LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 663 



A. 



41. Ceecopis dorsimacula. 



Nigra ; caput supra luteum ; thorax rufo quadrimaculatwn, luteo 

 bivittatum ; abdomen supra purpureum ; alee anticce picete, 

 rufo S-maculatce, apice luridce ; alee posticce fusca, basi 

 rufcc. 



Black, dull: head luteous, black beneath : chest minutely ru- 

 gulose; shield with a red spot on each side of the disk, and with a 

 luteous stripe along each side from the fore border to the base of the 

 fore-wing ; scutcheon impressed on the disk, with a red spot on each 

 side of the base: abdomen purple and shining above: fore-wings 

 pitchy, convex along the fore border, adorned with eight red spots, 

 three on the fore border, one on the hind border at the base, 

 and four on the disk, one of them very near the hind border ; bor- 

 der of the tip lurid : hind-wings brown, red at the base : veins 

 black. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Malabar. From Mr. Walker's collection. 



<5 42. Ceecopis connexa. 



Lurida ; scutum fulvo marginatum ; seutellum rufum ; pectus ni- 

 grum ; abdomen et pedes rufa ; ales antico! fiisco-rufcB, nigro 

 7-maculat(B, apice f usees ; alcB posliae ciuerece. 



Lurid, shining: shield broad, with a tawny border, very mi- 

 nutely punctured, with a slight impression on each side in front ; 

 scutcheon small, red, concave towards the base ; breast black : ab- 

 domen and legs red : membranous part of the fore-wings red, 

 tinged with brown, adorned with seven black spots, which form two 

 interrupted curved bands; reticulated part brown: veins red: hind- 

 wings gray ; veins brown. Length of the body 4^ — 5 lines ; of the 

 wings 12 — 13 lines. 



a — c. ■ •? 



43. Cercopis fulva. 



Fulva ; seutellum apice et utrinque rufum, abdomen rufum ; seg- 

 menta sublus nigro fasclata ; pedes rufi ; alee anticce rufes- 

 centes nic^ro 7-maculat(B, apice lurida; alee posticce cinerece, 

 basi rufcc. 



Tawny, shining : mouth red : chest very minutely punctured ; 

 shield hardly impressed in front; middle ridge indistinct ; scutcheon 

 red ou each side and at the tip : abdomen red ; a black band 



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