Genera (JoHmoscarta and Pliij'iiuUostctha. 255 



Ccrcojn-'i ahdoininalis, Walker, List Hoino^)t. Ins. III., p. 

 654, n. 18 (1851). 



Hong Kong {Bowring) ; China {Laij). B.M. 



46, C. chrijsoribdwna, n. sp. 



Nearly allied to C. heros. Thorax distinctly wider, pur- 

 plish black ; legs with the excej)tion of the terminal tarsal 

 joints entirely orange ; alxlomen orange, venter trans- 

 versely banded with black ; tegmina black, with basal 

 third, and a regular curved band at end of second third, 

 orange; wings fuscescent, with l)ase slightly orange. 

 Length 10 mill. ; expanse of tegmina 29. 



Shanghai {Fortune) : Laos {MonJcut). B.IM. 



The Siamese example is larger than the Chinese and has 

 the tarsi completely orange. 



47. C. discreimns. 



Cercopis discrcpans, Walker, Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool., vol. 

 I., p. 95, n. 57 (1857). 



Cercopis oUusa, Walker, Journ. Linn. Soc. X., p. 287, n. 

 325 (1867). 



Timor and Singapore ( Wallace). Type. B.M. 



48, C. cgcns. 



Cercopis cgcns, Walker, List Honiopt. Ins. Suppl., p. 171 

 (1858). 



India ; N. India {Hooker). Type. B.M. 



var. fascia coccinea distincta, paululum angustiore. 



Siam {MouJiot), Penang and India {Bowring). B.M. 



49. C. ducens. 



Cercopis ducens, Walker, List Homopt. Ins. III., p. 655, 

 n. 22 (1851) ; Stal, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 4, Ser. V., p. 188 

 (1865). 



Silhet. Type. B.M. 



