LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 657 



26. Cercopis pallida. 



Testacea ; caput nigrum ; abdomen fuscum, hasi et apice testaceum ; 

 alcB anticcB luridee, apice fusccB. 



Testaceous: head black, transversely striated, very convex in 

 front: mouth testaceous: abdomen brown, testaceous at the base 

 and at the tip : tips of the feet brown : fore-wings lurid, brown to- 

 wards the tips : hind-wings gray ; veins brown. Length of the 

 body 5 — 6 lines ; of the wings 14 — 16 lines. 



a. India. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 

 h. ? 



27. Cercopis submaculata. 



Rufa ; scutellum piceum, utrinque rnfum ; femora posteriora hasi 

 picea ; alee anticce 6- vel 8-maculata, apice luridce. 



Pale red, shining : shield very minutely punctured ; middle 

 ridg'e very slight ; scutcheon pitchy, striated across, red on each 

 side : posterior femora piceous towards the base : fore-wings with 

 six or eight pale brown spots in the disks, lurid towards the tips : 

 hind-wings almost colourless, reddish at the base ; veins pale red. 

 Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



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



28. Cercopis semicincta. 



Rufa ; caput et prothorax rufa ; abdomen subtus nutculis ni- 

 gris bivittatum ; al(B anticce nigra 7-maculatce, apice fuscce 

 nigro marginatce. 



Eed, shining : head and chest black : head pitchy €r ferrugi- 

 nous beneath : scutcheon and hind-chest red : abdomen with a row 

 of black spots along each side beneath : membranous part of the 

 fore-wings red, very minutely punctured, occupying two-thirds of 

 the length, adorned with nine blaqk spots ; reticulated part bordered 

 with black, forming numerous areclets which are brown with pale 

 borders; veins red; hind-wings pale brown ; veins darker. Length 

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



fl, b. Java. From the East India Company's collection. 



