HEMIPTERA. 39 



One of the most beautiful species of the Indian Cicadae. The wing cases are black, 

 elegantly reticulated, and spotted with bright blue. At the extremity of the abdomen 

 it has a tuft of long and very delicate hairs, intermixed with others that are rather con- 

 voluted and of a coarser texture. The whole of this insect, but particularly between the 

 abdomen and wings, is sometimes profusely covered with a fine powder of a snowy white- 

 ness, similar to that observed on the Flata limbata in the imperfect state ; hence we 

 may conclude it is also one of those insects which furnish the white wax* so highly 

 esteemed in China. 



CICADA SPLENDIDULA. 



Plate 16. fig. 4. 



Cii. Sp. C. elytris fusco-aureis, femoribus anticis incrassato-dentatis rufis. Long-. Corp. alls 

 claus. I unc. 

 C. with golden brown elytra, the anterior femora incrassated, toothed and red, thorax 

 and scutellum varied with yellow and black. Length, with the wings closed, 

 I inch. 



Syn. Cicada splendidula, Fabricitcs Ent. Syst. 4. p. 25. Syst. Rhyiu/. p. 42. 



Figured from the unique specimen in the collection of Mr. Drury, described by 

 Fabricius. 



CERCOPIS ABDOMINALIS. 



Plate 16. fig. 5. 



Family. Cercopid^. 



Genus. Cercopis, Fabricius. 



Cn. Sp. C. atra nitida, thorace immaculato, elytris basi fasciaque media flavescentibus ; ab- 

 domine sanguineo. Long. Corp. alls clausis ^ unc. 

 C. black shining, thorax without spots, elytra with the base and a central fascia 

 yellowish, abdomen sanguineous. Length, with the wings shut, j- inch. 



SvN. Cicada abdominalis, Donovan, \st Edit. 



Cercopis Heros ? Fabr. Syst. Rhyng. p. 89. 



* Vide Sir G. Staunton's Hist. Emb. China. 



