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41. Cercopis dorsimacula. 



Nigra ; caput supra luteum ; thorax rufo quadrimacnlatwn, luteo 

 hivittatum ; abdomen supra purpureum ; alee anticce picea', 

 rufo S-maculatce, apice luridcc ; alee posticcc ftisccE, bad 

 rufcc. 



Black, dull : head liiteous, black beneath : chest minutely rii- 

 gulose; shield with a red spot on each side of the disk, and with a 

 luteous stripe along each side from the fore border to the base of the 

 fore-wing; scutcheon impressed on the disk, with a red spot on each 

 side of the base : abdomen purple and shining al)o\ e : fore-wings 

 pitchy, convex along the fore border, adorned with eight red spots, 

 three on the fore border, one on the hind border at the liase, 

 and four on the disk, one of them very near the hind border ; bor- 

 der of the tip lurid: hind-wings brown, red at the base: veins 

 black. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Malabar. From Mr. Walker's collection. 



42. Cercopis conxexa. 



Lurida ; scutum fulvo marginatum ; scutellum rufum ; pectus ni- 

 grum ; abdomen et pedes rufa ; alee anticce fusco-rufce^ nigro 

 7-macidat(S, apice fuse ce ; alee postico' cinerea. 

 Lurid, shining: shield broad, with a tawny border, very mi- 

 nutely punctured, with a slight impression on each side in front ; 

 scutcheon small, red, concave towards the base ; breast black : ab- 

 domen and legs red : membranous part of the fore-wings red, 

 tinged with brown, adorned with seven black spots, which form two 

 interrupted curved bands ; reticulated part brown : veins red : hind- 

 w'ings gray ; veins brown. Length of the body 4^ — 5 lines ; of the 

 wings 12 — 13 lines. 



a—c. ■ ■? 



43. Cercopis eulva. 



Fuiva ; scutellum apice et utrinque rufum, abdomen rufum ; seg- 

 menta subtus nigro fasciata ; pedes rufi ; alee anticce rufes- 

 centes yii^ro 7-maculut(e, apice lurid ce ; alee posticce cinerece, 

 basi rufcc. 



Tawny, shining: mouth red : chest very minutely punctured ; 

 shield harJly impressed in front; middle ridge indistinct ; scutcheon 

 red on each side and at the lip : al)domen red ; a black band 



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