656 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



of the lenjifth : liind-wiiigs dark brown ; veins black. Length of 

 the body 7| lines; of the wings 19 lines. 



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



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



^ 23. Cercopis octopunctata. 



Cercopis octopunctata, Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 559, 2, pi. 

 10, f. 6. 



Java. 



^ 24. Cercopis bispecularis. 



Cercopis bispecularis. White, MSS. 



Rufa, nitens, lata, nigro quadrimaculata ; pectus nigrum ; abdo- 

 men subtus nigro fasciatum ; alee anticce nigro univittatce et 

 bifasciatce, apice fusccB. 



Red, shining : shield broad, mostly occupied by two very large, 

 nearly oval, black spots, in front of which are two small, nearly 

 round black spots : breast black : hind-chest mostly black : under- 

 side of abdomen with two black bands: fore-wings with a short 

 black stripe at the base, near which three united black spots form a 

 curved band across the wing ; another band is formed in the middle 

 by three separate black spots ; tips brown: hind-wings gray, brown- 

 ish along the hind borders and at the tips, red at the base. Length 

 of the body 5 — 5^ lines ; of the wings 12 — 13 lines. 



a, b. North India. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 



^ 25. Cercopis bimacula. 



Rufa; thorax nigro unifasciatus et bimacula tus ; alee anticce 

 nigree rufo bifasciatee basi rufee; alee posticce subcinerece basi 

 rufee apice fusees. 



Bright red, shining : shield adorned in front with a broad, 

 short black band, whose hind border is concave, and in the disk 

 with two large black spots : fore-wings black, red at the base, and 

 with two irregular, slightly curved red bands ; second band adjoin- 

 ing the reticulated part : hind-wings pale gray, red at the base, 

 brown at the lips and along the hind borders. Length of the body 

 5i lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Hong Kong. Presented by J. Bowring, Esq. 

 b—g. ? 



