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20. Cercopis latissima. 



Nigra, nitens, lata ; pedes abdominisqne apex rufa, alee anticee 

 virides basi dilatatce. 



Black, shining : shield very broad : mouth, legs and tips of 

 the abdomen red : fore-wings metallic green, convex along the 

 fore border, which is much dilated towards the base : hind-wings 

 brown ; veins black. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 22 

 lines. 



a. Java. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



21. Cercopis signifeea. 



Flava ; caput fusco cinctum ; scutellum nigro hivittatum ; abdo- 

 men ptirpureum, basi et subtus Jiaviun ; femora fusco vittata ; 

 alte anticee fuscce, basi Jlavce fusco maculatce, apice rufo ocel- 

 latce. 



Yellow : head encircled with a broad brown band ; a brown 

 spot on the epistoma : mouth tawny, with a black tip : shield with 

 two very broad black stripes, which are angular on the outer sides, 

 and occupy there the whole breadth on the hind part, but are con- 

 tracted in front: abdomen purple; lip and under side yellowy the 

 former partly ferruginous : legs yellow^, partly tawny ; thighs streaked 

 with brown ; tips of the shanks and of the tarsi brown : fore-wings 

 brown, yellow, with three large brown spots towards the base, with 

 three red semicircles in the disk towards the tip, which is bordered 

 with red ; two of the semicircles united : hind-wings pale brown ; 

 veins brown. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 20 lines. 



a. •? Presented by J. G. Children, Esq. 



b. Silhet. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



22. Cercopis ducens. 



Nigra, nitens, lata ; abdomen purpureum ,• pedes picei ; alee an- 

 ticee nigro-fuscee, fasciis duabus angustis undatis rujis or- 

 natee. 



Black, shining: shield broad; mouth and legs pitchy: abdo- 

 men pui-ple : fore-wings blackish brown, with two red, narrow 

 slightly undulating bands, one near the base, the other at two-thirds 



