846 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



eyelets more than one-third of the breadth of the head: shield 

 brown, with a yellow dot on each side of the fore border ; fore border 

 of the scutcheon with a brown triangular spot in the middle, and 

 with a brown dot on each side : hind-shanks closely beset with stout 

 spines : fore-wings slightly tawny ; veins indistinct ; areolets few -. 

 hind-wings colourless. Length of the body 1+ line ; of the wings 

 3 lines. 



a. Rio Janeiro. From Mr. Shuckard's collection. 



Genus 4. ACOCEPHALUS. 



Acocephalus, G^enn. Burm. Handh. Ent. \\. 1,111,9. Amyot et 



Serv. Herr.-Schceff. 

 Cercopis, p., Fahr. 

 Cicada, p., Fall.^ Panz. 

 lassus, p.. Germ. 



Acucephahis, Aphrodes, p. et Phrynomorphus, Curtis. 

 Pholetgera, Zetterstedt. 

 Acucephalus, Hardy. 



1. AcOCEPHALUS OLIVACEUS. 



Olivaceo-viridis^ subfusiformis, subtus testaceus ; pedes testacei ; 

 aim posticm sublimpidcs. 



Olive-green, almost spindle-shaped, testaceous beneath : head 

 short, thickly punctured, almost semicircular along the fore border, 

 which forms a slight rim, concave behind, a little narrower than the 

 chest ; its length hardly one-third of its breadth ; face flat, with very 

 short and slightly oblique ridges on each side : shield finely striated 

 across, minutely punctured towards the fore border ; scutcheon 

 minutely punctured, with a slightly arched suture, between which 

 and the tip it is transversely striated : legs testaceous : fore-wings 

 punctured towards the base and along most of the fore border : hind- 

 wings almost colourless. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 

 11 lines. 



a. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



