42 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



HOTINUS COCCI NEUS. 



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

 bus basalibus lateralibus, lineis tribus strigaque inferiore 

 nigris ; prothorax nigro decern guttatus ; mesothorax nigro 

 sex guttatus; abdomen covcineum, guttis lateralibus albis, 

 fasciis ventralibus interrupts nigris ; ala? antica? annulis 

 viginti, guttis plurimis apicibusque nigris ; poslica coccinea 

 nigro marginatum. 



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. Prothorax with four 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 fure wings. 



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



^ HOTINUS SEMIANNULUS. 



Viridis ; caput subascendens, non arcuatum, corpore paullo bre- 

 vius, apice nigrum ; prothorax subtus nigro biyuttatus ; meso- 

 thorax nigro biguttatus ; abdomen subtus testaceum ; ala 

 antica guttis plurimis luteis ex parte nigro marginatis, apud 

 marginem exteriorem nigro lineala ; posticcp lacteo-vitrea, 

 venis viridibus. 



Grass-green. 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. Abdomen 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. 



