624 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



very little narrower than the chest, notched and shghtly retuse on 

 each side of the face which is prominent and truncate in front, and 

 truncate-ohconical behind : fore-chest high in front, rising vertically 

 from the head, indistinctly ridged ; shoulders angular, not promi- 

 nent; horns above compressed, elongate-conical, inclined forward, 

 almost parallel but slightly curved outward, in length about twice 

 the breadth of the chest between them : legs ferruginous ; thighs 

 black: wings colourless; fore-wings black and punctured at the 

 base; veins pitchy, ferruginous towards the base; two discoidal 

 aveolets. Length of the body 2 lines ; of the wings 4 lines. 

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



60. Centrotus ateatus, Mas. 



Ater ; abdomen cinereum, apice ferrugineum ; tarsi ferruginei, 

 apice supra picei ; alcB anticce subluridcB, basi nigrce. 



Allied to C. altifrons, but the ridge in front of the fore-chest is 

 more conspicuous, and the horns above the shoulders are broader. 

 Black, clothed with tawny hairs: head transver^-^e, short, closely 

 punctured, a little narrower than the fore-chest between the shoulders, 

 sliiihtly retuse in front, face prominent, notched on each side, 

 conical in front, truncate behind : eyes very prominent : fore- 

 chest deep in front, very slightly convex, roughly punctured, dis- 

 tinctly ridged, rising vertically from the head ; vshoulders angular, 

 not prominent ; horns above conical, prismatic, acute, almost hori- 

 zontal and directly diverging, slightly curved backward, hardly 

 inclined upward ; their lenyth not exceeding the breadth of the 

 chebt between them ; hind side shorter than either of the other sides : 

 abdomen gray, with hlack punctures, ferruginous at the tip: feet 

 ferruginous, pitchy above towards the tips: wings slightly lurid; 

 fore-wings black and punctured at the base ; veins black ; two dis- 

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



a. Sierra Leoue. Presented by the Kev. D. F. Morgan. 



61. Centeotus teansiens, Fem. 



Piceus ; pedes ferruginei ; femora nigra ; tibice subdilatatce ; alee 

 limpidcB ; alee aiificce basi picea;. 



Pitchy, clothed with tawny hairs : head transverse, closely 

 punctured, a little narrower than the fore-chest ; its breadth about 

 twice its length ; front flat, notched on each side of the face which 

 is obconical and about half the length of the head : fore-chesl 



