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21. ClXIUS? QUINQUECOSTATUS. 



Cixius ? quinquecostatus, Duf. Rech. Hem. 96. 



Pentastira, Amyot, Aim. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2me Serie^ v. 167, 393. 



South Europe. 



22. ClXIUS vicARius, Mas. 



Ferrugineus ; caput fulvo-carinatum ; mesothorax quinquecari- 

 natus, laterihiis fiiscus ; abdomen fuse um, apice fuhmm, pedes 

 fulvi, fusco suhnotatm ; aloe anticcB suhlimpidm ; vencsJlavcB, 

 fusco giUtalcB ; veruB transversce fusco nehulosm ; ala posticce 

 limpidce. 



Very nearly allied to the European species, but apparently dis- 

 tinct. Body ferruginous: crown brown wilh two tawny ridg-es 

 which are forked in front and inclose with the cross-ridoe two little 

 triangular compartments ; front brown, as long as the epistoma, with 

 which it forms a spindle-shaped compartment, the latter is striated 

 across, and has a tawny rim and a tawny middle ridge which is forked 

 near the crown: mouth tawny with a black tip, reaching beyond the 

 hind-hips : fore-chest very short : middle-chest with five distinct 

 ridges, brown on each side : abdomen brown, obconical, not longer 

 than the chest ; lip tawny : legs tawny, grooved, slightly marked 

 with brown ; hind-shanks armed with three small teeth : wings 

 nearly colourless; brand brown; vein pale yellow, adorned with 

 rovvs of brown dots ; cross-veins clouded : hind-wings colourless ; 

 veins brown. Length of the body 2\ lines; of the wings 6 lines. 



a. St. John's Bluff, Florida. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



23. Cixius MACDLiFRONS, Fcm. 



Fuscus : caput flavo vai-ium, subtusalbo bimaculatum ; mesothorax 

 carinis quinque ferruyineis ornatum, apice fulvum ; abdomen 

 fulvo-fasciatum ; pedes fulvi ; femora jus ca ; alee anticce sub- 

 limpidce apice subfuscte ; vena; Jlava;, fusco guttata; ; vence 

 transversce fusco nebtdoscB ; alee posticce limpidce. 



Body brown : on each side of the crown a rather high ridge 

 which has a yellow hind border and a yellow spot on its disk, and is 

 forked towards its fore border and incloses a little triangular com- 

 partment by means of the cross-ridge above the front ; the latter 

 with the epistoma is almost spindle-shaped, and has a slight middle 

 ridge and a white spot on each side where it is indistinctly angular ; 

 front a little shorter than the epistoma : mouth tawny with a black 



