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the thorax stout, diverging, obliquely ascending, shorter than the breadth 

 of the thorax between them ; hind horn horizontal, extending to half the 

 length of the abdomen. Tarsi ferruginous. Fore wings brown, black at the 

 base. Hind wings limpid. Length of the body 2 lines ; of the wings 

 4 lines. 

 Malacca. 



47. Centeotus semiviteeus, n. s. Niger, crassu3, brevis, nitens, subtilis- 

 sime punctatus, thorace antice inermi angulato, cornu postico abdomen 

 fere adsequante, ahs hyalinis, anticarum dimidio apicali nigro. 



Black, thick, short, shining, very minutely punctured. Thorax unarmed in 

 front, but angular on each side by the base of the fore wing ; hind horn 

 horizontal, extending nearly to the tip of the abdomen. Wings hyaline. 

 Fore wings black for half the length from the tips. Length of the body 

 1£ line ; of the wings 3£ lines. 



Singapore. 



48. Centeotus SEMIEASCIA, n. s. Niger, obscurus, thorace antice inermi, 

 cornu postico abdominis dimidium superante ; ahs hyalinis, anticis gutta 

 costali fascia subapicali apiceque fuscis. 



Black, dull. Thorax unarmed in front ; hind horn horizontal, extending to 

 rather beyond half the length of the abdomen. Wings hyaline. Fore 

 wings with a brown dot in front, a subapical band, and brown tips. Length 

 of the body 1 line j of the wings 2^ lines. 



Malacca. 



Gren. Micreuke, n. g. 



Centroto affinis. Thorax antice lanceolatus ; cornu caput longe superans, 

 apud apicem ramis duabus erectis subarcuatis armatum ; cornu posticum 

 abdominis dimidio vix brevius. 



Allied to Centrotus. Thorax prolonged into a long, slender, lanceolate horn 

 which extends far beyond the head, and has at its tip two more slender 

 vertical slightly recurved and diverging branches. Hind part of the thorax 

 armed with a horizontal horn which extends to near half the length of the 

 abdomen. Wings fusiform, much like those of Centrotus. 



49. Miceetjne FOEMIDANDA, n. s. Nigra, thorace scabro, cornubus carinatis, 

 segmentorum abdominahum marginibus posticis genubus tarsisque fulvis, 

 ahs anticis nigricantibus, posticis cinereis. 



Black. Thorax scabrous ; its horns channelled. Hind borders of the ab- 

 dominal segments, knees and tarsi tawny. Fore wings blackish. Hind 

 wings grey. Length of the body lines ; of the wings lines. 



Singapore. 



Tarn. CICADELLINA, Burmeister. 



Trib. L^eyipedes, Amyot et Serv. 



Subtrib. Cercopldes, St. Farg. et Serv. 



G-en. Cercopis, Fair. 



50. Cercopis tricolor, St. Farg. et Serv. Enc. Meth. x. 604. 1. 

 Var. Alis anticis nigris guttis sex basalibus rufis. 



