676 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



in front; face very convex and pTominent, with a keel, which is red 

 along half the length, and has about twelve slight furrows on each 

 side : chest black, with a broad red band, which is widened at each 

 end, and occupies the sides of the fore part : segments of the abdo- 

 men with broad black bands ; tip testaceous: legs black; shanks 

 red : fore-wings with five black spots; two ou the disk near the base ; 

 three near the tips, one on the fore border, another on the hind bor- 

 der, the third on the disk: hind-wings slightly lurid, brown to\yards 

 the base and at the lips ; veins tawny. Length of the body 5 lines ; 

 of the wings 11 lines, 

 a, b. South Africa. Presented by Dr. A. Smith. 



c. Natal. From Dr. Krauss' collection. 



d, e. Cape, From M. Drege's collection. 



^ 9. MONECPHORA PH^NICOPTERA. 



Cercopis phaenicoptera, Germ. 



Nigra ; capitis latera rufa ; fades rufo vittata ; thorax rufo fas- 

 ciatus et semi-mar ginatus ; abdominis dorsum rufum ; pedes 

 ruji ; femora postica nigra fasciata ; alcB anticce rufcB ; alee 

 posticce fusca. 

 Black : sides of the head red ; face very convex and prominent, with 

 a red keel on each side, on which there are about nine slight furrows ; 

 epistoma and mouth red: thorax red along the fore border and the 

 hind border, adorned with an irregular interrupted black band ; ab- 

 domen red above: legs red; hind-thighs with black bands : fore- 

 wings bright red : hind-wings brown, paler towards the base ; veins 

 brown, red towards the base. Length of the body 3 lines; of the 

 wings 8 lines. 



a. South Africa. Presented by Dr. A. Smith. 

 6, c. Cape. From M. Drege's collection. 



10. MONECPHOEA FLAMMIGERA. 



Cercopis rubra? Fab. Syst. Rliyn. 93, 22. Coqueb. III. Icon. i. 23j 

 pi. 8, f 8. 

 Rnfa ; alee posticcB sublimpidce . 



Bright red, rather narrow : head impressed above ; front shin- 

 ing, very convex; keel and transverse furrows slight: tip of the 

 mouth black : chest roughly punctured, somewhat rugulose : tips of 

 the feet black : hind-wings almost colourless ; veins black. Length 

 of the body 5 lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



