LIST OF HOMOPTEBOUS INSECTS. 



two very large black spots on the disk behind it: breast black: un- 

 der side of the abdomen mth an interrupted black band on each 

 segment: fore-wings adorned with seven black spots; six of these 

 are large and mostly confluent, and form two slightly curved bands ; 

 the seventh is close to the reticulated part: hind-wings reddish at 

 the base ; veins brown, tawny at the base. Length of the body 7 

 lines ; of the wings 17 lines. 



a. ? 



^ 39. Cercopis dorsivitta. 



Nigra; caput rtifum ; thorax rufo trivittata ; abdomen supra pur- 

 pureum, apice et titrinque rnfum ; alee anticce nigro-fuscce^ 

 rufo 8-maculat(S, apice luridce ; ala posticce subfuscce, basi 

 rufcE. 



Black, slightly shining: head red, shining, almost smooth, 

 black along the hind border : shield rugulose, slightly impressed on 

 each side in front, with three broad red stripes, which are shortened 

 behind: abdomen purple above, red at the tip and along each side ; 

 fore-wings blackish brown, adorned with eight large red spots, three 

 on the fore border, three on the hind border, one on the disk, and one 

 near the tip, partly in the reticulated part, which is lurid, and occu- 

 pies about one-fourth of the length of the wing: hind-wings pale 

 brown, bright red at the base. Length of the body 8| lines ; of the 

 wings 21 lines. 



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



^ 40. Cercopis humeralis. 



Nigra; caput rufum,mgro varium ; thorax rufo trivittatus ; alcB 

 anticce rufo 7-maculat(e, apice luridce ; alee posticce subfuscce. 

 Black, shining: head red, black on each side in front and 

 along the hind border : shield with three red stripes, the side pair 

 oblique, and extending along each side from the fore border to the 

 base of each fore-wing: fore-wings convex along the fore borders, 

 adorned with seven red spots, three on the fore border, three on the 

 hind border, and one in the disk near the tip ; the first on the hind 

 border forms a short stripe, and the second a short band : tips lurid : 

 hind-wings pale brown. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 

 18 lines. 



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



