688 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



red, including two large oblong black spots, one elliptical, the other 

 half-elliptical : hind-wings dark brown, with two or three almost 

 colourless streaks in the areolets ; veins black, bright red at the base. 

 Length of the body 5^ lines ; of the wings 1 6 lines. 



a, h. Venezula. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



^ 8. Sphenoehina circulata. 



Cercopis circulatus, Guer. Icon. Regn. Anim. Texte, iii. 368. 

 a. Columbia. Presented by A. White, Esq. 



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9. Sphenorhina latifascia. 



Nigra ; thorax rufo fasciatus ; scutellum Jlavum ; abdomen basi 

 rufescens ; alcB anticcB Jlavo bifasciatce. 



Black, shining : front of the head keeled and almost rectan- 

 gular, with transverse furrows on each side ; mouth red at the base : 

 fore-chest with a broad red band along the fore border: scutcheon 

 yellow excepting the base : abdomen at the base and part of the 

 breast reddish : fore-wings with two bright yellow bands ; first broad, 

 near the base ; second at two-thirds of the length, much narrower 

 than the first, tapering towards the hind border : hind-wings dark 

 brown, colourless at the base ; veins black, yellow towards the base. 

 Length of the body 5^ — 6^ lines ; of the wings 16 — 17 lines. 



a, b. Columbia. From Mr. Turner's collection. 



Q 10. Sphenorhina rubra. 



Cicada rubra, imn,. /Sys^. -Mii. ii. 711, 45. Deg. Ins. iii. 224,20, 



pi. 33, f. 8. Stall Cic. pi. 2, f. 10. 

 ^ Cercopis cruentata, Fab. Eni. Syst. iv. 49, 10. Syst. Rhyn. 91, 14. 

 Cercopis rubra, Germ. Mag. Ent. iv. 41, 5. Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 



1, 125, 3. Blanch. Hist. Nat. Ins. iii. 187, 4. Hem. pi. 14, 



f. 3. 

 , ^ Cercopis tricolor? Guer. Icon. Reg. An. Texte, 368. 

 \' Sphenorhina rubra, Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 563, 2. 



a. Lima. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



b, c. Brazil. Presented by John Miers, Esq. 

 d. Brazil. Presented by J. G. Children, Esq. 

 e—j. Brazil. 



