348 LIST OF HOMOPTEEOUS INSECTS. 



less than half the breadth of the middle one ; epistoma ferruginous : 

 mouih tawny: antennae ferruginous: fore-chest convex in front, 

 concave behind : abdomen obconical, not longer than the chest : legs 

 tawny, slightly grooved : fore-wings pale brown, adorned towards 

 the tips with many dark brown marks, generally one on each areolet ; 

 basal part occupying two-thirds of the length of the wing, with six 

 longitudinal veins, two of which are forked ; five or six discoidal 

 areolets in the reticulated part; veins dark brown: hind-wings pale 

 gray ; veins black. Length of the body l^ line ; of the wings 4 

 lines. 



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



32. Cixius fLAVisiGNA, Mas. 



Fuscus, vitta antica dorsali Jlava ornatus ; abdomen fulvo faacia- 

 tum ; pedes fusci, Jiavo fasciati ; alee antica fiilvcB, fusco 

 guttatce ; vena fusco fulvoque fasciata ; alee posiicce fusco- 

 cinerecB. 



Body brown : crown of the head yellow ; front and epistoma 

 adorned with numerous tawny dots, together spindle-shaped, divided 

 by a ridge into two long narrow compartments which are slightly 

 concave ; each side compartment alike in shape and size to each 

 middle one, adorned with a large yellow spot; front slightly widen- 

 ing from the crown to the epistoma, the latter tapering to the mouth 

 which is tawny with a brown tip, and extends a little beyond the 

 hind-hips : fore-chest very convex in front, slightly excavated on the 

 hind border ; slightly ridged along the disk which is adorned with 

 a large conical bright yellow spot ; a few tawny dots on each side : 

 a rhomboidal bright yellow spot on the middle-chest, which has 

 three ridges, the side pair diverging towards the hind border ; each 

 side adorned with a yellow stripe whose inner edge is excavated : 

 hind-chest partly tawny : abdomen obconical, not longer than the 

 chest, paler beneath, where the hind borders of the segments are 

 tawny : legs brown, grooved ; thighs and shanks adorned with yellow 

 bands: fore-wings tawny, varied with very numerous small brown 

 marks which are often confluent and occupy almost the whole surface 

 at the base and at the tips ; structure of the veins alike along the whole 

 length ; veins adorned with alternate brown and tawny bands : hind- 

 wings grayish, brown towards the tips and along the hind border ; 

 veins black. Length of the body 2^ lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



a. North India. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 



