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linking between tbe Membracidae and Machaerotinae, except by way 

 of Car of Cercopo-Tetigonioid ancestor or ancestors. 



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(/ ) Cic±)il, 



Family CIMICIIU-: 



Tbe Oriental-Chinese Fauna embraces some 118 species of tbis 

 family, ofwhich 77 hâve been recorded frora Kwangtung Province 

 wiih Macao and Hong-Kong. 



45. Cimex vicinus (Signoret). — Yun-nan Tali (Montandon). 



46. Cantlieconidea continua (Walker). — Macao (Kershaw); 

 Hong Kong. 



In C. continua (q 5 ") the fore tibise are sinuate, the inner margin 

 distinctly dilated, tbe outer margin with a blunt médian spine, 

 pointing apicalwards. 



47. Cazira thibetensis Schoutedev. - - Ynn-nan Tali (Montandon). 



48. C. végéta Kirkaldy. — Hong-Kong. — Mr. Muir lias collected 

 a single nymph, which T believe is attributable to tbis species, and 

 may be diagnosed as follows : 



Ilead, basai area of pronotum medially, mesonotum, pads, coria- 

 ceous parts of abdomen, metallic green; rest of abdomen and 

 pronotum orange-brpwn; antennœ and legs black (metallic green 

 around tbe knees), a broad pale annulation on the middle of tbe 

 middle and bind tibise. First segment of labium black, the rest 

 orange-brown. Labium very stout, extending beyond the hind coxa\ 

 Latéral margins of pronotum broadly retlexed, anterior area other- 

 wise elevated ; latéral margins feeble crenulated. Fore femora 

 strongly spined, tibias dilated (From Lo-fou-shan.) 



49. C. bhoutanica Schouteden. — Kiang-si. 



50. Auriga chinensis Fallou. — Hong-kong. 



