80 BRITISH CICADA. 



for their dishonesty and subterfuge were turned into 

 monkeys. Most of the species of this group of insects 

 show, when viewed in front, a grotesque monkey-hke 

 face, with swollen striated cheeks, which fact, coupled 

 with their concealed habits, probably suggested this 

 name to Germar. 



The Cercopes were the subjects amongst the Greeks 

 for ludicrous and comic poetry. 



Zoologists retain the name Cercopitheca for our long- 

 tailed monkeys. 



Dr. Stal divided the Cercopidae into two groups, 

 based on the varied forms of the thorax. Sub-tropical 

 species are very numerous, and many have been 

 described by him, by M. Fargeau, Mr. F. Walker, and 

 others. Mr. Butler, in 1884, described 12G species, 

 chiefly the inhabitants of the East Indies, Singapoor, 

 and Macassar. Mr. Wallace also obtained numerous 

 insects from Central America. 



Cercopis Strongii, Westw., is an ancient form, and, 

 amongst other Tettigidae, occurs in the semi-fossilised 

 resin known as gum anime. 



Genus XIV.— TRIECPHORA, Am. et Serv. 



Triecphora vulnerata, Illig. Plate XXII., figs. 1 



to 16. 



Cercopis sangidnolenta, Panz.; Burm. 



,, vulnerata, lUig. ; Curt., Brit. Ent. pi. 4G1 ; 

 Fieb., C. E. pt. viii. ; Kirschb. 

 Triecphora sangidnolenta, Marsh. ; Edw. pt. i. p. 97. 



Body shining black both above and below, delicately 

 pubescent. Head flat. Vertex rounded. Eyes mode- 

 rately large, and partly inserted above and partly below 

 the frontal edge. Antennae placed between the eyes. 

 Pronotum indented into lobes. Scutellum triangular. 

 Abdomen broad, flat, and ringed. Saw-case of the 

 female projecting beyond the apex of the abdomen. 

 Elytra punctured, rounded at their apices, bright 



