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^21. ClXIUS? QUINQUECOSTATUS. 



Cixius ? quinquecostatus, Duf. Rech. Hem. 96. 



Pentastira, Amyot^ Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2m€ Serie, v. 167, 393. 



South Europe. 



^ 22. Cixius vicarius, Mas. 



Ferrugineus ; caput fulvo-carinatum ; mesotkorax quinquecari- 



natus, lateribus fuscus ; abdomen fuscnm, apice fulvum, pedes 



fiilvi, fusco suhnotatCB ; alee anticcB suhlimpidae ; vence JlavcB^ 



fusco guttatcB ; vence transversce fusco nehulosce ; ahe posticce 



limpidcB. 



Very nearly allied to the European species, but apparently dis- 

 tinct. Body ferruginous: crown brown wilh two tawny ridges 

 which are forked iu front and inclose with the cross-ridge two little 

 triangular compartraents ; front brown, as long as the epistoma, with 

 which it forms a spindle-shaped compartment, the latter is striated 

 across, and has a tawny rim and a tawny middle ridge which is forked 

 near the crown: mouth tawny with a black tip, reaching beyond the 

 hind-hips : fore-chest very short : middle-chest with five distinct 

 ridges, brown on each side : abdomen brown, obconical, not longer 

 than the chest ; lip tawny : legs tawny, grooved, slightly marked 

 with brown ; hind-shanks armed with three small teeth : wings 

 nearly colourless ; brand brown ; vein pale yellow, adorned with 

 rows of brown dots ; cross-veins clouded : hind-wings colourless ; 

 veins brown. Length of the body 2^ lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



a. St. John's Blulf, Florida. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



O 23. Cixius maculifrons. Fern. 



Fuscus : caput fiavo varium, subtusalbo bimaculatum ; mesothorax 



carinis quinque ferruyineis omatum, apice fulvum ; abdomen 



fuho-fasciatum ; pedes fuf.vi ; femora fusca ; alee anticce sub- 



limpidcB apice subfuscce ; vence jiavce^ fusco guttatce ; veruE 



transversce fusco nehuloscB ; alee posticce limpidce. 



Body brown : on each side of the crown a rather high ridge 

 which has a yellow hind border and a yellow spot on its disk, and is 

 forked towards its fore border and incloses a little triangular com- 

 partment by means of the cross-ridge above the front ; the latter 

 with the epistoma is almost spindle-shaped, and has a slight middle 

 ridge and a white spot on each side where it is indistinctly angular ; 

 front a little shorter than the epistoma : mouth tawny with a black 



