Mr. A, ^^ ijJte uii aotiit' fit'ir lluinnjjleroiiN Jiiaerts. 35 



deep brown, almost black on the edge ; between the winp;s there is 

 a red-coloured space; body beneath yellow; legs black; in the 

 female the wings arc more powdery than in the male. Length 

 4^ lines ; exj)anse of wings, exclusive of appendages, 1 inch. 



Hah. Moulmein. 



The sketch, kindly made for me by Mr. Humphries, will show 

 the ajipearancc of the insect better than any description. With 

 reference to the genus Eunjmclu, I may mention that Mr. Har- 

 rington of Bath informed me that in New Holland the different 

 species are named " nuuma-llies." They bore into the green bark 

 of the gum-trees [Eucahjjiti), the sap exudes, dries and falls to 

 the ground, sometimes in great quantities. This gum-tree 

 " manna " is very sweet to the taste. 



Cercopis Proserpina. — Head and thorax above of a yellowish 

 orange colour ; scutellum black, elytra black ; inner margin, outer 

 margin at the base, and veins in the middle of the same yellowish 

 orange colour as is the thorax ; under side of body and femora 

 black; tibiae and tarsi yellowish; end of hemclytra yellow. Length 

 11| lines. 



Hab. Phihppine Islands. 



This and the five following species were collected by I\Ir. Cu- 

 ming, and are measm-ed from the apex of the head to the tip of 

 the wings. 



Cercopis Theora. — Black ; head, thorax above, broad inter- 

 rupted basal band of hemelytra, tip and small marginal spot be- 

 hind the middle, tarsi, end of tibitc and the tip of abdomen of au 

 olivaceous yellow. Length 11 lines. ^ cry near C. Urvillei, Ser- 

 vdle, Gucrin's Icon. pi. 59. f. 8. 



Perhaps the male of a Cercopis near one described by Fabri- 

 eius under the name of C. nigripennis, which has the tip and a 

 narrow portion of the margin of the hemelji:ra yellow, the rest 

 being black ; in this the whole of the tibiae are yellow. 



Hab. Philippine Islands. 



Cercopis Charon. — Of a deep black, the thorax in some speci- 

 mens with a deep blue tinge. Legs and margins of abdominal 

 segments of a reddish yellow. Length 10 lines. 



Hab. Philippine Islands. 



Cercopis perspicillaris. — Of a reddish yellow colour, a trans- 

 verse black line between the eyes, two longitudinal black lines 

 on the thorax near the margin. Hemelytra with t\vo black spots 

 at the base, a broad transverse black band sinuated behind, and two 

 black spots near the apex ; body beneath black, the edges of the 

 segments narrowly margined with reddish. Length about 8 lines. 



Hab. Philippine Islands. 



Cercopis xanthomelcena. — Yellow ; four black spots across the 

 hemelytra, two on each, one near the scutellum, the other in the 



