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<C^ 29. Cixius LONGiPENNis, Fcm. 



Ferragineus^ fulvo vittatus ; abdomen subtus luteum ; pedes fulvi,- 

 alee longcB^ sat angustw; alee anticce sublimpidce, apice fusco 

 maculatce ; vence Jiavce, fusco nodoscB et maculatce ; alee pos- 

 tiece limpid^. 



Body ferruginous: crown of the head short, with a ridge on 

 each side ; front forming with the epistoma a spindle-shaped com- 

 partment which has a tawny ridge along the middle and a tawny 

 rim on each side : mouth tawny : fore-chest very short : three ridges 

 on the middle-chest whose disk is flat : abdomen obconical, a little 

 longer than the chest, luteous beneath: legs tawny: wings very 

 long and rather narrow, almost colourless, with a few brown spots 

 on the disks of the areolets near the tips ; veins pale yellow, dotted 

 with very minute brown knots, adorned with spindle-shaped brown 

 spots, parted by generally equal distances ; brand yellow : hind- 

 wings colourless ; veins brown. Length of the body 2 lines ; of the 

 wings 7 lines. 



a. Port Natal. From M. Guienzius' collection. 



^ 30. Cixius albidus, Mas. 



Fidvus, albo farinosus ; mesothorax subcarinatus ; pedes jiavi ; alee 

 albidcB. 



Body tawny, powdered with white : front full twice the length 

 of the epistoma, with which it forms a nearly spindle-shaped com- 

 partment, the latter is slightly ridged : fore-chest very short : middle- 

 chest slightly ridged : abdomen obconical, not longer than the chest : 

 legs yellow, slender, hardly grooved ; hind-shanks unarmed : wings 

 whitish ; fore-wings a little darker than the hind-wings ; veins 

 tawny; very few discoidal areolets. Length of the body 1 line; of 

 the wings 3^ lines. 



a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D, F. Morgan. 



^31. Cixius obscurus, Mas. 



Fuse us ; pedes fulvi; alee anticce sub fuscce^ fusco ad apices noiata ; 

 areolcB discoidales sex ; alee posticee subcinereee. 



Body brown : front and epistoma forming a spindle-shaped com- 

 partment which is surrounded by a ferruginous rim and divided by 

 a ferruginous ridge ; the side compartments are partly tavvny and 



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