9i ME. walker's catalogue of homopterous insects 



the thorax stout, diyergmg, ohhquely 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 Unes. 

 Malacca. 



47. Centeotus semiviteexts, n. s. Niger, crassus, brevis, nitens, subtiUs- 

 sime punctatus, thorace antice inermi angidato, coniu postico abdomen 

 fere adsequante, alls hyalinis, anticarum dimidio apicaH nigro. 



Black, thick, sliort, shining, very minutely punctiu-ed. Thorax miarmed in 

 front, biit 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 wmgs black for half tlie length from tlie tips. Length of the body 

 11 loie ; of the wings 32 lines. 



Singapore. 



48. Centeottts semifascia, n. s. Niger, obscurus, thorace antice inermi, 

 cornu postico abdommis dimidium superante ; alis hyahnis, anticis gutta 

 costali fascia, subapicali apiccque fuscis. 



Black, duU. Thorax unarmed in front ; liind 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 brow^l tips. Lcngtli 

 of the body 1 Ime ; of the wings 2^ lines. 



Malacca. 



Gen. MiCEErNE, b. g. 



Centroto afBnis. Thorax antice lanceolatus ; cornu caput longe supcrans, 

 apud apicem ramis duabus erectis subarcuatis armatum ; cornu posticmn 

 abdominis dimidio tIx brevius. 



AUied to Centrotus. Thorax prolonged mto a long, slender, lanceolate horn 

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

 vertical sliglitly reciu-ved and diverging branches. Hind part of the thorax 

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

 abdomen. Wings fusiform, much hkc those of Centrotus. 



49. Micsetjns formidanda, n. s. Nigra, thorace scabro, cornubus carinatis, 

 segmentorum abdommaUum marginibus posticis genubus tarsisque fiilvis, 

 alis anticis nigricantibus, posticis cuiereis. 



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

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

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



Singapore. 



Fam. CICADELLINA, Burmeister. 



Trib. LiEViPEDES, Ami/ot et Serv. 



Subtrib. Ceecopides, *SV. Fart/, et Serv. 



G-en. Ceecopis, Fair. 



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

 Var. Alis anticis nigi-is guttis sex basaUbus rufis. 



