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20. Cercopis latissima. 



Nigra, nitens, lata ; pedes abdominisque apex riifa, al(e anticoe 

 virides basi dilatata;. 



Black, shining : shield very broad : mouth, legs and tips of 

 the abdomen red : fore-wings metallic green, convex along the 

 fore border, which is much dilated towards the base : hind-wings 

 brown ; veins black. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 22 

 Hues. 



a. Java. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



21. Cercopis signifera. 



Flava ; caput fiisco cinctum ; acutellum nigro bivittatum ; abdo- 

 men pur pureum, basi et subtus Jiavuin ; femora fusco vittata ; 

 alcB anticcB fusca;, basi Jiavce fusco maculata, apice rufo ocel- 

 latce. 



Yellow: head encircled with a broad brown band; a brown 

 spot on the epistoma : mouth tawny, with a black tip : shield with 

 two very broad black stripes, which are angular on the outer sides, 

 and occupy there the whole breadth on tlie hind part, but are con- 

 tracted in front: abdomen purple ; tip and under side yellow, the 

 former partly ferruginous : legs yellow, partly tawny ; thighs streaked 

 with brown ; tips of the shanks and of the tarsi brown : fore-wings 

 brown, yellow, with three large brown spots towards the base, with 

 three red semicircles in the disk towards the lip, which is bordered 

 with red ; two of the semicircles united : hind-wings pale brown ; 

 veins brown. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 20 lines. 



a. 



- ? 



Presented by J. G. Children, Esq. 



b. Silhet. From Mr. Argents collection. 



22. Cercopis ducens. 



Nigra, nitens, lata ; abdomen purpureum ; pedes picei ; ala an- 

 tic(B nigro-fusccB, fasciis duabus angustis undatis rufis or- 

 natce. 



Black, shining: shield broad: mouth and legs pitchy: abdo- 

 men purple : fore-wings blackish brown, with two red, narrow, 

 slightly undulating bands, one near the base, the other at two-thirds 



