourless, brown at the tips and along the hind borders. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 19. MONECPHOEA. ANGUSTA, MSS. Nigra ; abdomen apice rufum ; pedes rufi, tibiis aniicis femoribus- que nigro vittatis, tarsis nigris ; alee anticce basi ritfescentes, luteo bifasciatce. Black, shining : head and chest finely punctured : head above depressed on each side ; face very convex ; keel reddish, very slight ; ridges on each side rather indistinct: mouth red, with a black tip: breast about the hips and tip of the abdomen red: legs red ; thighs and fore-shanks striped with black ; feet black : fore-wings black, reddish at the base of the fore border, adorned with two slender luteous bands, one at one-third, the other at two-thirds of the length : hind-wings gray; veins black. Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 7^ lines. a. Georgia. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 20. MONECPHORA SANGUINIPES. Cercopis sanguinipes, Germar. Nigra; abdomen piceum, basi apiceque rufum ; pedes ruji; femora piceo varia; alcB anticcs fusccB. Black : head and chest shagreened, dull : head above depressed : face convex, very prominent; keel and cross ridges slight : mouth red, with a black tip : abdomen pitchy, red at the base and at the tip : legs red; thighs partly pitchy: fore-wings dark brown ; cross-veins very few, occupying only the tips of the wings : hind-wings grayish, brown at the base. Length of the body 2^ lines; of the wings 6 lines. a. Cape. From M. Drege's collection. LIST OF HOMOPTEEOUS INSECTS. 681 21. MONECPHORA VITTA.TA. Picea,ferrugineo varia ; pectus testaceum ; abdomen ferrugineuin ; pedes iestacei ; tarsi nigri ; alec anticce Jlavce, angustce, fusco guadrivitlatcB, apice fusco maculata. Pitchy, partly ferruginous : head and chest almost flat, very finely punctured : face prominent, very convex; keel slight; cross ridges oblique, rather indistinct : mouth testaceous, with a black tip: anteniiE black; fourth joint tawny : breast testaceous: abdo- men ferruginous : legs testaceous ; feet and tips of anterior shanks black ; hind feet testaceous at the base: fore-wings yellow, long and narrow, with four irregular, partly united brown stripes : a row of angular brown spots along each tip : hind-wings almost colourless, pale brown at the tips and along the hind borders. Length of the body 3^ lines ; of the wings 9 lines. a. South America. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 22. MoNECPHORA ORNATA. Fusca ; caput subtus et pectus lutea, hoc nigro maculatum ; thorax flavo bifasciaius ; abdomen rufum, subtus luteum ; pedes lutei, ta7-sis nigris ; alee anticce flavo trimaculatce. Brown : head and chest slightly shining, very finely punctured : head luteous beneath ; face very convex ; no keel, but a smooth, flat stripe between the ridges, which are oblique and indistinct: mouth luteous, w'ith a pitchy band and tip : antennae black ; fourth joint tawny, accompanied by a shorter bristle : two broad, bright yellow bands on the chest, one along the fore border, the other near the tip : breast luteous, with a very large transverse subquadrate black spot: abdomen red, luteous beneath : legs luteous; knees, feet, and tips of shanks black : fore-wings adorned with three pale yellow spots ; one at the base, nearly round ; second long, extending in a slightly obli(iue direction from the fore border to beyond the mid- dle ; third almost roimd, on the fore border near the tip : hind- wings nearly colourless ; flaps pale brown ; veins brown. Length of the body 3^ lines ; of the wings 10 lines. a. Brazil. 682 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 23. MONECPHORA ALBOATEA. Nigra; abdomen piceum, basi testaceum ; alee anticce albo bifas- ciatce. Black, shining: head and fore-chest rugulose : head flat; face slightly convex, not keeled, but quite smooth along a broad space in front; ridges on each side very oblique and indistinct: mouth pitchy, black towards the tip : abdomen pitchy, testaceous at the base: fore-wings adorned with two slender, zigzag, slightly curved white bands, which are interrupted in the middle : hind-wings gray, brown at the tips and along the hind borders ; veins black. Length of the body 3h lines ; of the wings 9 lines. a. Columbia. From Mr. Turner's collection. 24. MoNECPHORA TRI MACULA. Picea; metathorax et pectus fulva; abdomen rufo fasciatum ; pedes fulvi ; alee anticcB fuscce, albo trimaculatcB. Pitchy, shining: head and chest thinly and finely punctured : disk of the head above much depressed ; face very convex, very hairy, not keeled; cross ridges on each side slightly oblique, rather indistinct : mouth and antennae tawny : chest very convex, with a slight cross furrow near the fore border, and with a very indistinct keel along the back : hind-chest and breast tawny : hind borders of the abdominal segments red : legs tawny : fore-wings brown, darkest along the fore border, with three round white spots ; one at the base ; the second and third in the disk, at one-third and at two- thirds of the length : hind-wings colourless, very slightly clouded along the hind borders ; veins tawny. Length of the body 3^ lines ; of the wings 9 lines. a. East India. 25. MoNECPHORA SOLITA. Viridis ; pectus, abdomen et pedes rufa ; abdominis latera basi fulva; alee anticce fuscce, luteo U7iif as dates, basi rufa. Metallic-green, slightly shining : head and chest very thickly punctured : head above depressed ; face purple, very convex, keeled, with distinct, slightly oblique cross ridges on each side: mouth bright red, with a black tip : antennae black, tawny towards the tips. LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 683 reddish at the base : hind-chest, breast, abdomen and legs bright red; abdomen tawny on each side at the base: fore-wings brown, somewhat paler tovvards the base, which is red, with a slightly oblique, slender, orange band at two-thirds of the length : hind- wings pale brown, almost colourless beneath the fore border, veins brown, bright red at the base. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. a, h. Brazil. Presented by John Miers, Esq. c. Brazil. Presented by J. G. Children, Esq. d—h. Brazil. 26. MONECPHORA BASALIS. Fusca, lata ; pectus, abdomen et pedes riifa ; alee anticcB fuscce, fulvo hifasciatce. Broad, brown, shining: head and chest very thickly punctured : head above depressed on each side ; face very convex, with a very prominent keel ; cross ridges on each side very distinct, slightly oblique; epistoma and mouth red, the former compressed: chest with some depressions on each side near the fore border: breast, hind-chest, abdomen and legs red: fore-wings brown, with two slender tawny bands ; the first at one-third of the length, slightly interrupted; the second at two-thirds of the length, much inter- rupted : hind-wings slightly brown, almost colourless towards the base ; veins brown, red at the base. Length of the body 2^ lines ; of the wings 8 lines. a. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 27. MONECPHORA NEGLECTA. Fusca ; abdomen testaceum ; pedes fulvi. Brown, slightly shining: head above and chest thickly punc- tured, somewhat depressed ; face very convex, hairy ; keel ferrugi- nous ; cross ridges on each side distinct, oblique ; epistoma ferrugi- nous, compressed: mouth black, testaceous tovvards the base : hind- chest and abdomen testaceous : legs dark tawny ; tips of feet black : fore-wings brown : hind-wings almost colourless, pale brown at the tips and along the hind borders; veins brown, red at the base. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 8 lines. o. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 684 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 28. MONECPHORA INCOMPLETA. Fusca ; caput fulvofasciatum ; pectus testaceum, nigra maculatum ; pedes fulvi ; aim anticce fulvo bimaculatce et hivittatce. Pale brown, shining : head and chest thickly punctured: head flat, tawny along the fore border on each side between the eyes and the face ; face very convex, keeled ; cross-ridges on each side dis- tinct, slightly oblique : epistoma and mouth dark tawny : hind- chest and breast pale testaceous, the latter with a large transverse subquadrate black spot : legs dark tawny : fore-wings pale brown ; fore border and hind border pale yellow along two-thirds of the length from the base; a pale yellow spot on each border nearer the tip: hind-wings almost colourless; veins brown. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. a. Para. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 29. MoNECPHORA DEMISSA. Nigro-oenea ; pectus et abdomen testacea^ hoc piceo himaculatum ; pedes nigri ; femora postica testacea; aim anticce fuscce^ fulvo guadrimaculatcB. ^Eneous-black, slightly shining: head and chest thickly punc- tured: head above depressed on each side; face brown, convex ; keel prominent ; cross-ridges on each side distinct, hardly oblique : mouth tawny with a pitchy tip : chest almost flat : hind-chest, breast and abdomen testaceous ; breast with a large piceous spot on each side : legs black ; hind thighs testaceous ; hind-shanks and hind- feet ferruginous towards the base: fore-wings brown, with three tawny spots at one-third of the length, forming an interrupted band, the two hinder spots small ; a tawny spot on the fore border at two- thirds of the length : hind-wings almost colourless, pale brown at the tips and along the hind borders ; veins brown, tawny at the base. Length of the body 2^ lines ; of the wings 8 lines. a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 685 32. MONECPHORA ERYTHEOSTENA. Ferruginea ; pectus rufum, nigro fasciatum ; abdomen rufum subtus nigrum ; pedes rufi, tibiis anterioribus tarsisque nigris ; alee anticce nigrcB, ad costam basi rufce. Ferruginous, shining: head and chest punctured : head ahove depressed on each side ; face smooth, convex, very prominent ; no keel ; ridges on each side almost obsolete ; fore part forming a con- cave conical compartment : mouth red with a black tip : breast red, with a black band : abdomen red, black beneath excepting the tip : legs red; feet and anterior shanks black ; tips of hind shanks black ; hind-feet red at the base : fore-wings black, red along the fore border near the base : hind-wings grayish ; veins black. Length of the body 2^ lines; of the wings 6 lines. a. Cape. From M. Drege's collection. 33. MoNECPHORA? COLON. Cercopis colon, Hoff. Germ. Mag. Ent. iv. 429. Brazil. 34. MoNECPHORA .'* PETRIFICATA. Cercopis petrificata, Germ. Mag. EntAv. 45, 16. Brazil. 35. MoNECPHORA? TEREEA. Cercopis terrea, Germ. Mag. Ent. iv. 46, 17. Brazil. 36. MoNECPHORA ? LINEOLA. Cercopis lineola, Fabr. Syst. Rhyn. 94, 33. Germ. Mag. Ent. iv. 41,6. PART. III. 2 P 686 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. Genus 5. SPHENORHINA. Sphenorhina, Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 562, 464. Cicada, p., Linn., Deg. Cercopis, p., Fabr., Germ., St. Farg. et Serv., Burin., Blanch., Guer. 1. Sphenorhina lineolata. Sphenorhina lineolata, Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 563, 1, pi. 10, f. 7. S. America ? 2. Sphenorhina marginata. Cercopis marginata, Fahr. Ent. Syst. iv. 48, 2. Syst. Rhyn. 90, 10. a. Brazil. 3. Sphenorhina rueivaria. Nigra, rufo viltata et marginata ; abdominis dorsum rufum ; pedes ruji, femoribus basi tarsisque nigris ; alee anticce fusccB, rufo bivittatce, nigra semi-mar ginatce. Black, shining : crown of the head with a bright red stripe ex- tending to the face, which is bright red, and has on each side a pitchy disk, with about twelve oblique furrows : feelers pale towards the tips : middle stripe and border of the chest bri^^ht red : disk of the back of the abdomen dark red : legs red ; thighs towards the base and at the tips, hips, feet, and tips of shanks black : fore- wings brown, narrow, black along the borders from the middle to the tips ; the black is accompanied by a red stripe, which, towards the base, occupies the fore border, and diverges thereunto from the hind border: hind-wings brown ; veins black. Length of the body 5 — 6 lines ; of tbe wings 16 — 18 lines. a, b. Brazil. 4. Sphenorhina compressa. Cercopis compressa, St. Farg.et Serv. Enc. Meth. x. 606, 9. Sloll, Cic.pl. 21, f. 112. a. Brazil. Presented by J. G. Children, Esq. 6, c. Brazil. LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 087 5. SpHENORHINA LITURITA? Cercopis liturata? St. Farg. et Serv. Enc. Meth. x. 606, 9. ^nea ; caput anticum, pectus, abdomen et pedes nigra; pectus rufo maculatum ; alee anticce rufo triiittat(c. Brassy, lliiclcly punctured : head black in front ; keel very pro- minent, and forming- in front an almost right angle, with transverse furrows on each side ; mouth red at the base: breast and abdomen black, the former red about the hips: oviduct red: legs black; knees and trochanters red : fore-wings black, very thickly and mi- nutely punctured, covered with gilded down, adorned with three red stripes ; first near the fore border, joining the second near the tip of the wing ; second and third accompanying the longitudinal veins : second with a short fork near the base : hind-wings brown ; veins black. Length of the body 5^ lines ; of the wings 15 lines. a. Brazil. 6. Sphenoehina venosa. Nigra ; scutelli latera et metathorax picea ; abdomen basi rufescens ; al(2 anticcs nigro-picece rufo-venosce. Black, almost dull : head shining, keeled and very angular in front, with transverse furrows : fore-chest very thickly punctured : hind-chest and sides of the scutcheon pitchy: abdomen reddish at the base, somewhat dilated on each side : fore-wings piceous black, red alonw- the veins which are also red : hind-wings dark brown ; veins black. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 15 lines. a. ? From Mr. Argent's collection. 7. Sphenorhina elliptica. Nigra, rufo varia ; alee antica rufcs nigro marginatce et bimacu- latcB. Black, shining : head in front bright red and forming an an- gular and very acute keel : hinder sides of the fore-chest, sides and tip of the scutcheon and hind-chest bright red : oviduct and part of the breast red : fore-wings black ; disk and part of the base bright •2P-2 688 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. red, including two large oblong black spots, one elliptical, the other half-elliptical : hind-wings dark brown, with two or three almost colourless streaks in the areolets ; veins black, bright red at the base. Length of the body 5^; lines ; of the wings 1 6 lines. a, b. Venezula. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 8. Sphenorhina circulata. Cercopis circulatus, Guer. Icon. Regn. Anim. Texte, iii. 368. a. Columbia. Presented by A. White, Esq. 9. Sphenorhina latifascia. Nigra ; thorax rufo fasciatus ; scutellum Jiavuin ; ahdomen basi rufescens ; alee anticcB Jlavo bifasciata. Black, shining: front of the head keeled and almost rectan- gular, with transverse furrows on each side ; mouth red at the base : fore-chest with a broad red band along the fore border : scutcheon yellow excepting the base : abdomen at the base and part of the breast reddish : fore-wings with two bright yellow bands ; first broad, near the base ; second at two-thirds of the length, much narrower than the first, tapering towards the hind border : hind-wings dark brown, colourless at the base ; veins black, yellow towards the base. Length of the body 5^ — 6i lines ; of the wings 16 — 17 lines. a, b. Columbia. From Mr. Turner's collection. 10. Sphenorhina rcbra. Cicada rubra, Linn. Si/st. Nat. ii. 711, 45. Deg. Ins. iii. 224, 20, pi. 33, f. 8. Stol'l. Cic. pi. 2, f. 10. Cercopis cruentata. Fab. Ent. Si/st. iv. 49, 10. Sijst. Rhyn. 91, 14. Cercopis rubra. Germ. Mag. Ent. iv. 41, 5, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 1, 125, 3. Blanch. Hist. Nat. Ins. iii. 187, 4. Hem. pi. 14, f. 3. Cercopis tricolor? Guer. Icon. Reg. An. Texte, 368. Sphenorhina rubra, Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 563, 2. a. Lima. Presented by the Entomological Club. 6, c. Brazil. Presented by John Miers, Esq. d. Brazil. Presented by J. G. Children, Esq. e—j. Brazil. LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 689 11. Sphenorhina QUADRIGUTTATA. Picea; abdomen supra rufum ; pedes nigri ; tarsi ruji ; alee an- ticcB luteo himaculatcB. Pitchy, shining': head with transverse furrows and three keels in front : chest finely ru;;ulose, fore-chest slightly impressed on each side in front, with an indistinct middle ridge ; abdomen red ahove : legs black ; knees and feet bright red ; hind-shanks red towards the base : fore-wings adorned with two round luteous spots at two-thirds of the length j one on the fore border, larger than the other, which is near the hind border: hind-wings gray, brown at the tips and along ihe hind borders. Length of the body A^ — 5 lines ; of the wings 14 — 15 lines. a. — Honduras. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 12. Sphenorhina suffusa. Rufa ; pectus piceum ; abdomen subius nigrum ; alee anticce sub- fusca, luteo bimaculatce et univittata. Red, shining : head and chest thickly punctured, slightly shining : head depressed on each side of the middle keel ; face slightly compressed, with a very prominent keel, having on each side distinct, slightly curved ridges : tip of the mouth pitchy : chest with an angular depression on each side near the fore border : breast pitchy: abdomen mostly black beneath: fore-wings pale brown, with a large oblong orange spot on the fore border at the base ; be- neath this and a little further from the base there is an oblique orange mark, and nearer the tip an interrupted orange stripe, which does not reach the hind border: hind-wings lurid; veins brown, bright red at the base. Length of the body 4| lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 13. Sphenorhina notata. Ferruginea ; pectus et abdomen rufa: pedes nigri; femora rufa; tibice posliccB fulvce ; alee anticce subfusccB, rufo trinotata. Ferruginous, shining : head and chest rather roughly punc- tured : head depressed on the disk, pitchy on each side in front ; 2 P 3 690 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. face compressed, red, black towards tlie anlennce, with a very pro- minent keel, which has strongly marked ridges on each side : mouth, hind-chest, breast, and abdomen red : legs black; thighs red ; hind- shanks tawny, with black tips : fore-wings pale brown, with a short red stripe along the hind border from the base ; an oblique red mark extends from the fore border to the disk at one-third of the length, and an upright red band, which is narrowest in the middle traverses the wing at two-thirds of the length : hiud-wings colour- less, pale brown at the tips and along the hind borders ; veins tawny, sed at the base. Length of the "body 4 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. a. ? From Mr. Shuckard's collection. 14. Sphenorhina unifascia. Rufa ; pectus, abdomen et pedes nigra ; j^edes postici ferruginei ; alee antics nigro unifasciatce. Red, shining : head and chest rather roughly punctured : head above depressed on each side of the slight keel ; face much com- pressed, almost rectangular ; keel very thin, with distinct oblique cross-ridges on each side : mouth pitchy : breast, abdomen and legs black; hind legs ferruginous: fore-wings darker towards the tips ; a black band at one-third of the length widening towards the hind border, and extending along the fore border towards the base of the wing : hind-wings slightly gray, pale brown at the tips and along the hind borders ; veins brown, red at the base. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. a. ? From Mr. Argent's collection. 15. Sphenorhina punctigera ? Cercopis punctigera ? Hoffma?isegg, Germ. Mag. Ent, iv. 42, 8. Nigra; caput fulvo maculatiim ; thorax luteo fasciatus. Black, shining : front of the head depressed, with a large transverse subquadrate tawny spot ; face slightly compressed, lute- ous towards the mouth, not angular ; keel distinct, accompanied on each side by a very slight keel, beyond which there are distinct cross-ridges : mouth black, tawny at the base : chest roughly punc- tured, with a slight longitudinal keel ; a luteous band along the LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 691 fore border has a semiquadrate notch on each side : breast pitchy, testaceous about the hips : abdomen red : a broad bright luteous band on each of the fore-thitihs ; middle-thighs tawny with black lips ; hind-thighs pale tawny ; hind- shanks pitchy : fore-wings brown, with a short, sometimes interrupted luteous stripe along the hind border from the base ; opposite this there is a luteous spot on the fore border, and one on the disk beyond ; two more luteous spots at two-thirds of the length, one on the fore border, the other near the hind-border: hind-wings slightly gray, pale brown at the tips and along the hind border ; veins brown, luteous at the base. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the w ings 9 lines. a, h. Para. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 16. Sphenorhina lineata. Testacea ; abdomen riifescens ; pedes lutei ; tarsi nigri ; alee an- ticafuscce, luteo hifasciatce et bivittata, ad costam fulvce . Testaceous, shining: head and chest finely punctured: head above depressed on each side of the slight keel ; face luteous, much compressed, almost rectangular; keel distinct; cross-ridges on each side very strongly marked : mouth pitchy, testaceous at the base : chest slightly impressed on each side in front: abdomen reddish ; appendages tawny : legs luteous ; feet and tips of the shanks black ; hind-feet tawny at the base : fore-wings pale brown ; fore border tawny ; two luteous bauds at the base ; beyond these tw^o luteous stripes extend along the disk to the tips: hind-wings grayish, slightly tinged with brown at the tips and along the hind borders ; veins brown, luteous at the base. Length of the l)ody 2^ lines ; of the wings 8 lines. a. Honduras. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 17. Sphenorhina stellata. Nigra; scutelli latera rufa; abdominis segmentorum margines postici rufescentes ; alee anticce nigro-fusc(B,rufo b-maculatce. Black, shining: head and chest thickly punctured, almost flat, slightly brassy on each side ; head above with a slight brassy keel ; face bluish-black, hardly compressed ; keel brassy ; cross-ridge rather indistinct : feelers fermginous : scutcheon red on each side: abdomen above pitchy ; hind borders of the segments reddish : 692 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. thighs and hind-feet at the hase, knees, and tips of hind-shanks red : fore-wings brownish-black, thickly punctured, covered with gilded down, adorned with five bright red dots ; three towards the base ; two nearer the tips : hind-wings dark brown ; veins black, bright red at the base. Length of the body 4i lines; of the wings 11 lines. a. Para. Presented by Gordon Graham, Esq. 18. Sphenorhina metallica. Viridis ; pectus et abdomen nigra ; pedes picei ; tarsi nigri ; alee anticce viridi-f usees. Metallic-green: head and chest thickly punctured, slightly shining, almost flat: head above depressed on each side of tbe slight keel; face compressed, forming an almost right angle ; keel prominent; cross ridges on each side slight: mouth black, reddish towards the base: antennae black: breast and abdomen black, shining: legs pitchy; feet black: fore-wings dark brown, with a slight green tinge : hind-wings grayish, with a slight brown tinge at the tips and along the hind borders, brown at the base ; veins black, reddish at the base. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. a. ? From Mr. Birch's collection. b. ? 19. Sphenorhina brevis. Rufa ; scutellum apice piceum ; pedes nigri ; tibia anteriores rufce ; alee anticcB macula apiceqiie fuscis. Red, shining : head and chest very thinly punctured, almost smooth: head above slightly concave; face compressed, hardly an- gular, with a black band between the antennas; keel prominent; cross ridges on each side rather indistinct ; tip of tbe mouth black : tip of the scutcheon pitchy: legs black; anterior shanks red, with black tips : fore-wings red with a very large brown discoidal spot which extends to the fore border, and communicates with the brown which occupies the tips, and thence forms a stripe along part of the hind border ; it also accompanies a longitudinal vein to the base of the wing : hind-wings slightly gray ; veins black, red at the base. Length of the body 2 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. a. Brazil. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 693 20. Sphenorhin\? sanguinea. Cercopis sanguinea, Fah. Si/st. Rhipi. ^9^ 4. Germ. Mag. Ent. iv. 41,7. South America. 21. Sphenobhina festa. Cercopis festa, Germ. Mag. Ent. iv. 40, 3. Brazil. 22. Sphenorhina soroeia. Cercopis sororia. Germ. Mag. Ent. iv. 41, 4. Brazil. 23. Sphenorhina melaxopteea. Cercopis melanoptera. Germ. Mag. Ent. iv. 43, 10. Brazil. 24. Sphenoehina h^matina? Cercopis haematina. Germ. Mag. Ent. iv. 39, 1. 25. Sphenoehina ocellata. Rufa vel testacea ; pectus^ abdomen et pedes nigra ; alee longcEy an- gustce ; alee posticcB fusca., hasi rufce. Bright red: head flat above ; front prominent, with three dis- tinct keels, transversely furrowed: mouth black: chest very mi- nutely punctured ; a rim on each side of the scutcheon : breast, abdomen, and legs black: wings rather long and narrow: hind- wings brown, red at the base ; veins black. Length of the body 4^ lines ; of the wings 15 lines. Var. /3. Head and chest testaceous. a. Venezuela. From Mr. Stevens' collection. h ? 694 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. Rufa; abdomen supra nigrum ; pedes nigro fasciati ; tarsi postici alhi ; al(B anticce fulva, macula apicali rufa nigro cir- cumdata. Red, shinino: : head and chest rouj^hly punctured : head above concave ; face extremely compressed, forminir a right angle ; keel very thin ; cross ridges on each side rather indistinct ; epistoma com- pressed: mouth black, red towards the base: antennoe black; fourth joint tawny : chest much depressed on each side in front : abdomen black above, red at the base and at the tip : tips of the thighs, of the shanks and of the feet black ; hind-feet white, with black tips : fore- wings tawny, long and narrow ; near each tip a large round red spot surrounded by a black circle : hind-wings almost colourless, pale brown at the tips and along the hind border ; veins black, yellow at the base. Length of the body 4 — 4^ lines ; of the wings 12 — 13 lines. a. Brazil. Presented by the Entomological Club. b. South America. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 26. Sphenorhina paeallela. Rufa ; pectus nigro fasciatum ; abdomen nigrum ; femora apice, tibice tarsique nigra; alee anticce fusca, rufo trivittatce. Bright red, shining: head and chest very finely punctured ; head above depressed ; face much compressed, forming a right angle, having a flat black lanceolate compartment between the an- tennae; keel very thin ; a cross ridge on each side, rather indistinct; epistoma compressed: mouth and antennae black; fourth joint tawny : chest depressed on each side in front: breast with a black band across the middle-hips : abdomen black, red at the base and at the tip : shanks, feet, and tips of the thighs black : fore-wings brown, long and narrow, adorned with three red stripes, which are united at the lips ; the middle one extends to the base, which it wholly occu- pies: hind-wings almost colourless, pale brown at the tips and along the hind borders ; veins black, bright red at the base. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. a. South America. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 695 27. Sphenorjiina contigua. Nigra; abdomen rufuni; pedes picei ; al(S anticce fuscce, rufo himaculatcB et unifasciatce. Black, sliming: head rather lon^, somewhat concave above; face produced, conical, very hairy, quite smooth ; first joint of the mouth red : fourth joint of the antenn® pale : chest roughly punc- tured, rather long and narrow in front, where there are two transverse furrows; three slight longitudinal furrows between the fore-wings : abdomen bright red, with a black tip: legs pitchy : fore-wings dark brown, with a slightly oblique red band near the base ; two red spots at two-thirds of the length, one extending from the fore border to the disk,' the other very small, near the hind border ; hind-wings almost colourless, very slightly tinged with brown at the tips and along the hind borders ; veins black, red at the base. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. a, b. North India. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 28. Sphenorhina inteemedia. Nigra; abdomen riifum ; alee anticcs angusice,Jlavo unifasciatce, rufo unimaculata . Black, shining : head rather long, depressed above ; face pro- duced, conical, compressed, almost acute at the tip, with longitudi- nal ridges on each side, having a long, narrow, flat, smooth, pitchy compartment in front: mouth pitchy: chest with an indistinct cross furrow in front : abdomen bright red with a black tip : fore-wings narrow, with a broad, pale yellow, slightly oblique band near the base, and a red spot near the fore border at two-thirds of the length : hind-wings almost colourless, pale brown at the tips and along the hind border ; veins lawny, red at the base, brown towards the tips. Length of the body 'i\ lines ; of the wings 8 lines. a. North India. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 29. Sphenorhina proxima. Nigra; abdomen supra rufum; ala anticce fusccB, albido bifas- ciatcB. Black, shining : head and chest finely punctured : head rather long, slightly concave above; face produced, conical, smooth, very 696 LIST OF HOMOPTEEOUS INSECTS. hairy: fourth joint of ihe antennae tawny: chest rather long and narrow in front, with an indistinct cross furrow : ahdomen red, black towards the tip and beneath : hind-hips reddish : fore-wings dark brown, rather narrow, with two whitish, very slightly oblique bands ; one broad, at one-third of the length, the other narrow, in- terrupted, and not joining the hind border, at two-thirds of the length : hind-wings almost colourless, pale brown at the tips and along the hind borders ; veins black, pale yellow at the base. Length of the body 3^^ lines; of the wings 7 lines. a. North India. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 30. Sphenorhina peoducta. Nigra ; scutelli latera, abdomen et pedes rufa ; alee anticce rufce^ apice nigra. Black, shining : head depressed on each side above ; face much produced, conical, smooth, hairy above, ferruginous at the tip, whence a broad ferruginous stripe extends to the epistoma, which has an elliptical concave compartment adjoining the mouth ; the latter is red with a black tip: feelers pitchy; fourth joint pale: chest finely punctured, clothed with short pale hairs, depressed on each side in front: sides and tip of the scutcheon, hind-chest, abdo- men and legs bright red ; tips of the shanks and of the feet black : fore-wings bright red with black tips, narrow towards the base ; hind- ^vings colourless ; veins tawny, bright red at the base and along the fore border. Length of the body 3^ lines ; of the wings 8 lines. /7_f ? 31. Sphenorhina transiens. Ferriiginea ; caput nigrum; scutelli latera et ahdomen testacea ; femora tihiceque picea ; alee anticce fusece. Ferruginous, shining : head and chest minutely punctured, covered with tawny down : head black, depressed on each side above, hardly concave along the hind border, semicircular in front; face convex, prominent, keeled, spindle-shaped, with about ten oblique cross ridges on each side : sides of the scutcheon and abdomen tes- taceous : thighs and feet mostly pitchy : fore-wings brown : hind- wings pale gray ; veins black, tawny at the base. Length of the body 2\ lines ; of the wings 7 lines. a. Brazil. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 697 32. Sphenoehina rubicunda. Rufo-fulva; pectus piceo fasciatvm ; abdominis latera ad apicem, tibice anteriores tarsique picea ; alee anticce rufce^ basi lutea. Reddish tawny, shining : head impressed above, much narrower than the chest, straight along the hind border, forming a slightly obtuse angle in front, broader than long ; face convex, prominent, smooth, hardly compressed, slightly keeled, forming a right angle in front where the keel is divided ; epistoma tawny, keeled : mouth pitchy, ferruginous towards the base : feelers pitchy, with pale tips : chest roughly punctured : a pitchy stripe across the breast between the fore-hips and the middle-hips : abdomen pitchy on each side towards the tip : feet and anterior shanks pitchy : fore-wings bright red, partly luteous towards the base, almost elliptical, hardly nar- rower towards the tips : hind-wings pale gray, slightly tinged with brown at the base, at the tips and along the hind border ; veins black, red at the base. Length of the body 2^ lines ; of the wings 6 lines. a. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius's collection. Subtribe 5. APHEOPHORIDES. Aphropho.ides, Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 563. Genus 1. APHROPHORA. Aphrophora, Germar, Leon Dvf., Burm., Ramb., Blanch.^ Amyot et Serv. Cicada, p., Linn., Deg., Geojfr. Cercopis, p., Fabr., Panz., Geinn., Fall. Tettigonia, p. Tign., Oliv., Curt. I. Aphrophora spumaria. Aphrophora spumaria, Germ. Mag. JEnt. iv. 50, 1. Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 7, 121, 1. Duf. Rech. Hem. 105, 1. Ramb. Faun. And. ii, 205. Blanch. Hist. Nat. Ins. 189, 2, pi. 14, f. 5. Amyot et Serv. Hist. Hem. 566, 1. Cicada spumaria, Linn. Syst. Nat. 708, 24. Faun. Suec. 881. Gmel. Ed. Syst. Nat. i. 4, 2109, 146. PART III. 2 Q 698 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. Cicada spuraaria Salicis, Deg. Ins. iii. 180,2, Cevcopis spuroavia, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 329, 7. Mant. Ins. ii. 274, 10. Ent. Syst. iv. 51, 18. Syst. Rfujn. 95, 35. Cercopis bifasciata, Fabr. Syst. Rhyn. 98, 57. Panz. Faun. Germ. vii. 20. Aphrophora salicina, L. Duf. Rech. Hem. 101, 2. Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 566, 2. Tettigonia spuraaria, Tign. Hist. Nat. Ins. iv. 153, pi, 6, f. 2, Tettigonia salicina, Tign. Hist. Nat. Ins. iv. 157. Cercopis Alni, Fall. Cic. ii. 2, Act. Holm. 1805, 240, 2. Zett. Ins. Lapp. 514, 1. Aphrophora, Amyot^ Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2me Serie, v. 190, 421. Chalea, Amyot. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2me Serie, v. 190, 419. a — g. England. h. France, i — I. ? Presented by J, G. Children, Esq. 2. Apheophora corticea. Aphrophora corticea. Germ. Mag. Ent. iv, 50, 2. Burm. Handh. Ent. ii. 1, 122, 2. Cercopis coriacea, Fall. Cic. 14, 4, Spilaphria, Amyot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2me Serie, v. 190, 420. Europe. 3. Aphrophora siccifolia. Testacea ; scutellum apice Jlavum ; alee anticcF fuscce, testaceo bi- fasciata. Testaceous, shining : head and chest pubescent, finely punc- tured : head above flat, almost conical, with two pitchy semicircular marks in the disk, one in front, the other ])etween the eyelets ; face convex, very distinctly keeled, black towards the tip, with about twelve distinct very slightly oblique ridges on each side; epistoma black, testaceous towards the tip : mouth ferruginous, black towards the tip: chest very slightly wrinkled ; scutcheon darker near the tip, which is yellow : fore-wings brown, with two broad, irregular, diffused testaceous bands, narrow towards the tips: hind-wings pale brown, almost colourless beneath the fore border for three-fourths of the length from the base ; veins tawny, yellow at the base. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. Var. /3. Fore-wings tawny towards the tips, a. West Africa. Presented by Sir E. Belcher. b. ? LIST OF HOMOPTEEOUS INSECTS. 699 4. Aphrophora occidentis. Teslacea ; caput piceo vittatum ; thorax piceo quadripunctatus ; scutellum nigrn-maculatum, apice Jiavum ; pectus piceo himacu~ latum ; pedes fulvi ; alee anticce testaceofuscce, ad costam oblique bivittatce. Testaceous, shining : head and chest roughly punctured, covered witli tawny down : head flat, conical, concave along the hind border, with a broad pitchy stripe ; its length a little more than half its breadth ; face very convex, almost oval, slightly keeled, pitchy towards the episloma, with about fourteen very slightly oblique cross ridges ; episloma pitchy, slightly keeled : mouth tawny with a pitchy tip, almost reaching the middle hips : feelers tawny : chest very slightly convex, with four large pitchy punctures near the fore border ; a black spot near the tip of the scutcheon which is yellow : breast with a large pitchy spot on each side ; tip of the ab- domen pitchy : legs tawny, tips of the feet black : fore- wings testa- ceous-brown, slightly mottled, darkest along the fore borders and at the tips, with two short oblique stripes near the fore border : hind- wings almost colourless, with brown tips, indistinctly brown along the hind borders ; veins black, tawny at the base. Length of the body 5i lines ; of the wings 13 lines. a. West Coast of America. Presented by Capt. Wood and Lieut. Wood. 5. Apheophora diminuta. Testacea ; caput piceo-vittatum ; thorax piceo maculatus et fascia- tiis ; pedes ferriiginei ; ala antica ferruyinece, fusiformes,fulvo oblique trivittata. Testaceous, shining: head and chest thickly punctured, covered with tawny down : head flat, slightly concave along the hind border, almost conical in front, with an indistinct cross furrow, and with a pitchy stripe, which is almost divided lengthwise ; its length almost half its breadth; face very convex, almost oval, slightly keeled, pitchy in front, with thirteen shallow, very slightly oblique cross ridges; episloma pitchy, slightly keeled*^: mouth tawny, black towards the tip, reaching the middle hips : chest very slightly convex, with a pitchy spot and some large, shallow impres- sions near the fore border ; a pitchy band near the lip of the scutcheon : upper abdominal appendages black : legs ferruginous ; a yellow spot on each knee; tips of the feet pitchy: fore-wings fer- 2 Q 2 700 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. ruginous, convex along the fore border, almost spindle-shaped, with three indistinct oblique tawny bands ; the first near the base, broad and diffuse ; the second shortened in front ; the third interrupted : hind-wings colourless, pale brown at the tips and along the hind border ; veins brown, yellow at the base. Length of the body 3^ lines; of the wings 10 lines. a. West Coast of America. Presented by Capt. Wood and Lieut. Wood. 6. Aphrophora rufiventris. Ferruginea ; pectoris discus niger ; abdomen rufum ; pedes fulvi ; alee an lie ce pic eo ad costam trimaculatce. Head wanting : chest pale ferruginous, thickly and minute- ly punctured, covered with tawny down : disk of the breast black ; abdomen red: legs tawny: fore-wings pale ferruginous, thickly covered with tawny down, with three pitchy marks on the fore border; the second forming a band: hind-wings almost colourless, pale brown at the tips and along the hind borders ; veins tawny, darker towards the tips. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 7. Aphrophora sigillifera. Testacea, piceo varia,Jlavo vittaia ; fades ferruginea, piceo varia, flavo vitiata et hifasciata; pectus nigra fasciatum ; abdomen rufo-luteum ; pedes ferruginei, flavo niaculati; alee anticce luridce, ad costam fuscce, albo maculates. Testaceous, shining : head and chest flat, with a slight yel- low keel, roughly punctured, thinly covered with lawny down : head above short, mostly pitchy, slightly concave on the hind border, rather more convex in front ; its length less than one-fourth of its breadth ; face ferruginous, partly pitchy, slightly convex, with a very narrow yellow stripe, which is most distinct towards the epi- stoma, and is there traversed by two slightly curved yellow bands, one large, the other shorter and narrower ; on each side are about ten oblique, slightly curved cross ridges : mouth ferruginous with a pitchy tip : chest partly pitchy and slightly impressed on each side in front: breast with a short, broad, black band between the fore- legs and the middle-legs : abdomen luteous, reddish on each side LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS IXSECTS. 701 and beneath : legs fevniginous, spotted with yellow ; hind-thighs yellow : fore-wings lurid, thickly punctured, narrow and conical to- wards the tips which are almost jiointed, brownish along part of the fore border on each side of a large subquadrate whitish spot, which is in the middle: hind-wings almost colourless: veins black, tawny at the base. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. a. North India. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 8. Aphrophora compacta. Viridis ; thorax antice luteus ; scutellum Jlavum, apice nigrum ; abdomen nigrum, basi luteum ; pedes nigri ; alcB anticcc ferru- ginea^ maculis duabus limpidis. Green, shining : head Inteous ; face black, with a very in- distinct keel ; cross ridges on each side very distinct between the eyes, gradually disappearing from thence to the epistoma : mouth pitchy: antennae black ; fourth joint pale: chest slightly rugulose, luteous in front ; scutcheon yellow, transversely striated, with a black tip ; abdomen black, luteous towards the base : oviduct ferru- ginous : legs black, stout; knees tawny: fore-wings ferruginous, with two large almost colourless spots in the disk, rather broad at the tips; hind border black along more than half the length from the base : hind-wings colourless ; veins black, pale yellow towards the base. Length of the body 2| lines ; of the wings 8 lines. a. Van Dieman's Land. Presented by the Rev. T. Ewing. b. Van Dieman's Land. Presented by R. Butler, Esq. 9. Aphrophora carixia. Aphrophora carixia, White, MSS. Ferruginea; abdominis discus piceus ; pedes fulvi ; ala anticce fulva;, posticcB cinerece. Pale ferruginous, shining : head and chest roughly punctured, with a very slight keel : disk of the head depressed on each side ; face very convex ; furrows on each side oblique and punctured : back of the abdomen pitchy, excepting the sides and hind borders of the segments: legs tawny: fore-wings tawny, thickly and rather roughly punctured: hind-wings gray ; veins black, tawny towards the base. Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 6 lines. a. ? Presented by J. G. Children, Esq. •2q3 702 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 10. Aphrophora bifrons. Fulvo-viridis ; fades scutellique latera nigra ; pectoris discus piceus ; abdomen ferrugineum apice nigrum ; pedes fulvi, nigro fasciati ; alcB anticce ferruglnecB^ albo binoiata. Very nearly allied to A. compacta. Head and chest trans- versely rugulose : head tawny ; front with a keel ; face black with eight tawny slightly oblique ridges on each side : chest green, tawny in front ; scutcheon with a black border on each side, much atteuu- ated towards the tip, more than half the length of the abdomen : disk of the breast pitchy : abdomen ferruginous, black towards the tip : legs tawny, with black bands ; fore-wings ferruginous with a short white band before the middle, and with a slight white streak near the fore border at two-thirds of the length : hind-wings colour- less ; veins tawny. Length of the body 2^ lines ; of the wings 6^ lines. a. New Holland. Presented by the Entomological Club. 11. Aphrophora? Goudotii. Aphrophora Goudotii, Benn. Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud. 1833, 12. 12. Aphrophora ? flaviceps. Aphrophora? flaviceps, Guer. Icon. Reg. An. Texte, 366. Madagascar. 13. Aphrophora ? ornata. Aphrophora ornata, Guer. Icon. Reg. An. Texte, 370. Para. Genus 2. PTYELUS. Ptyelus, St. Farg. et Serv. Enc. Meth. x., Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 566. Cicada, p., Linn., Stoll, Deg., Geoff. Tettigonia, p., Fabr. Cercopis, p., Fabr., Schr., Panz., Blanch. Aphrophora, p.. Germ., Burm. LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 703 1. PtYELUS FLAVESCENS. Tettigonia flavescens, Fahr. Ent. Syst. iv. 24, 30. Cercopis flavescens, Fahr. Syst. Rhyn. 88, 1. a, Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. b, c. Port Xatal. From i\lr. Tucker's collection. d,e. W. Africa? From Mr. Carter's collection. 2. Ptyelus confluens. Testaceus, nigro varius; al(B anticcB confertim nigro maculatcc. Very nearly allied to P. flavescens, but distinguished by the black marks on the head and on the chest, and by the more nume- rous black marks on the fore-winys. Testaceous, shining, minutely punctured : head black along the hind border, and with a black, tri- angular spot on the lore border ; face with a black streak in the middle, and with a black spot on each side, between which and the eye there are three black spots : chest with a curved band of black spots near the fore border; scutcheon with three black spots: three black spots on each side of the breast : a black spot on each side of the anterior shanks and of the fore-thighs: fore-wings with nume- rous irregular black marks of various size: hind-wings colourless: veins pale straw-colour. Length of the body 7 — 9 lines ; of the wings 18 — 22 lines. a — c. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 3. Ptyelus grossus. Cercopis grossa, Fahr. Ent. Syst. iv. 47, 1. Syst. Rhyn. 89, 4. a. South Africa. Presented by Dr. A. Smith. h. W.Africa? From Mr. Carter's collection. c, d. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. e,f. Cape. 4. Ptyelus OLiY.^cEus? Tettigonia olivacea? Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. 25131. Cercopis olivacea ? Fahr., Syst. Rhyn. 89, 2. Viridis ; thorax piceo varius; femora antica et tibice anteriores nigro fasciatce ; alee antica piceo maculatce. Dingy green, shining : head and chest very minutely punc- tured : head above depressed, with a black spot on each side between 704 LIST OF HOMOPTEEOUS INSECTS. the eye and the eyelet ; face convex, not keeled, but with a very slightly concave furrow; this is accompanied by a black stiipe, which extends from the crown, and traverses a broad black band between the antennae ; about eighteen oblique rather indistinct ridges, and two black dots beyond them on each side : tip of the mouth black: feelers black; first joint pale green; fourth joint tawny: chest slightly impressed in the fore part, which is chiefly occupied l)y a broad, short, pitchy band, whose hind border is notched : disk of the scutcheon pilchy : fore-thighs and ante- rior shanks with black bands; tips of the shanks and of the feet black : fore-wings clouded with irregular pitchy spots : hind-wings almost colourless ; veins green. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 21 lines. a. West Africa. From Capt. Parry's collection. 5. Ptyelus obtusus. Testacevs; caput nigro varium ; thorax nigro fasciatus ; pedes niyro maculati ; alte anticcB maculis nigris ornatte. Testaceous, shining: head and chest minutely punctured, co- vered with pale down : head above very short, impressed, with a black band on the hind border between the eyelets, hardly longer than the breadth of the eyes ; face convex, with a triangular black spot next the crown, a spindle-shaped black streak on the flat longi- tudinal stripe, and two black spots on the middle of each side, which has about fifteen equally distinct cross ridges : feelers black, testaceous at the base and at the tips : chest adorned near the fore border with abroad, short, black band, whose hind border is notched : anterior feet and tips of the shanks and of the hind-feet black ; a black spot on each side of the anterior thighs and shanks : fore- wings indistinctly speckled with pale brown, adorned with black an- gular spots round the tips and along part of the hind borders : hind- wings almost colourless; veins brown, tawny towards the base. Length of the body 8 lines of the wings 19 lines. a. Sierra Leone. Presented by J. 0. Westwood, Esq. 6. Ptyelus eburneus. Flavo-alhus ; thorax nigro quadrigiittatus ; abdomen supra pi- ceum ; tibia antica nigro fasciatce ; tarsi anteriores nigri ; alee anticce fusees, jiavo-albo bimaculatm. Yellowish white, shining: head and chest flat, very minutely punctured ; face very convex, yellow, not keeled, but wilh a narrow, LIST OF HOMOPTEEOUS INSECTS. 705 flat stripe, on each side of which are about twelve equally distinct slightly oblique rid^res : mouth with a black tip ; maxillge ferrugi- nous ; a black dot near each eyelet: antenuce black; first joint yel- low ; third joint tawny: chest with four black dots along the fore border: abdomen pitchy above : anterior feet and tips of the hind- feet and of the shanks black ; fore-shanks with black bands: fore- wings brown, darkest along the fore border ; two very large yellowish white spots extend half across the wing from the fore border : hind- wings brown, colourless along three-fourths of the fore border from the base, and with a few colourless streaks elsewhere ; veins black, tawny towards the base. Length of ihe body 5 lines ; of the wings 15 lines. Var. 0. Chest with four black spots ; the two hinder united, and very much larger than the fore pair. a, b. Port Natal. From Mr. Tucker's collection, c, d. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 7. Ptyelus gigas. Cercopis gigas, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. 522, 1, 2. St/st. Rhyn. Sd, 5. Stoll, Cic. pi. 17, f. 96. Cayenne. 8. Ptyelus nebulosus. Cercopis nebulosa, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. 50, 14. Sijst. Rhyn. 94, 3. East Indies. 9. Ptyelus reticulatus. Fuscus ; abdomen luridum, apice piceum ; altc anticce nebuloste. Brown, shining: head and chest flat, covered with tawny down, thickly punctured : head almost conical above ; face slightly convex, with a broad, flat, longitudinal stripe, on each side of which are about thirteen equally distinct oblique ridges; episloma long, with a black tip : mouth ferruginous, black towards the tip : feelers pitchy ; tips of the joints yellow : abdomen lurid, pitchy at the tip : tips of the shanks and of the feet pitchy : fore-wings clouded, and here and there reticulated with dark brown, very narrow towards the tips: hind-wini^s brown, darker at the tips, almost colourless beneath the fore border for two-thirds of the length from the base ; veins brown, tawny towards the base. Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 18 lines. a. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 706 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 10. Ptyelus speculigutta. Niger ; caput ferrugineo trimaculatum ; thorax ferrugineo et fulvo fasciatus ; scutellum apice luteum ; ales anticce fulvo bivittatcB et unimaculatcB. Black, shining, bare : head and chest very finely punctured : head above flat, semicircular in front, with three ferruginous marks on the fore border ; face slightly convex, roughly punctured, not keeled, with about twelve slight cross ridges on each side : mouth ferruginous at the base: chest convex, slightly wrinkled across in front ; a ferruginous band near the fore border ; scutcheon flat, very finely striated across ; an angular tawny band on the fore border, di- lated at each end ; tip luteous: fore-wings rather narrow, conical towards the tips, brown from the middle part of the hind border to the disk, adorned with two very oblique tawny streaks; one straight, near the base ; the other longer, slightly curved in the middle; a little above and beyond it there is an oblong tawny spot, pointing towards four white dots which are towards the hind border near the lip : hind-wings blackish brown, pale brown at the tips and along the hind borders ; a few colourless streaks along part of the veins, which are black. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 18 lines. a. Para. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 11. Ptyelus AMPLUs. Niger, auratus ; pectoris latera fulva ; abdomen piceum, segmentis Jiavo-fasciatis ; alee lat(S. Black, shining : head, chest, and fore-wings covered with gilded down : head and chest flat, thickly and minutely punctured : head slightly concave behind, almost conical in front; its length more than one-fourth of its breadth ; a short red band along the fore bor- der ; face slightly convex, with a flat stripe, on each side of which are twelve strongly marked oblique ridges : mouth extending to the middle hips : breast on each side and hind-chest tawny : abdomen pitchy, with yellow bands along the hind borders of the segments : oviduct ferruginous: hind-shanks ferruginous at the base: fore- wings rather broad, very convex along the fore border: hind-wings broad, colourless, brown at the tips and along the hind borders ; veins black, tawny at the base. Length of the body 5| lines ; of the wings 11 lines. <^. Java. From the East India Company's collection. list of homopteeous insects. 707 12. Ptyelus obscueus. Niger; abdomen basi testaceum ; alcB anticcs apice fuscce. Aphropbora obscura, Germar, 3ISS. Black, shining: head and chest flat, finely punctured, co- vered with tawny down : head above very convex on tlie fore border, concave on the hind border; face very slightly convex, with a rather broad, flat, longitudinal stripe, on each side of which are twelve dis- tinct slightly curved ridges : mouth ferruginous at the base ; abdo- men testaceous at the base: fore-wings blackish brown, narrow, and conical towards the tips : hind-wings slightly gray, brown at the tips and along the hind borders ; veins black, tawny at the base. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 1 1 lines. a. Cape. From M. Drege's collection. Var. /3. — Piceus ; abdomen nigrum^ basi fulvum ; pedes postici fulvi ; alee anticcB fusca. Pitchy, shining; head and chest flat, minutely punctured, thickly covered with tawny down: head almost conical in front, hardly concave on the hind border ; face very slightly convex, thickfy punctured, wdth about twelve equally distinct, hardly curved ridges on each side : mouth tawny with a black tip : abdomen black, tawny at the base: legs pitchy; hind legs tawny: fore-wings dark brown, narrow and conical towards the tips : hind-wings slightly gray, brown at the tips and along part of the hind border ; veins black, tawny at the base. Length of the body 4^ lines ; of the wings 10 lines. b. South Africa. Presented by Dr. A. Smith. 13. Ptvelus costalis. Testaceiis ; caput nigro variurn ; scutellum piceo fasciatum ; ab- domen nigrum ; pedes picei, tibiis tarsisque posticis fulvis ; alee anticce fuscce. Testaceous, shining: head and chest flat, minutely punc- tured : head semicircular above, almost straight along the hind border, with four black dots on the fore border ; face black, partly yellow on each side, with abroad, flat, longitudinal stripe, on each side of which are six or eight slight, very oblique ridges ; epistoma 708 LIST OF HOMOPTEEOUS INSECTS. convex, finely transversely striated : mouth ferruginous with a black tip: scutcheon pitchy towards the tip, which is tawny: abdomen black with a tawny tip : legs pitchy; knees and hind-legs tawny; hind-thighs pitchy ; tips of hind-shanks and of hind-feet black : fore- wings pale brown, narrow^ and conical towards the tips, pale yellow along part of the fore border : hind-wings almost colourless ; their tips very slightly tinged with brown ; veins black tawny towards the base. Length of the body 4^ lines ; of the wings 12 lines. a. North India. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 14. Ptyelus ocelliger. Ferrugineus ; thorax piceus ; alcB ajiticce Jiavo-fusca;, maculis 5 albidis nigi'o circumdatis ornatce. Ferruginous, shining : head above flat, blackish, thickly punctured, almost conical in front, hardly concave along the hind border ; face very convex, short, smooth, with indistinct cross ridges on each side : mouth pitchy towards the tip : chest pitchy, trans- versely rugulose : tips of the shanks and of the feet black ; fore- wings yellowish-brown, adorned with five whitish spots, which are mostly* encircled with black, three at one-third, and three at two- thirds of the length, two on the fore border, and four near the hind border; a blackish oblong spot on the hind border close to the tip: hind-wings slightly gray, pale brown at the tips and along the hind borders ; veins black, tawny towards the base. Length of the body 4^ lines ; of the wings 1 1 lines. a. Columbia. From Mr. Turner's collection. 15. Ptyelus discifer. Testaceus ; abdomen ferrugineum ; alee anticcB ferruginecB maculis duahus limpidis duabusque fuscis ad costam ornatce. Testaceous, shining: head and chest flat, finely punctured: head conical in front, concave along the hind border, smooth be- neath ; face veiy slightly convex, flat on the disk ; cross ridges on each side oblique, indistinct ; epistoma slightly keeled : mouth fer- ruginous with a pitchy tip : chest minutely rugulose: abdomen fer- ruginous: fore-wings ferruginous, with four large subquadrate spots on the fore border, two whitish and two brown ; disks of the areolets more or less whitish: hind-wings colourless, very slightly tinged LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 709 with brown along the border ; veins black, tawny at the base. Length of the body 4^ lines; of the wings 10 lines. a, b. Columbia. From Mr. Turner's collection. c. Columbia. From M.J urgens' collection. 16. Ptvelus tereenus. Ferrugineus ; caput nigra quinqiie-guttatum ; fades nigra, fu ho fasciata ; pectus picen maculatum ; abdomen nigrum, ferrugineo fasciatum ; pedes fulvi ; alcB antica Jlavo-fuscce, fusco oblique biviitatcB. Aphrophora terreua, Germar, MSS. Ferruginous, shining: head and chest flat, slightly shining, thickly and minutely punctured, covered with tawny down : head concave along the hind border, more convex in front, with five black dots near together on the fore border, inner pair of dots larger than the other three; face black, with an interrupted tawny band, flat on the disk, slightly shelving on each side, which has about twelve oblique, very shallow cross ridges; epistoma keeled: mouth with a black tip : breast with pitchy spots : abdomen black ; hind borders of the segments ferruginous: legs tawny: fore-wings yel- lowish brown, with two darker brown irregular oblique streaks, the second indistinct ; tips conical, almost pointed : hind-wings nearly colourless, with brown tips; veins black, pale yellow at the base. Length of the body 3^ lines ; of the wings 8 lines. a. South Africa. Presented by Dr. A. Smith. Var. ^. Fuscus ; fades ferruginea, ad discum nigra; coxce. postica genuaque postica fulva ; alee posticce subcinerece. Brown, shining: head and chest flat, punctured: head con- cave along the hind border, more convex in front ; its length more than one-fourth of its breadth ; face black and flat on the disk, fer- ruginous and with nine curved oblique ridges on each side ; epi- stoma ferruginous : mouth black, ferruginous towards the base: hind- hips and hind-knees tawny : hind-wings slightly gray ; veins black, tawny towards the base. Length of the body 3 — 3^ lines ; of the wings 7 — 8 lines. b, c. Cape. From M. Drege's collection. PART III. 10 LIST OF HOMOPTEEOUS INSECTS. 17. Ptvelus adustus. Ferrugineus ; caput nigro triguttatum ; fades ad discum picea; abdomen piceum, basi apiceque testaceum ; alee antics fusc(e, fulvo nebidosce. Ferruginous, shining: head and chest flat, thickly and mi- nutely punctured, covered with tawny down, slightly shining: head concave along the hind border, more convex in front, with three black dots near together on the fore border: face pitchy and flat on the disk, tawny and slightly shelving on each side, which has eight or nine oblique, very shallow cross ridges; epistoma keeled : mouth pitchy, ferruginous at the base: feelers black, pale yel- low towards the tips : chest slightly impressed on each side in front : abdomen pitchy, testaceous at the base and at the lip : fore-wings brown, thickly and indistinctly mottled with tawny, narrow and conical towards the lips : hind-wings colourless with pale brown tips ; veins black, pale yellow at the base. Length of the body 35 — 4 lines; of the wings 9 — 10 lines. Var. /3. Brow^n on the tips of the hind-wings very indistinct. a. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 6,c. ? Var. Q. Luridus ; fades picea ; pectus piceo bimaculatum ; abdo- men basi piceum ; pedes fiilm; femora basi piceo vittala. Lurid, shining : head and chest flat, thickly and minutely punctured, covered with tawny down : head concave along the hind border, more convex in Iront ; its length full one-fourth of its breadth ; face mostly pitchy, flat on the disk, slightly shelving on each side ; epistoma very slightly keeled : tip of the mouth black : breast with a large pitchy spot on each side ; abdomen pitchy towards the base •. legs tawny ; thighs with pitchy streaks towards the base : fore-wings pale lurid, covered with lawny down : hind-wings almost colourless ; veins black. Length of the body 3| lines ; of the wings 8 lines. a, b. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. c. West Africa. From Mr. Fraser's collection. LIST OF HOMOPTEEOUS INSECTS. 711 18. Ptyelus conifer. Ferrugineus ; fades picea, vittis duabus flavis conjunctis oi-nata ; ■pectus nigro fasciatum ; abdomen basi testaceum ; pedes testacei ; alcB anticte ferruginece, costa apicali limpida fuscoque vittatce. Head and chest ferruginous, flat, veiy thickly and minutely punctured, covered with tawny down : head short, indistinctly striped with brown, concave along the hind border, more convex in front, its length not more than one-fourth of its breadth; face pitchy, roughly punctured, with ten slight oblique ridges on each side of the disk, which is flat; two yellow stripes along the sides unite near the front and form a cone, and are produced along the breast : epi- stoma shining, convex, ferruginous, with an oblique furrow on each side : mouth ferruginous with a pitchy tip : breast with a broad black band between the fore-legs and the middle-legs : abdomen ferrugi- nous, testaceous at the base : legs testaceous : fore-wings ferrugi- nous, conical towards the tips which are almost pointed, nearly colourless for half the breadth beneath the fore-border from the middle to the tips ; some forked brown streaks in the disk, a few of them communicating with an irregular curved brown stripe, which extends from three-fifths of the length of the fore border to the tip, and is darkest at each end : wings colourless ; veins black, tawny at the base. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. a. East Indies. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 19. Ptyelus quadridens. Fulvus, fusco macidatiis ; fades piceo vitiata ; abdominis seg- menta piceo fasciata ; aim anticce fusca, fulvo bimaculata. Tawny : head and chest flat, minutely punctured, covered with tawny down : head almost conical in front, concave along the hind border, with four very short pitchy stripes, of which the two on each side are united towards the hind border, which has a pitchy band on each side ; its length less than half its breadth ; face slightly con- vex, with two black dots near the crown, and with a broad, flat stripe which is mostly pitchy, and has on each side eleven slightly oblique cross ridges, which have pitchy bands between them: tip of the mouth pitcliy: chest with three brown angular and slightly forked marks, and with several brown dots : abdomen with a piceous band on each segment : tips of the hind-thighs above and of the feet 2 R 2 712 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. pitchy : fore-wings brown, covered with tawny down, partly tawny near the hind border, and with two tawny spots near the tip of the fore border; one large, the other small: hind-wings almost colour- less ; veins black, tawny at the base. Length of the body 3^ lines ; of the wings 8 lines. a. North India. From Mr. Warwick's collection. h. North Bengal. From Miss Campbell's collection. Var. 3. A tawny, oblique stripe at one-third of the length of each fore-wing. 20. Ptyelus cribratus. Fulvus^ Jlavo vittatus ; pectus piceo maculatum; abdomen piceum^ fulvo fasciatum; pedes picei, femoribus subtus, tarsisque Jla- vis ; alee anticce piceo punctatce. Tawny: head and chest thickly and roughly punctured, with an interrupted yellow stripe ; punctures pitchy, as are also here and there the spaces between them : head flat, almost conical in front ; its length more than one-fourth of its breadth ; hind border forming a very obtuse angle ; face very convex, aln^pst oval, having on each side about fifteen oblique cross ridges, with punctured spaces between them ; epistoma slightly keeled : mouth pitchy, reaching the hind hips, lu- teous towards the base : feelers pitchy, with tawny tips : chest very slightly convex, with an indistinct cross furrow: breast with some pitchy spots : abdomen pitchy, excepting the hind borders of the segments: legs pitchy; thighs yellow beneath; feet yellow, with pitchy tips : fore-wings convex along the fore border, conical to- wards the tips, very thickly covered with pitchy punctures ; spaces between the punctures here and there pitchy ; veins pitchy, yellow in some parts : hind-wings grayish ; veins ferruginous. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 9^ lines. a. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 21. Ptyelus guttifer. Lziridus, subtus Jlavus ; caput nigro bigiittatum ; abdomen luteiim ; pedes jiavi ; aloe anticcB ferruginece^ albo vittatce, 7iigro-bigut- tatce. Lurid: head and chest flat, slightly shining, closely and mi- nutely punctured, thickly covered with tawny down: head concave LIST OF H03I0PTER0US INSECTS. 713 along the hind horder, very convex in front ; a short yellow band with two black dots on the fore border ; face yellow, very slightly convex, with a flat, middle stripe, on each side of which are nine ob- lique extremely shallow ridges; the spaces between them are tawny: mouth tawny, with a black tip : breast yellow: abdomen luteous : legs yellow ; tips of the spines and of the feet pitchy : fore-wings ferruginous, thickly covered with tawny down, with two whitish ob- lique stripes on ihe fore border near the tip where there is a black dot; first streak broad, second very small ; a black dot near the tip of the hind border; a few whitish streaks along the veins: hind- wings colourless ; veins black, tawny towards the base. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 7 lines, a, h. North Bengal. From Miss Campbell's collection. 22. Ptyelus detritus. Testaceus, siibfus ferrugineus ; caput macula picea hidentata orna- tum ; abdomen ferru(/ineum ; pedes fulvi ; ales anticce anguske^ albido subnebulosce. Testaceous, shining : ferruginous beneath, head and chest roughly punctured : head almost flat, slightly concave on the hind border, rather more convex in front, with a forked pitchy spot around the eyelets ; its length less than one-fourth of its breadth ; face con- vex, scutcheon-shaped, with about twelve curved, oblique stripes on each side : mouth with a black tip, extending far beyond the hind- hips : abdomen ferruginous : legs tawny : fore-wings narrow with conical tips, very thickly punctured, indistinctly mottled with dingy white: hind-wings colourless; veins black, tawny at the base. Length of the body 3j lines ; of the wings 8 lines. a, b. St. John's Bluff, E. Florida. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. c, d. ? 23. Ptyelus farallelus. Flavus ; caput piceo vittatum et bimaculatum ; thorax piceo-macu- latus ; pectus ad 'partem et abdomen ferruginea ; j^^des ferru- yineo fasciati ; alee antica ferruginea punctatcB. Lepyronia parallela, Sai/. Yellow : head and chest very roughly punctured, shining ; punctures ferruginous : head flat, conical, vvith a cross suture in front of the eyes, and thence very slightly inclined upwards to the 2 r3 714 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. tore border, with a very broad pitcliy stripe, whicli embraces the eyelets and is intersected by a narrow yellow stripe ; its length a little less than half its breadth ; hind border forming a very obtuse angle ; a pitchy spot on each side by the eye, which has a yellow band ; face very convex, almost oval, with a slender flat stripe, on each side of which are about eighteen pitchy, punctured, shallow, oblique, cross furrows ; epistoma slightly keeled : mouth with a pitchy tip, reaching very little beyond the hind hips: feelers pitchy, tawny towards the tips: chest hardly convex, indistinctly keeled, with a slight cross furrow; a slender yellow stripe on the fore part and on the scutcheon, intersecting an irregular pitchy mark : breast partly ferruginous : abdomen and oviduct ferrugi- nous : legs with ferruginous bands ; tips of the feet pitchy : fore- wings very thickly punctured, convex along the fore border, conical towards the tips ; punctures ferruginous ; two short, slight, oblique yellow stripes on the disk, formed by the absence of punctures ; the spaces between the punctures adjoining some parts of these stripes are ferruginous : hind-wings almost colourless ; veins tawny. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 9^ lines. a, b. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Redman's collection. 24, Ptyelus gelidls. Flavus ; caput piceo vittatum ; abdomen piceumjlavo fasciatuyn et biviltatum ; pedes ferrvgineo fasciati ; ales anticce ferrugineo et piceo punctatce. Yellow : head and chest very roughly punctured, shining ; punctures ferruginous : head flat, with a broad pitchy stripe, which embraces the eyelets and is intersected by a narrow yellow stripe ; its length not more than one-fourth of its breadth ; fore border al- most semicircular; hind border forming an obtuse angle ; face very convex, scutcheon-shaped, with a slender stripe, on each side of which are about fifteen indistinct, oblique cross ridges ; the spaces between them have ferruginous punctures : mouth with a pitchy tip, extending beyond the hind-hips: feelers pitchy, tawny towards the tips : chest very slightly convex, almost flat in front, indistinctly keeled ; some parts on each side ferruginous between the punctures: abdomen pitchy, yellow on each side and along the hind borders of the segments : legs with ferruginous bands ; tips of the feet pitchy : fore-wings very thickly punctured, convex along the fore border, conical towards the tips ; punctures ferruginous, here and there pitchy as are also the spaces between them ; some parts compara- LIST OF HOMOPTEROrs INSECTS. 715 lively free from punctures: hind-wings almost colourless; veins tawny. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 7^ lines. a. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Redman's collection. 25. Ptyelus ixterruptus. Castaneus ; caput alho bhnacn latum, antice ferrugineum ; pedes fuh'i ; alcB antic(E Jiavo interrupte bifasciata. Nearly allied to P. ocell'ujera. Chestnut colour, shining, mi- nutely punctured: head ferruginous in front, slightly depressed on each side, with two whitish spots near the hind border between the eyes and the eyelets ; face smooth, I'erruginous, very convex ; ridges on each side oblique, very slight : mouth and legs tawny : chest transversely rugulose : fore-wings adorned with two interrupted an- gular yellow bands : hind-wings grayish ; veins black, tawny towards the base. Length of the body 4^ lines ; of the wings 10 lines. a. Columbia. From M. Jurgeus' collection. 26. Ptyelus concolor. Testaceus^ depressus ; fades ad discum nigra ; abdomen subtus nigricans; alee posticcE limpidce. Testaceous, very minutely punctured, covered with pale down : head and chest flat : head concave along the bind border, more con- vex in front ; disk of the face black, with a broad shallow furrow, on each side of which are nine hardly oblique ridges: mouth and underside of abdomen blackish : hind-wings colourless ; veins tawny, paler towards the base. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 9 lines. 27. Ptyelus sexvittatus. Flavus, nigro sexvittatus ; pectus disco nigrum ; abdomen piceum, fulvo fasciatum et univittatum ; alcB anticce fuscce, angusta, albo bimaculatce, albido quadrinotata. Yellow, shining: head and chest flat, minutely punctured, adorned with six black stripes: head concave along the hind border, almost conical in front ; its length less than half its breadth ; face 716 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. very convex, with indistinct cross ridj^es on each side, black towards the epistoma, which is also black : disk of the breast mostly black : abdomen pitchy ; a short dorsal stripe, hind borders of the segments and oviduct tawny : legs yellow ; tips of the hind shanks and of the hind-feet pitchy : fore-wings brown, narrow, with two very large white spots on the fore border, with two indistinct whitish marks near the base, and with two more along the hind border : hind-wings colourless : veins tawny, pale yellow towards the base. Length of the body 2^ lines ; of the wings 6 lines. a. North India. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 28. Ptyelus quadeangularis. Ferrugineus,Jlavo notatus ; caput fiilvo varium, facie picea ; abdo- men piceo varium ; pedes picei,Jlavo varii ; alee anticce fulvce , piceo fasciatce. Lepyronia quadrangularis, Sai/. Ferruginous : head and chest flat, thickly and minutely punc- tured, with a few small, irregular, yellow marks: head partly lawny on each side, almost straight along the hind border, conical in front ; its length about half its breadth ; fiice convex, pitchy, with a broad, flat stripe, on each side of which are ten strongly marked, very oblique cross ridges, with ferruginous spaces between them : mouth reaching the middle hips ; tip pitchy : abdomen partly pitchy; legs pitchy ; anterior thighs with yellow spots ; hind legs yellow with pitchy bands: fore-wings tawny, convex along the fore border, partly pitchy at the base and at the tips, and with two pitchy oblique bands which form an angle: hind-wings almost colourless; veins pitchy, tawny towards the base. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. a, b. North America. Presented by the Entomological Club, c, d. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Eedman's collection. 29. Ptyelus mutans. Piceus ; caput subtus fulvum ; pectus fulvo marginatum; abdo- men supra purpureo tinctum, segmentorum marginibus posticis sub tus Ji avis ; pedes fulvi ; alee anlicce fuscce, maculis vittaque limpidis macula fasciaque fulvis, fas ciaque rufa ornatis. Pitchy : head and chest flat, minutely punctured, clothed with black down : head very slightly concave along the hind border. LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 717 almost conical in front ; its length about half its breadth ; a tawny band along the fore border, intermpted in the middle ; face tawny, convex, pitchy towards the epistoma ; with a flat middle stripe, on each side of which are seven oblique, slightly curved, very shallow cross ridges ; epistoma pitchy : mouth tawny, reaching the middle hips : the breast tawny, with a pilchy disk : abdomen with a purple tinge above ; hind borders of the segments yellow beneath : legs tawny ; tips of the feet brown : fore-wings dark brown ; a short colourless stripe on the fore border at one-third of the length ; a large angular colourless spot on the fore border near the tip ; ad- joining it there is a smaller tawny spot, and beneath it a bright red band, which extends from it to the hind border ; two colourless spots, one of them very small, are nearer the tip, close to which there is a tawny band : hind-wings pale brownish gray ; veins black, tawny at the base. Length of the body 2^ lines ; of the wings 6 lines. a, h. West Coast of America. Presented by Capt. Wood and Lieut. Wood. 30. Ptyelus simulans. Testaceus ; caput piceo qiiadrivittatum, suhtus Jiarum ; thorax piceo novem-vittatus ; pectus nigra fasciatum ; pedes fulvi ; alee anticcB ad costam suhlimpidce^ fusco vittatcE. Testaceous : head and chest flat, very minutely punctured, covered with tawny down : head concave along the hind border, almost conical in front, with four slender, indistinct, interrupted pitchy stripes ; its length less than half its breadth; face yellow, slightly convex, with a pitchy disk, and towards the frontVith a^ black border ; on each side are ten very oblique cross ridges ; epi- stoma tawny -. mouth pitchy, tawny towards the base : chest with nine indistinct slender pitchy stripes: breast with a broad black band between the fore hips and the middle hips, and with a short pitchy stripe on each side : legs tawny ; knees yellow ; tips of the feet pitchy : fore-win^s almost colourless along the fore border, with the exception of two large brown marks ; one at the base ; the other beyond half the length, sending forth two irregular diffused and in- terrupted branches, one extending towards the base, the other to the tip : hind-wings colourless ; veins brown, tawny towards the base. Length of the body 2^ lines; of the wings 6 lines. a. Java. From the East India Company's collection. 718 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 31. Ptvelus fingens. Flarus ; thorax pieeo hivittatus ; abdomen fulvum ; al(E antica albidce, ferrugineo vittatcB, ad margines posticos fuhcs. Yellow, sliiniDg: bead aud chest flat: head concave along^ the hind border, more convex in front where it has a slight notch on each side ; its length less than half its breadth ; face convex, al- most oval, with a punctured middle stripe, on each side of which are nine shallow oblique cross ridges ; epistoma sligbtly keeled : mouth tawny, reaching to the middle hips ; maxillae ferruginous ; chest punctured, slightly impressed across in front, with a pitchy stripe extending on each side from the eye to the base of the fore- wing ; abdomen tawny ; tips of the feet pitchy : fore-wings whitish, pale tawny towards the hind border, with an undulating ferruginous stripe, which extends through the disk from the base to the tip ; hind-wings colourless ; veins pale yellow. Length of the body 2^ lines ; of the wings 6 lines. a. Colenso. Presented by Dr. Hooker. 32. Ptyelus trimaculatus. Aphrophora trimaculata. White, Zool. Voy. Erebus ^- Terror, pi. 7, fig. 10. a. New Zealand. Presented by Dr. Sinclair. 6, c. New Zealand. Presented by Dr. Hooker. d. New Zealand. Presented by Dr. Hooker. e,f. Colenso. Presented by Dr. Hooker. 33. Ptyelus subvieescens. Aphrophora virescens, White, Zool. Voy. Erebus ^ Terror, pi. 7, f. 9. a. New Zealand. Presented by Capt. Sir James C. Ross. 34. Ptyelus punctum. Fulvus ; fades et pectus nigricantia ; alee antica marginis postici prope apicem fusco biguttatcB. Pale tawny, covered with pale down : head and chest almost flat: head very convex in front, with two furrows which diverge from the fore border and communicate with two more oblique im- LIST OF UOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 719 pressions near the hind border ; face very convex, with a blackish disk, which has about eight oblique ridges on each side : disk of the breast blackish: fore-wings with a dark brown dot on the hind border near the tip : hind-wings colourless ; veins pale straw-colour. Length of the body 2j lines ; of the wings 5^ lines. a. North Bengal. From Miss Campbell's collection. 35. Ptyelus basivitta. Fulvus; caput anticum suhtus pectorisque latera nigricantia ; ab- domen nigrum, basi apiceque fiilvum; alee anticce basi nigro vitiates. Pale tawny, covered with pale down : head and chest almost flat: head very convex in front, slightly impressed on each side by the fore border, about which it is blackish beneath ; face very convex, with about ten oblique ridges on each side : breast blackish beneath the base of each fore wing: abdomen black, pale tawny at the base and at the tip : fore-wings with a blackish stripe, extending along more than one-third of the length, parallel to the fore border : hind- wings colourless ; veins pale straw-colour. Length of the body 2\ lines ; of the wings 5^ lines. a. Hudson's Bay. Presented by G. Barnston, Esq. 36. Ptyelus bifasciatus. Cicada? Geoff. Ins. Par. i. 415, 2. Beg. Act. Holm. 1741, 221, pi. 7. Reaum. Act. Par. 1705, 162. i?«;/, Ins. 67. Sivammerd. (4to.) 83, Bibl. vii. 215. Merian, Ins. 77, pi. 51. Petiv. Gazoph. pi. 61, f. 9. Blanch. Ins. 97, pi. 11. Frisch. Ins. viii. 26, pi. 12. Roes. Lis. n. Gri/ll. 139, pi. 23. Sulz. Ins. pi. 10, f. 64. Schaff. Elem. pi. 42. Note. — Some of these synonyms may belong to A. spumaria. Cicada spumaria.? Scop. Ent. Cam. 331. Fuessl. Ins. Helv. 450. Gmel. Ed. Sijst. Nat. i. 4, 2102, 24. Cicada spumaria graminis, Deg. Ins. iii. 163, 1, pi. 11, f. 1 — 21, Aphrophora bifasciata, Germ. Mag. Ent. iv. 51, 3. Burm. Handb Ent. ii. 1, 122, 3. Cercopis spumaria, Fall. Act. Holm. 1805, 246, 4. Zett.Ins. Lapp. 514, 2. Costa, Faun. Regn. Nap. Ins. Emitt. Arc. 2, 2. Ptyela spumaria, Herr.-SchcBff. Norn. Ent. 67. Var. a., Burm. 720 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. Cicada bifasciata, Linn. Syst. Nat. xii. 77, 706, 11. Faun. Suec. (i.) 633, (ii.) 898. StoU. Cic. 77, pi. 19, f. 105. Gmel. Ed. Spt Nat. i. 4,2101, 11. Cicada Irifasciata, Beg. Ins. iii. 186, 6, pi. U , f. 25. Cicada (Enotherae, Scop. Ent. Cam. 114,334. Gmel. Ed. Syst. Nat.i. 4,2110, 160. Cercopis (Enotlierse, Schr. Faun. Bote. ii. Aphrophora Dianthi, St. Farg. et Serv. Enc. Metli. x;608, 2. Aphrophora (Enotlierae, Germ. Mag. Ent. iv. 53, 5. Cercopis spumaria, Var. a. maculaia, Zett. Ins. Lapp. 514. Ptyelus, Yar. 1, argyrocephalus ; 2, bifasciatus; 3, grisesceus, Amijot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2me Serie, v. 192, 424. Cercopis rustica ? Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 330, 10. Mant. Ins. ii. 275, 16. Ent. Sgst. iv. 54, 33. Syst. Rhijn. 97, 51. Gmel. Ed. Syst. Nat. i. 4, 2102, 106. Var. &., Burm. Var. c, Burm. Cercopis 4-niaculata, Schr. Faun. Boic. ii. Var. f/., Burm. Cercopis bifasciata, Fa&r. Sp. Ins. ii. 329, 6. Mant. Ins. ii. 274, 9. Ent Syst. iv. 56, 42. Syst. Rhyn. 98. Coqueb. Illustr. i. 34, pi. 8, f. 10. Var. e., Burm. Cercopis capitatus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. 56, 41. Melanapbrus, Var. 1, capitatus, 2, subniger, Amyot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2me Serie, v. 193, 426. Var /., Burm. Cicada leiicocephala, Linn. Faun. Suec. 885. Syst. Nat. 709, 28. Geoff. Ins. Par. i. 421, 13. Schaff. Icon. pi. 237, f. 6. Cercopis leucocepbala, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 325, 23. Mant. Ins. ii. 270, 29. Ent. Syst. iv. 52, 21. Syst. Rhyn. 95, 39. Gmel. Ed. Syst. Nat. i. 4, 2106, 28. Schr. Faun. Boic. Panz. Faun. Germ. vii. 20. Cercopis flavicollis, Schr. Faun. Boic. ii. 4, 1066. Cercopis marginalia, Fabr. Syst. Rhyn. 95, 37. Cercopis spumaria, Var. rj, Fall. Act. Holm. 1805, 246. Cercopis spumaria, Var./, leucocepbala, Zett. Ins. Lapp. 515. Cercopis spumaria, Var.'Z, Fall. Act. Holm. 1805, 246. Cercopis spumaria, Var. A, marginella, Zett. Ins. Lapp. 515. Cercopis lateralis, Var. b, Panz. Faun. Germ. vi. 24. Aphropbora marginella. Germ. Mag. Ent. iv. 54, 8. Var. g., Burm. Cercopis xantbocepbala, Schr. Faun. Boic. ii. Var. A., Burm. LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 721 Cercopis Popiili, Fahr. Spec. Ins. ii. 331, 14. Mant. Ins. iv. 275, 21. Ent. Si/sl.iv. 57,45. Si/st. Rhyn. 98, 63. Gmel. Ed Syst. Nat. 1.4, 2\03, 32. Cercopis spuraaria, Var. 8, Fall. Act. Holm. 1805, 246. Cercopis spumaria, Var. c, pallida, Zett. Ins. Lapp. 515. Var. /, Burm. Ray, Ins. 68, 2. Geoff. Ins. Par. i. 416, 3. Cicada lateralis, Linn. Si/st. Nat. (ed. xii.) 709, 29. Faun. Snec. 885. Gmel. Ed. Sijst. Nat. i. 4, 2106, 29. Cercopis lateralis, Fabr. Spec. Ins. ii. 324, 18. Mant. Ins. ii. 270, 24. Ent. Syst. iv. 35, 34. Syst. Rhyn. 96, 46. Fuessl. Ins. Hell'. 24, 460. Panz. Faun. Ins. Germ. \\. 24. Cercopis spumaria, Var. 6, Fall. Act. Holm. 1805, 246. Cercopis spumaria, Var. g, lateralis, Zei^ Ins. Lapp. 515. Aphrophora lateralis, Geiin. May. Ent. iv. 53, 9. Catachilus, Amyot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2me Serie, v. 192, 4, 423. Cercopis spumaria, Var. v? Fall. Act. Holm. 1805, 246. Cercopis spumaria, Var. k, vittata ? Zett. Ins. Lapp. 516. Tettigonia vittata ? Ahr. Faun. Eur. Fasc. vi. f. 20. Var. 1-, Burm. Cicada vittata, Linn. Faun. Suec. 889. Fuessl. Ins. Helv. 24, 464. Gmel. Ed. Syst. Nat. i. 4, 2107, 36. Cercopis vittata, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 324, 17. Mant. Ins. ii. 270,23. Ent. Syst. iv. 53, 25. Syst. Rhyn. 96, 45. Hypomius, Amyot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2me Serie, v. 192, 425. Cercopis biguttata, Fabr. Syst. Rhyn, 97, 53. Var. Cercopis 4-punctata, Schr. Faun. Boic. ii. 1070. Var. Cercopis fasciata, Schr. Faun. Boic. ii. 57, 1068. Var. Cercopis g:ibba. Fair. Spec. Ins. ii. 334, 11. Mant. Ins. ii. 275, 16. Ent. Si/st. iv. 54, 34. Syst. Rhyn. 97, 52. Gmel. Ed. Syst. Nat. i. 4, 2102, 107. Cercopis spumaria, Var. /3, Fall. Act. Holm. 1805, 246. Cercopis spumaria, Var. b, gibba, Zett. Ins. Lapp. 514. Var. Cercopis spumaria, Var. (, Fall. Act. Holm. 1805, 246. Cercopis spumaria, Var. e, obscura, Zett. Ins. Lapp. 515. Var. Cercopis praeusta ? Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. 53, 28. Issus praeustus? Fabr. Syst. Rhyn. 100, 5. Cercopis spumaria, Vav.K. Fall. Act. Holm. 1805. a — z. England. a a — z z. S. France. a a a. Geneva. Presented by M. Goureau. bbb. ? Presented by J. G. Children, Esq. c c c. Scotland. Presented by R. N. Greville, Esq. PART. III. 2 S 722 LIST or HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 37. Ptyelus lineatus. Cicada lineata, Linn. Si/st. Nat. (Ed. xii.) 709, 31. Faun. Suec. 888. Gniel. Ed. Syst. Nat. i. 4, 2103, 31. Cercopis lineata, Fabr. Spec. Ins. ii. 330, 8. Mant. Ins. ii. 274, 13. Ent. Sijst. iv. Rhyn. 96, 42. Cercopis abbreviata, Fabr. Si/st. Rhyn. 96, 47. Panz. Faun. Germ. ciii. 9. Cercopis spumaria, Var. M ■'^ Fall. Act. Holm. 1805, 246. Cercopis spumaria, Var. i, lineata ? Zett. Ins. Lapp. 516. Cercopis campestris? Fall. Act. Holm. 1805, 252. Zett. Ins. Lapp. 516, 3. Aphrophora lineata. Germ. Mag. Ent. iv. 53, 6. Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 1, 123, 4. Aphrophora abbreviata. Germ. Mag. Ent. iv. 54, 10. Catagrammus, Amyot., Ann. Sac. Ent. Fr. '2me Serie, v. 192, 423. a. ? Presented by J. G. Children, Esq. Ik c. ? 38. Ptyelus mispachthus. Mispachthus, Amyot., Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2me Serie, v. 194, 427. Prance, Italy. 39. Ptyelus leucophthalmus. Ptyelus bifasciata, Var. ? Cicada leucophthalma, Linn. Faun. Suec. 883. Gmel. Ed. Syst. iVa<. i. 4, 2106,26. Cercopis leucophthalma, Fabr. Spec. Ins. ii. 325, 21. Mant. Ins. ii. 270, 28. Ent. Syst. iv. Syst. Rhyn. 95, 38. Cercopis spumaria, Var. e? Fall. Act. Holm. 1805, 246. Cercopis spumaria, Var. d, leucophthalma, Zett. Ins. Lapp. 515. Aphrophora leucophthalma, Germ. Mag. Ent. iv. 53, 4. Faun. Ins. ix. pi. 17. Europe. 40, Ptyelus pubescens. Tettigonia pubescens, Curtis. a — h. England. Presented by F. Walker, Esq. i. South of France. LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 723 41. Ptvelus EXCLAMATIONIS. Cicada exclainationis, Thunh. Act. Ups. iv, 24, 40. Gmel. Ed. Syst. Nat. i. 4, 2108, 143. Cercopis exclamatiouis, Fall. Act. Holm. 1805, 253, 7. Cic. 21, 8. Zett. Ins. Lapp. 517, 4. Fuscus, depressus, subtus fulvus ; pectoris discus niger ; abdomen supra nigrum ; pedes Jlavi ; alee anticce ad costam albo bi- maculatce. Brown, covered with pale down : head and chest flat : head slightly impressed on each side of the disk, concave along the hind border, almost conical in front ; face tawny, shining, very convex, having on each side about twelve oblique brown bands which are very indistinct with the exception of five between the eyes : breast tawny with a black disk : abdomen black above, tawny beneath : legs yellow : fore-wings pale brown, darker along the hind border near the tips, with two large, almost triangular white spots on the fore border: hind-wings colourless; veins brown. Length of the body If line; of the wings 3i lines. a. ? Presented by J. G. Children, Esq. 42. Ptyelus? aucalis. Ptyelus apicalis, St. Farg. et Serv. Enc. Metk. x. 608. Aphrophora apicalis, Germ. Mag. Ent. iv. 53, 7. Europe. 43. Ptyelus albilatera. Aphrophora albilatera, Germar, MSS. Stramineus, depressus ; abdomen fulvum ; alee anticce ad costam albidce. Straw colour, covered with pale down : head and chest flat above: head concave behind, more convex in front; face shghtly convex ; ridges on each side very indistinct : abdomen tawny : fore- wings whitish along the fore border ; veins ferruginous : hind-wings colourless ; veins pale straw colour. Length of the body 2 lines : of the wings 4 lines. a. Cape. From M. Drege's collection. 2s2 '24 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 44. Ptyelus trivirgatus. Ptyelus trivirgatus, Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 567, 2, pi. tO, f. 9. 45. Ptyelus ferrum-eqcinum. Ptyelus ferrum-equinum, St. Farg. et Serv. Enc, Meth. x. 608, 1. 46. Ptyelus mirabilis. Ptyelus mirabilis, Amyot, Hist. Nat. Hem. 566, 1. Cercopis mirabilis, Blanch. Hist. Nat. Ins. iii. 187, 1. New Holland ; Madagascar. 47. Ptyelus subfasciatus. Fulvus ; caput supra luteum, subtus antice piceum ; thorax fusco sexvittatus ; pectoris discus niger ; abdomen piceum basi ful- vum ; tibice posticce apice nigrce ; alee antiae albo bifasciatce, basi fulvo maculatee. Pale tawny, shining, very finely punctured : head above luteous, slightly concave along the hind border, very convex in front ; face very convex, pitchy towards the epistoraa, which is also pitchy ; ridges on each side very slight : chest with six brown stripes ; a brown spot on each side by the base of the fore-wing : disk of the breast black : abdomen pitchy, pale tawny at the base : tips of the hind shanks black : fore-wings brown, with a tawny spot on each side at the base, and with two white bands, the first not reaching the hind border, the second interrupted in the middle: hind-wings co- lourless : veins tawny. Length of the body 1 f line ; of the wings 4 lines. a. North India. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 48. Ptyelus obtusus. Cercopis obtusa. Say. United States. LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 725 49. PtYELUS IGNIPICTUS. Cercopis ignipicta, Harris, Cat. Ins. Massach. United States. Genus 3. LEPYKONIA. Lepyronia, Amijot et Serv. Hist, Nat. Hhn. 567, 463. Cicada, p., Linn, Cercopis, p., Fahr. Panz. Aphroplioia, p., Germ., Burm. 1. Lepyronia obscurata. Lepvronia obscurata, Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 567, 1, pi. 10, 'f. 10. 2. Lepyronia sdbfasciata. Lepyronia subfasciata, Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 567, 2. Brazil. 3. Lepyronia coleoptrata. Lepyronia coleoptrata, Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 567, 3, Cicada coleoptrata, Linn. Faun. Suec. 240, 880. Cercopis angulata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. 53, 27. Syst. Rhyn. 97, 49. Panz. Faun.Lns. Germ. 103, 10. Aphropliora coleoptrata. Germ. May. Ent. iv. 54, 1 1 . Aphrophora angulata, Burm. Hanclh. Ent. ii. 123, 5. Lepyronia, Amyot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2me Serie, v. 194, 428. a — q. France. 4. Lepyronia subfasciata ? Lepyronia subfasciata, Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem, 567, 2, a. Brazil. From Mr. Shuckard's collection. 2 s 3 726 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 5. Lepyronia convexa. Ferruginea ; fades Jiava ; pectus et abdomen picea ; femora basi^ protibice et protarsi flava ; alee anticce piceo-maculatce, albo unifasciatce. Pale ferruginous: head and chest flat, thickly and minutely punctured : head almost conical in front, very slightly concave along the hind border ; its length about half its breadth ; face yellow, very convex and prominent, with about ten shallow hardly oblique ridges on each side, w ith pitchy spaces between the six next the front ; epistoma and mouth pitchy, the latter reaching the middle-hips : breast and abdomen mostly pitchy : thighs towards the base, fore- shanks and fore-feet yellow : fore-wings convex, elliptical, with a few paie pitchy spots, pitchy towards the base, near which there is an oblique white band, which does not reach the hind border : hind- wings colourless ; veins pale yellow. Length of the body 2i lines ; of the wings 5 lines. Var. j8. Fore-wings pale yellow towards the tips, with the ex- ception of the borders of the veins. a. New Holland. Presented by the Haslar Hospital. b. New Holland. From Mr. Lambert's collection. 6. Lepyrohia albicincta.? Testacea ; thorax postice piceus, albo fasciatus ; pectus flamim, piceo varium ; pedes fulvi ; femora basi flava ; alee anticce fusc(B^ albo fasciatce. Aphrophora albicincta? Erichson, Archiv. i. 1842,285,277. Testaceous, shining: head, chest, and fore-wings thickly and minutely punctured : head and chest ilat: head with an indistinct cross furrow in the disk, almost straight along the hind border, slightly conical in front; face very convex and prominent, yellow, with about twelve shallow, very slightly oblique cross ridges on each side; the spaces between eight of these are pitchy ; epistoma partly pitchy : mouth tawny, reaching the middle hips ; tip pitchy : hind part of the chest pitchy, with a slightly undulating white band : breast yellow, partly pitchy: abdomen pitchy : legs tawny; thighs yellow towards the base; feet pitchy towards the tips: fore-wings convex, elliptical, dark brown for two-thirds of the length, white, LIST OF HOMOPTERODS INSECTS. 727 with the exception of the borders of the veins, from thence to the tips; a broad white band at one-third of the lenrown stripe ; face tawny, with eight oblique brown stripes on each side ; disk flat, with a dark brown stripe, which is widened to- wards the epistoma : shield with a very large conical green spot resting on the hind border: disk of the breast black: abdomen black, yellow along each side and on the hind borders of the seg- ments and at the tip: legs tawny; thighs streaked with brown : fore-wings grass-creen, colourless along the fore borders and at the tips; veins pale bluish green: hind-wings brown. Length of the body 2^ lines ; of the wings 4i lines, a. St. John's Bluff", E. Florida. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 773 103. Tettigonia acuta. Viridis ; caput trigo7nim, Jlarum, nigro vittatum ; scutum flu cum, viridi maculatum ; scutellmti et pectus flava ; abdomen ni- grum, subtus Jlarum ; pedes fulvi, femoribns Jlavis ; aloB an- ticce apice et ad costam limpida ; ala posticce fusca. Grass-green : head yellow, triangular, a little longer than broad, slightly concave along the hind border, vvith a very slender black stripe, and on each side some more indistinct brown streaks : face tawny, flat on the disk, with eight oblique pale brown stripes on each side: shield yellow, with a very large green conical spot resting on the hind border, and occupying more than half the length ; scutcheon and breast yellow : abdomen black, yellow beneath : legs tawny ; thighs yellow : fore-wings colourless along the fore borders and at the tips; veins bluish green: hind-wings brown. Length of the body 2| — 3 lines ; of the wings 4 — o lines. a—f. St. John's Bluff, E. Florida. ; Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. g. North America. 104. Tettigonia 7-guttata. Siraminea ; caput trigonum, fusco vittatum, nigro guttatum ; scu- tellum nigro biguttatum ; alee anticcB sublimpidce, ad costam JiavcB ; alee posticce alba. Straw-colour : head triangular, a little longer than broad, slightly concave along the hind border, with a few very slight brown stripes, and with three black dots, one on the disk and two on the hind border: face long, flat on the disk, darker, and with seven oblique brown stripes on each side : shield with some short brown streaks along the fore border, and with a black dot on each side; scutcheon with a black dot on each side of the fore border: fore- wings almost colourless, yellow along the fore border; veins whitish: hind-wings white. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 5 lines. a. St. John's Bluff", E. Florida. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 2 y3 774 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 105. Tettigonia 4-plagiata. Nigra, Jlavo varia ; pectus Jlavum ; abdomen rufum ; pedes Jiavi ; alcefuscce ; alee anticce virides albo himaculatcB. Black: head short, semicircular in front, concave behind, with a large conical pale yellow spot on the hind border; two yellow stripes on the fore border, extending to the face, which is all yel- low, and has a flat disk; epistoma keeled: a large pale yellow spot on the shield, and a small one on each side of the scutcheon : breast and legs yellow: abdomen bright red: wings brown : fore- wings with two large greenish white spots, one on the fore border near the tip, the other on the hind border near the base. Length of the body 2 lines ; of the wings 4 lines. a. W. Coast of America. Presented bv Capt. Wood and Lieut. Wood. 106. Tettigoma buevis. Nigra ; caput supra testaceum ; pectus testaceo marginatum ; ab- dominis segmenta marginibus posticis testaceis ; pedes picei, femoribus nigris ; alee anticce Jiavo bifasciatcB ; alee posticci fusca, fascia sublimpida. Black, broad : crown of the head testaceous, very finely striated, with an indistinct longitudinal ridge, impressed on each side near the hind border; face flat, extremely minutely shagreened, with a few small shallow punctures ; a testaceous spot by each feeler ; epistoma slightly keeled ; mouth testaceous ; shield roughly punctured : scutcheon minutely punctured, slightly striated across, with a transverse suture towards the tip, which is yellow: borders of the segments of the breast and hind borders of the abdominal seg- ments testaceous : legs pitchy ; thighs black ; hind-shanks with black tips ; hind-legs long : fore-wings black, with two bright yellow bands : hind-wings brown, with a triangular, almost colourless band. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. a. China. Presented by G. T. Lay, Esq. b — d. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 775 107. Tettigonia striata. Nigra, Jlavo guttata ; pectus Jlavo bivittatum ; alee anticce rufo vittatcB, apice sublimpidce ; alee posticce subcinerece, basi sub- fuse (B. Black, stout: head and chest thickl}' and roughly punctured, almost flat, thinly covered with yellow dots : head rounded in fVoiit ; its length much less than half its breadth ; face flat and finely ru- gulose on the disk, smooth, and with about twelve distinct oblique ridges on each side : scutcheon with a suture across the middle : breast with a pale yellow stripe on each side: abdomen with some yellow marks at the tip : fore-wings black, red along the fore border, and with two red stripes in each areolet ; tips almost colourless, with a brown stripe on the disk of each areolet ; hind-wings slightly gray, pale brown towards the base. Length of the body 3$ lines ; of the wings 7\ lines. a, b. Hudson's Bay. Presented by G. Barnston, Esq. c, d. N. America. Presented by the Earl of Derby. e. ? Presented by J. G. Children, Esq. /. — k. Nova Scotia. /. ? 108. Tettigonia lug ens. Nigra, albo guttata ; pectus albo bivittatum ; alee anticce albida piceo vittatce ; alee posticce cinereee, basi fuscee. In structure like T. rufistria, of which it may be a variety. Black: head and chest thinly covered with white dots : breast with a white stripe on each side: abdomen whitish at the tip ; fore-wings dingy white ; disks of the areolets, excepting those along the fore border, irregularly and interruptedly pitchy : hind-wings gray, brown towards the base. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 6| lines. a. Nova Scotia. 109. Tettigonia pyerhotelus. Nigra, Jlavo guttata, subtus albo bivittata ; caput margine antico Jlavo; scutellum apice Jlavum ; abdomen apice ruf urn ; femora rufa, nigro vittata ; alee anticee rufo vittatce, apice sublim- pidce ; alee posticce fuscee. In structure like T. striata. Black : head and chest thinly co- vered with pale yellow dots : a piile yellow undulating band on the 776 LIST OF HOMOPTEEOUS INSECTS. fore border of the head : scutcheon with a yellow tip: a white stripe alono- each side of the breast and of the abdomen, which has a bright red tip : thighs red, striped with black: fore-wings black, red along the fore border, and with two red stripes in each areolet ; tips almost colourless : hind-wings brown. Length of the body 3j lines ; of the wings 7^ lines. a. St. John's Bluff, E. Florida. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 110. Tettigonia nigeifascia. Albida ; caput margine antico nigro trimaculatum ; scutum nigra bimaculatum ; scutellum apice nigrum ; abdominis dorsum nigrum, apice Jiavum ; aim antioB ad costam nigricantes ; alee posticcE cinerece, basi fuscce. l^Tiitish, rather broad: head short, nearly as broad as the chest, rounded in front, slightly concave along the hind border, somewhat concave on the disk of the crown, with a black dot and two black spots in front; face finely punctured and slightly concave on the disk, with indistinct and slightly oblique striae on each side : shield transversely rugulose, with two black spots near the fore border, which is yellow along each side ; scutcheon with a black tip : abdo- men bright yellow, pale testaceous at the tip, black above on full half the length from tbe base : fore-wings blackish along near three- fourths of the fore border from the base : hind-wings gray, brown towards the base. Length of the body 2^ lines ; of the wings 6 lines. a. Mexico. Presented by E. P. Coffin, Esq. 111. TeTTIGONIA PALLIDA. Albida; caput margine antico nigro trimaculatum; scutum nigra bimaculatum ; scutellum Jiavum, nigro trimaculatum ; abdo- minis latera jiava ; alec anticce ad costam nigricantes ; al(e posticcB albce. Whitish, rather broad : head short, nearly as broad as the chest, rounded in front, slightly concave along the hind border, finely striated longitudinally, not concave on the disk, with three small black spots on the fore border ; face not concave, finely punc- tured, with indistinct and slightly oblique striae on each side ; shield transversely rugulose, with two black spots near the fore border, which is tinged with yellow on each side ; scutcheon yellow, with a LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 777 black tip and a black spot ou each side at the base : abdomen yel- low along each side : fore-wings blackish along three-fourths of the fore border from the base : hind-wings white. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 6i lines. a. Mexico. Presented by E. P. Coffin, Esq. 112. TeTTIGONIA ALBIDA. Albida ; caput margine antico nigra triguttatum ; scutum niyro higuttatum ; alee posticte sublimpidce. Whitish, rather narrow : head short, nearly as broad as the chest, rounded in front, concave along the hind border, finely stri- ated longitudinally, slightly concave on each side, with three black dots on the fore border; face flat, and finely punctured on the disk, with very indistinct striae on each side: shield transversely rugulose, with a black dot on each side near the fore border : hind-wings almost colourless. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. a. Mexico. Presented by E. P. Coffin, Esq. 113. TeTTIGONIA ROBUSTA. Testacea ; caput nigra quadrivittatum et midtifasciatum ; scutum nigro quadrivittatum et himaculatum ; pectus disco nigro ; abdomen supra rufum, subtus maculis piceis bivittatum ; alee antic