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Caput ct totus thorax, ac abdomen aeneo-viridia, pubc cincrca ^ 

 vcntris sogmcnti primi limbo luloo loslaroo. Pc>dos tostacci, coxis po- 

 sticis , apicc cxccpto, aenco-viridibus , fcmorum posliconmi denliculis 

 nigricanlibus. 



Lcctum propc Ncapolim, in collis camaldulcnsis sylvis, acslalc 1852 

 rarissimum. 



Genus IIO^^OCNEillA (1),A. Cost. 

 ( Ordo Ilemiptcronim = Familia Issorum ) 



Characlcres generis. 



Frons vorlicalis, cum vcrlice horizonlali angulura rectum formans; 

 in focmina convexiuscula. 



Antennae triarliculatac , articulo tcrtio in pracccdenlis scissura in- 

 serto, ct seta longa Icrminalo. 



Ocelli baud conspicui. 



Elytra brevia, abdominis priraum scgmcntum hand vcl vixcxccden- 

 tia,poslice Iniacata; aroolis nuUis; ncrvo unico subcubilali 3; nerve in- 

 iemosuturali, ac duobus cxtcrnis ad humeros connivenlibus. 



Pedes anlici Icretes, mcdiis similes. 

 Descriptio generis. 



Corpus robuslum, in marc brevius, bufonis fere formam simulans; 

 in focmina magis o))longiiru. 



Caput breve, protuberanlia fronlali nulla: vertex transversus sul)- 

 horixoiilalis, margiiiibus laleralibus, anliroque Irisinuato clcvatis acu- 

 lis ; disco concaviusciilo. Frons in marc in parlc supcriore subpcrpen- 

 dicularis, angulum fcro rectum cum verlice cfficicns, plana, margini- 

 bus latcralibus S(Hi orbilalibus carinalis, carinisquc diiabus mc^liis in 

 areas trcs partita, quarum media subcpiadrala , lalcralcs angustiorcs, 

 longitudine laliludincm dujjlo supcrantc ; in parte infcriorc convexo- 

 gibba, lacvi : in focmina tola convcxa, quinqiio-carinata , carina me- 

 dia recta , latcralibus arcuatis infra convcrgentibus. Genae laterales , 

 angustae , cum fronte angulum fere rectiun formanlcs. 



Oculi rcticulati magni laterales, ovato-oblongi, sublongiludinales, 



(1) A graecis vocibiis n\un similis, c'. xti'I libia, foimir. 



