52§ LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



the tip long, shining, slightly curved upward, with a long tawny 

 style on each side ; upper appendages tawny, with a black perpen- 

 dicular tooth on each side ; legs tawny, slender, beset with white 

 bristles; a broad black band on each thigh: wings almost colour- 

 less, pale yellow at the base, slightly tawny at the tips; veins 

 tawny. Length of the body 2 lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 



a — c. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Redman's collection. 



'^ 13. Ceresa brevis, Fem. 



Testaceus ; prothorax apice et pectoris discus nigri ; abdomen 

 luteum, apice Jlavum ; pedes lutei ; femora nigra subvittata ; 

 ales limpidee. 



Testaceous: head transverse, short, scutcheon-shaped above, 

 bordered by a slight rim, finely punctured : fore-chest roughly 

 punctured, extending a little beyond the abdomen, rising perpendi- 

 cularly high above the head, and then forming a slightly obtuse 

 angle across, behind which is an almost flat triangular curviliQear 

 compartment, whose angle on each side is formed by the humeral 

 horn, which is acute, rather long, and slightly curved backward, and 

 has very concave side-compartments ; hind part of fore-chest 

 keeled, convex, much compressed, rather deep, but very slender 

 towards the tip, which is black and acute : breast black about the 

 base of the legs : abdomen luteous, pale yellow at the tip : legs 

 luteous, clothed with whitish hairs ; hips black ; a slight black mark 

 on each thigh : wings colourless, rather broad ; veins pale yellow. 

 Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 7i lines. 



a. New York. 



014. Ceresa terminalis, Fem. 



Testacea ; comua lateralia longa, apice nigra ; prothorax apice 

 niger ; alee limpidcB. 



Testaceous : head transverse, shining, almost smooth, slightly 

 haiiy, somewhat pointed in front, convex in the middle and con- 

 cave* on each side of the hind border : fore-chest thickly punctured, 

 extending nearly to the tip of the abdomen, rising perpendicularly 

 above the head, and then forming across an almost right angle ; 

 behind this is a flat triangular curvilinear compartment, whose angle 

 on each side is formed by the humeral horn, which is acute, rather 

 long, with a black tip, hardly curved backward, and has concave 



