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8. CiCCUS ilACCLATUS. 



Ferrugineus ; caput testaceo maculatum, antice nigro marginatum ; 

 scutum et pectus testacea ; scutellum testaceo trimaculatum ; 

 abdomen rufum, suhtus fiavum apice nigrum; pedes alhidi^ 

 tihiis apice nigris, femoribus tibiisque anticis tarsisque fulvis ; 

 alcB antic(B picece, basi riridescentes^Jlavo guttatce apice fulvce ; 

 alee posticce sublimpidce^ fusco marginatcB. 



Ferruijinous : head conical, slightly curved upward, with a 

 slii^ht, narrow, longitudinal furrow, adorned with testaceous spots 

 which are confluent towards the hind horder ; fore border black ; 

 face concave on the disk ; sides pitchy, tawny in front of the feelers, 

 with indistinct oblique ridges : shield dull testaceous with darker 

 punctures; scutcheon with three large, irregular, pale testaceous 

 spots : breast pale testaceous : abdomen red, yellow beneath, with a 

 black tip : legs whitish ; tips of the shanks black ; fore-thighs and 

 fore-shanks tawny; feet tawny with black tips : fore-wings pitchy, 

 greenish with yellow dots towards the base, tawny at the tips and 

 along part of the hind borders : hind-wings almost colourless, brown 

 at the tips and along the hind borders. Length of the body 5 

 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 



Var. /3. Head testaceous, with a ferruginous stripe : breast 

 white : abdomen yellow beneath at the tip : fore-wings with whitish 

 tips. 



Var. y. Back of the abdomen with a black tip. 



a — e. Brazil. 



9. CiCCUS DIMINUTUS. 



Ferrugineus; fades, scutellum et pectoris discus picea ; abdominis 

 dorsum piceum basi rufcscens ; pedes tibiis apice tarsisque 

 nigris ; uLe anticce picea, basi viridi-fuhce, apice luridce ; 

 alee posticce f us ca. 



Ferruginous : head conical, with a longitudinal farrow, widen- 

 ing towards the lip, which is curved upward ; face pitchy, ferrugi- 

 nous towards the front, striated and concave on the disk, with 

 oblique ridges on each side: shield roughly punctured; scutcheon 

 pitchy with a ferruginous tip : disk of the breast pitchy : abdomen 

 pitchy above, reddish at the base : feet and tips of the shanks black : 

 fore-wings pitchy, dull greenish tawny towards the base, with lurid 



