LIST OF HOMOPTERODS INSECTS. 339 



Genus 8. CIXIUS. 



Cixius, Lalreille. 

 Flata, Fahr. Germar. 

 Cixia, Burmeisier. 

 Delpbax, Fallen. 



1. Cixius Colombj^e, Mas. 



Fusco-fulvus ; caput anticum carinatum ; mesothorax tricarinatus ; 

 abdomen ferrugineum ; pedes fulvi ; alee anticce subliinpidcB, 

 fusco etfidvo varies ; alee postic(B apice fuscce. 



Body tawny, partly brown : head much narrower than the chest ; 

 crown longer than broad, concave, conical in front, deeply notched 

 on the hind border; front very narrow between the eyes, forming 

 with the epistoma a fusiform compartment, which has a longitudinal 

 ridge ; mouth tawny, darker towards the tip, extending far beyond 

 the hind-hips : fore-chest very short in the middle, widened and 

 darker on each side, very slightly arched ; its middle ridge rather 

 indistinct: three ridges on the middle-chest, the side pair diverging 

 towards the hind border: abdomen ferruginous, obconical, longer 

 than the chest : legs tawny ; two stout spines on the hind-shanks : 

 fore-wings almost colourless, slightly tawny here and there, or with 

 brown marks of which the largest is on the disk ; brand tawny ; 

 veins tawny with brown dots which also occur on some of the areo- 

 lets : hind-wings almost colourless, with brown tips; veins black. 

 Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



a. Colombia. From Mr, Turner's collection. 



2. ClXILS MUSIVUS. 



Flata musiva, Germ, et Ahr. Faun. Eur. xi. 21. Germ. Thon, Arch. 



ii. 2, 49, 33. Herr.-Schajf'. Nomencl. Ent. \. 64. 

 Cixia musiva, Burm. Handh. Ent. ii. 1 , 158, 7. 



Europe. 



3. Cixius lepoeinus. 



Cixius leporinus, Latr. Gen. Crust. Ill, 166. Costa, Faun. Regn, 



Nap. Ins. Emitt. Cixius, 4, 1. Panz. Ixi. 19. 

 Cicada leporina, Linn. Faun. Suec. 895. Gmel. Ed. Syst. Nut. i. 



Faun. Ins. Germ. 4, 2114, 4? 



