LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 657 



26. Cercopis pallida. 



Testacea ; caput nigrum ; abdomen fuscum, hasi et apice testaceum ; 

 alcB antic(B lurid(£, apice fusccB. 



Testaceous: head black, transversely striated, very convex in 

 front : mouth testaceous : abdomen brown, testaceous at the base 

 and at the tip : tips of the feet brown : fore-wings lurid, brown to- 

 wards the tips: hind-wings gray; veins brown. Length of the 

 body 5 — 6 lines ; of the wings 14 — 16 lines. 



a. India. From Mr, Stevens* collection. 

 h. ? 



27. Cercopis submaculata. 



Ritfa ; scutelium piceum, utrinque rnfum ; femora posteriora hasi 

 picea ; alee anticce 6- vel S-maculata, apice luridce. 



Pale red, shining: shield very minutely punctured; middle 

 ridge very slight ; scutcheon pitchy, striated across, red on each 

 side : posterior femora piceous towards the base : fore-wings with 

 six or eight pale brown spots in the disks, lurid towards the tips : 

 hind-wings almost colourless, reddish at the base ; veins pale red. 

 Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



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



28. Cercopis semicincta. 



Rufa; caput et prothorax rufa; abdomen subtus maculis ni- 

 g.ris hivittatum ; alee anticce nigru 7-maculatce, apice fusac 

 nigro marginatce. 



Red, shining: head and chest black: head pitchy or ferrugi- 

 nous beneath : scutcheon and hind-chest red : abdomen with a row 

 of black spots along each side beneath : membranous part of the 

 fore-wings red, very minutely punctured, occupying two-thirds of 

 the length, adorned with nine black spots ; reticulated part bordered 

 with black, forming numerous areolets which are brown with pale 

 borders; veins red; hind-wings pale brown ; veins darker. Length 

 of the body 5^ lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 



a, h. Java. From the East India Company's collection. 



