846 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



eyelets more than one-third of the breadth of the head: shield 

 brown, with a yellow dot on each side of the fore border ; fore border 

 of the scutcheon with a brown triangular spot in the middle, and 

 with a brown dot on each side : hind-shanks closely beset with stout 

 spines : fore-wings slightly tawny ; veins indistinct ; areolets few : 

 hind-wings colourless. Length of the body Inline; of the wings 

 3 lines. 



a. Rio Janeiro. From Mr. Shuckard's collection. 



Genus 4. ACOCEPHALUS. 



G Acocephalus, G^e7*m. Burm. Handh. Ent, ii. 1,111,9. Amyot et 

 ^ Serv. Herr.-Schaff. 



Cercopis, p., Fahr. 

 O Cicada, p., Fall.^ Panz. 

 c> lassus, p., Germ. 



O AcucephahisrAphrodes, p. et Phrynomorphus, Curtis. 

 Cy Pholetaera, Zetterstedt. 

 Acucephalus, Hardy. 



1. AcOCEPHALUS OLIVACEUS. 



Olivaceo-vvi'idis, subfusiformis, suhtus testaceus ; pedes tesiacei ; 

 alee posticcB sublimpidce. 



Olive-gi-een, almost spindle-shaped, testaceous beneath: head 

 short, thickly punctured, almost semicircular along the fore border, 

 which forms a slight rim, concave behind, a little narrower than the 

 chest ; its length hardly one-third of its breadth ; face flat, with veiy 

 short and slightly oblique ridges on each side : shield finely striated 

 across, minutely punctured towards the fore border ; scutcheon 

 minutely punctured, with a slightly arched suture, between which 

 and the tip it is transversely striated : legs testaceous : fore-wings 

 punctured towards the base and along most of the fore border : hind- 

 wings almost colourless. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 

 11 lines. 



a. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



