Rev. \V. Kirby's Characters of Otioctrus and Anotia. 15 



lati : anterioribus quatuor articulo extimo brcvi^simo ; 

 posticis articulo primo sequentibus longiori, secundo 

 extimo breviori, omnibus spinulis semicoronatis, quod 

 non in tarsis anterioribus obtinet. Tarsi omnes biun- 

 guiculati : unguiculis simplicibus. Eli/Ira cuneiformia. 

 corpore duplo longiora, membranaceo-pergamenoa*, 

 neurosa^ ; areolis plurimis ; basalibus lmearibus, api- 

 calibus parallelogrammicis. A lie dimidiato-eordata\ 

 pergameno-membranacea^, elytris breviores et lati- 

 ores. 

 Abdomen subtrigonum : carina dorsali ; segmentis dorsa- 

 libus sex, ventralibus quinque ultimo reliquia majori in 

 medio lobato : lobo rotunda to J ; imo fern inco apparatu 

 sextuplici : laminis duabus inferioribus sinu magno su- 

 pra excisis^, lateralibus oblongis|(, superioribus trian- 

 gularibus basi intus rectangulis**"; ano masculo supra 

 stylo elongato lineari basi incrassatott, subtus ibrcipe 

 c laminis duabus foliiformibus oblongis concavis sur- 

 sum arcuatis intus inferius sinuatis £$ instructo. 



Tliis genus is related both to Fulgora and Delphax ; from the 

 former it borrows its rostrated front, and from the latter its reni- 

 form eyes and elongate antennae. It is however distinguished 

 by many peculiar characters, some of which are very singular. 

 Of this description are its compressed head with a double edge 

 both above and below, and its exarticulate multiannular an- 

 tennae, furnished at their base with one or two long tortuous 



• The term pergameneus, in The Introduction to Entomology, is used to signify a 

 substance between coriaceus and membranacem, somewhat resembling parchment. 

 t For the explanation of this term, see Introduction to Entomology, 2d ed. ii. 347. 

 % Tab. I. fig. 7. c. § Ibid. aa. || Ibid, b b. 



** Ibid. fig. <3. a a. ft Ibid. fig. 4. a. & Ibid, bb ; and fig. 5. on. 



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