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29. Cixius LONGiPENNis, Fcm. 



Ferrugineus, fulvo vittatus ; abdomen suhtus luteum ; pedes fulvi; 

 alee longcs, sat angustce; ake anticcs suhlimpidcB, apice fuscn 

 maculaUe ; vencB fiavcE, fusco nodosce et maculatce ; alcB pos- 

 tic(S limpidce. 



Body ferruginous: crown of the head short, with a ridge on 

 each side ; front forming with the epistoma a spindle-shaped com- 

 partment which has a tawny ridge along the middle and a tawny 

 rim on each side : mouth tawny : fore-chest very short : three ridges 

 on the middle-chest whose disk is flat: ahdomen obconical, a little 

 longer than the chest, luteous beneath: legs tawny: wings very 

 long and rather narrow, almost colourless, with a few brown spots 

 on the disks of the areolets near the tips ; veins pale yellow, dotted 

 with very minute brown knots, adorned with spindle-shaped brown 

 spots, parted by generally equal distances ; brand yellow : hind- 

 wings colourless ; veins brown. Length of the body 2 lines ; of the 

 wings 7 lines. 



a. Port Natal. From M. Guienzius' collection. 



30. Cixius albidus, Mas. 



Fulvus^albo farinosus ; mesothorax siihcarinatus ; pedes Jiavi; alec 

 albidce. 



Body tawny, powdered with white : front full twice the length 

 of the epistoma, with which it forms a nearly spindle-shaped com- 

 partment, the latter is slightly ridged : fore-chest very short : middle- 

 chest slightly ridged : abdomen obconical, not longer than the chest : 

 legs yellow, slender, hardly grooved ; hind-shanks unarmed : wings 

 whitish ; fore-wings a little darker than the hind-wings ; veins 

 tawny; very few discoidal areolets. Length of the body 1 line; of 

 the wings 3^ lines. 



a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



31. Cixius obscurus, Mas. 



Fuscus ; pedes fulvi ; alee anticcB subfuscce, fusco ad apices notatce ; 

 areolce discoidales sex ; alee postiae subcinerece. 



Body brown : front and epistoma forming a spindle-shaped com- 

 partment which is surrounded by a ferruginous rim and divided by 

 a ferruginous ridge ; the side compartments are partly tawny and 



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