42 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



HOTINUS COCCI NEUS. 



Testaceus ; caput suhaacendens, corpore paullo brevius, guttis dua- 

 bus basalibus lateralibus, lineis tribus strigaque inferiore 

 nigris ; proihorax nigra decern guttatus ; mesothorax nigra 

 sex guttatus; abdomen coccineum, guttis lateralibus albis, 

 fasciis ventralibus interruplls nigris ; alee anticce annulis 

 viginli, guttis plurimis apicibusque nigris ; posticce coccine(£ 

 nigra marginatcz. 



Testaceous. Head slightly ascending, a little shorter than the 

 body, with a black dot on each side at the base, with a black line 

 above, and one on each side, and with a black streak beneath by the 

 proboscis. Proihorax with lour black dots in a transverse line 

 above, and with three, two of them connected on each side. Meso- 

 thorax with six black dots. Abdomen crimson, with white dots 

 along each side; under side with interrupted black bands. Fore 

 wings red, with about twenty black-bordered ocelli, and with very 

 numerous black dots ; tips wholly black, except the veins. Hind 

 wings crimson, with broad black tips and narrow black hind bor- 

 ders. Length of the body 12 lines; of the wings 18 lines. 



This species will form a third group in the genus, distinguished 

 from the first by the more compressed horn of the head, and by the 

 narrow fore wings. 



a. Ceylon. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



HOTINUS SEMIANNULUS. 



Viridis ; caput snbascendens, non arcuat.um, corpore paullo bre- 

 vius, apice nigrum ; proihorax subtus nigra bujuttatus ; meso- 

 thorax nigra biguttatus : abdomen subtus testaceum ; alee 

 anticce guttis plurimis luteis ex parte nigro marginatis, apud 

 marginem exteriorem nigro lineatce ; posticce lacteo-vitrew, 

 vents viridibus. 

 Grass-fireen. Head somewhat ascending, not curved, a little 

 shorter than the body, black at the tip. Prothorax with a black 

 dot on each side beneath. Mesothorax with a black dot on each 

 side. Alidomen testaceous beneath. Fore wings with a black dot 

 at the base, and with above thirty luteous partly black-bordered dots 

 on each ; a black line along the exterior border. Hind wings 

 vitreous, with a slight milky tinge ; veins green. Length of the 

 body 10 lines; of the wings 22 lines. 



