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CERCOPIS VULNERATA. 



Order Homoptera. Fam. Cicadiidae. 



Type of the Genus, Cicada sanguinolenta Linn. 



Ceecopis Fab., Lat., Curt. — Cicada Linn., 8(C. 



Antennae inserted in a cavity on each side the face, near the inner 

 margin of the eyes, minute, 4-jointed, basal and 2nd joints short 

 and stout, the 1st a little the largest, truncated obliquely, the 

 latter subovate-truncate, 3rd small ovate-conic, producing a mo- 

 derately long compressed naked seta, and a nearly parallel trans- 

 parent spine also at its base (4). 



Labrum minute, elongate-trigonate, the sides thin and transpa- 

 rent (3). 



Mandibles and Maxilla stout and setiform. 

 Labium not so long as the head, pilose and triarticulate, basal 

 joint the smallest, 2nd the longest, clavate, 3rd a little longer 

 than the 1st, oblong and rounded at the apex (2*). 

 Head trigonate, angulated on the forehead ; clypeus rounded and trans- 

 versely striated (1, the face) : eyes small, globose and lateral : ocelli 

 2, at the hinder part of the head. Thorax much broader than the 

 head, the sides angulated slightly emarginate at the base : scutellum 

 trigonate-acuminate . Abdomen s/ior^, trigonate-conic. Wings round- 

 ed, deflexed, especially towards the apex ; superior coriaceous ; infe- 

 rior more or less transparent with several longitudinal nervures, 

 united by a transverse one before reaching the margin. Legs, ante- 

 rior short, hinder pair formed for leaping. Thighs short. Tibiae, 

 posterior the longest, with a tooth outside near the base, another at 

 the middle and several at the apex. Tarsi short and triarticulate, 

 basal joint nearly concealed in the anterior, a little the longest in the 

 posterior pair, terminal joint clavate. Claws and Pulvilh distinct 

 (6t, hind leg). 

 Obs. The dissections are taken from the species figured. 



VuLNERATA Rossi F. E. 2. 350. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 1061. 2. — san- 

 guinolenta Pa«2. 33, 10. — Don. 2. pi. 54. 1. — dorsata ^Ar. 1. 

 21. var. ? 



Black, head, thorax and elytra thickly punctured, the edges of 

 the segments of the body and the apex partially red : elytra with 

 an oblong scarlet spot on each side the scutellum, another some- 

 what rounded one on the disc of each, and a 3rd large lunulate 

 one towards the apex, meeting on the back : wings fuscous, ex- 

 cept towards the upper margin, where 3 or 4 of the nervures are 

 scarlet as well as the base. 



In the Author s and other Cabinets. 



The species just described is the only one that inhabits Bri- 

 tain ; yet the C. sanguinolenta has always been recorded as 



