800 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



6. CiCCUS OBLIQUUS. 



Niger; scutum fulvo fasciatum ; pectus piceum ; ahdoinen hasi 

 fulvum; alee anticce picece, fulvo fasciatcB et hasi vittatce ; alai 

 postica citpreo-fuscce, hasi fulva. 



Black : head conical, with a slight longitudinal furrow ; a stri- 

 ated stripe on the face, which has strongly marked cross ridges on 

 each side : feelers more than half the length of the body : shield 

 thickly punctured, with a tawny band along the hind border : breast 

 pitchy : abdomen tawny at the base : fore-wings pitchy, with a very 

 short tawny stripe at the base, and an oblique tawny band beyond 

 the middle : hind-wings coppery brown, tawny at the base. Length 

 of the body bl lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 



a. Brazil. Presented by John Miers, Esq. 



b. Brazil. From Mr. Shuckard's collection. 



7. CiCCUS TESTACEUS. 



Testaceus ; caput nigro fasciatum et vittatum ; scutellum nigro 

 higuttatum. ; pectoris latera nigro trifasciata ; abdominis dor- 

 sum luteum, laterihus nigro mnculatum, apice piceo fasciatum 

 et vittatum; pedes albidi, tibiis apice nigris, tarsis fulvis ; 

 alcB anticcB fulvce, jiavo confertim guttata ; ales posticce lim- 

 pidce. 



Testaceous: head long-conical, with a broad and shallow lon- 

 gitudinal furrow ; two V-shaped black marks extend along half the 

 length from the hind border ; a short black band on the furrow 

 emits a short middle stripe towards the hind border, and a ferrugi- 

 nous stripe from each end to the hind border, which has two pitchy 

 dots ; face slightly concave on the disk, with indistinct, oblique 

 ridges on each side, adorned with two irregular black bands ; epi- 

 stoma with a ferruginous stripe: shield punctured and rugose, with 

 two pitchy much curved marks which are connected by a band ; a 

 black dot on each side of the scutcheon, which is ferruginous to- 

 wards the tip : breast whitish, with three oblique black hands on 

 each side : abdomen luteous above, with a row of black dots along- 

 each side, and near the tip with a pitchy stripe on each side, and 

 two pitchy bands : legs whitish ; thighs with tawny tips ; shanks 

 with black tips ; middle-shanks with pitchy tips ; hind shanks pitchy 

 towards the base ; feet lawny with black tips : fore-wings tawny, 

 thickly covered, excepting the tips, with yellow dots : hind-wings 

 almost colourless. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 10 

 lines. 



