690 LIST OF HOMOPTEEOUS INSECTS. 



face compressed, red, black towards the antennas, with a very pro- 

 minent keel, which has strongly marked ridges on each side : mouth, 

 hind-chest, breast, and abdomen red : legs black; thighs red ; hind- 

 shanks tawny, with black lips : fore-wings pale brown, with a short 

 red stripe along the hind border from the base ; an oblique red 

 mark extends from the fore border to the disk at one-third of the 

 length, and an upright red band, which is narrowest in the middle 

 traverses the wing at two-thirds of the length : hind-wings colour- 

 less, pale brown at the tips and along the hind borders ; veins tawny, 

 sed at the base. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 12 

 lines. 

 a, ? From Mr. Shuckard's collection. 



^ 14. Sphenorhina unifascia. 



Rufa ; -pectus^ abdomen et pedes nigra ; pedes postici ferruginei ; 

 alee anticce nigro unifasciatce. 



Red, shining : head and chest rather roughly punctured : head 

 above depressed on each side of the slight keel ; face much com- 

 pressed, almost rectangular ; keel very thin, with distinct oblique 

 cross-ridges on each side : mouth pitchy : breast, abdomen and legs 

 black; hind legs ferruginous: fore-wings darker towards the lips ; 

 a black baud at one-third of the length widening towards the hind 

 border, and extending along the fore border towards the base of the 

 wing : hind-wings slightly gray, pale brown at the tips and along 

 the hind borders ; veins brown, red at the base. Length of the 

 body 3 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



a. ? From Mr. Argent's collection. 



^ 15. Sphenorhina punctigera? 



Cercopis punctigera? Hoffmansegg, Germ. Mag, Ent. iv. 42, 8. 



Nigra ; caput fulvo maculatum ; thorax luteo fasciatus. 



Black, shining: front of the head depressed, with a large 

 transverse subquadrate tawny spot ; face slightly compressed, lute- 

 ous towards the mouth, not angular ; keel distinct, accompanied on 

 each side by a very slight keel, beyond which there are distinct 

 cross-ridges : mouth black, tawny at the base : chest roughly punc- 

 tured, with a slight longitudinal keel ; a luteous band along the 



