630 list of homopterous insects. 



74. Centrotus dilatatus. 

 Fuscvs, latissimus ; cornu posticum hrevissimum ; ala antica sub- 

 cinerece, hasi ferrugineoi ; vencB nodosa. 



Brown, clothed with dingy tawny hairs : head wanting : fore- 

 chest very broad, indistinctly ridged, low in front : shoulders flat, 

 conical, very prominent ; horns above compressed, angular, ex- 

 tremely short; hind appendage very short, triangular, keeled, im- 

 pressed on each side near the base, not extending much beyond the 

 base of the abdomen : fore-wings grayish, ferruginous at the base; 

 veins ferruginous, nodose. Length of the body 1^ line ; of the 

 wings 3 lines. 



a. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's collection, 



75. Centrotus pygmjeus, Fem. 



Euscus^ latus ; cornu posticum abdominis dimidio longius ; abdo- 

 men nigrum, ferrugineo fasciat.uin ; pedes nigri ; tarsi fulvi ; 

 alee anticce luridce, basi nigrce. 



Brown, clothed with dingy tawny hairs : head transverse, nar- 

 rower than the fore-chest, bordered by a rim ; face broad, convex and 

 slightly retuse in front, angular behind, shorter than the head behind 

 it : fore-chest slightly ridged, low and slightly retreating in front ; 

 shoulders rounded, not prominent ; no dorsal horns ; hind appen- 

 dage keeled, slightly undulating above, tapering from the base to 

 the tip, extending beyond half the length of the abdomen : abdo- 

 men black; hind borders of the segments ferruginous: legs black; 

 tarsi tawny: wings lurid; fore-wings black and punctured at the 

 base; veins pitchy. Length of the body \\ line; of the wings 2 

 lines. 



a, b. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



Centrotus ? Larva. 



a, b. British Guiana. Presented by Sir K. Schomburgk. 



Centrotus ? Larva. 



a. ? Presented by the Entomological Club. 



Centrotus • 



a. Brazil. From Mr. Shuckard's colleclion. 



