618 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



^ 49. Centrotus aurifascia, Mas et Fem. 



Ater ; prothorax antic e Jlavo fas ciatus, postice Jiavo bivittatus ; fem. 

 ahdo)nen basi ferrugineuin, sub tus Jlavo bivittatum ; pedes f er- 

 Tuginei ; femora picea; tibice inter me dice Jlavce ; tibice posticee 

 apiceflavce ; alee antic-ce fusca^ apicibus marginibusque posticis 

 pallidiores, costce basi limpido maculates. 



Deep black, shining : head transverse, smooth, a little narrower 

 than the fore-chest between the shoulders, slightly impressed at the 

 base of the face, hardly retuse along the fore border; face heart- 

 shaped, prominent, nearly as long as the hinder part of the head : 

 fore-chest convex, roughly punctured, rather shallow, slightly in- 

 clined backward and with a bright yellow arched band above the 

 head ; shoulders angular, hardly prominent ; horns above them 

 rather long, prismatic, ascending, diverging, very slightly curved 

 backward, tapering from the base to the tips which are acute ; their 

 length rather exceeding the breadth of the chest between them; 

 hind appendage rather flat, slightly keeled, not nearly extending to 

 the tip of the abdomen, tapering from the base to the tip which is 

 very slender, with a bright yellow stripe extending from the middle 

 of each side to the base of the shoulder-horn : a stripe of pale yellow 

 down on each side of the breast, and a bright yellow stripe on each 

 side beneath the abdomen of the female which is ferruginous towards 

 the base : legs ferruginous ; thighs pitchy ; middle-shanks yellow ; 

 hind-shanks yellow towards their tips : fore-wings dark brown, much 

 paler towards the tips and along part of the hind border, with a 

 colourless spot on the fore border near the base ; veins pitchy, pale 

 yellow on the colourless part : hind-wings paler. Length of the 

 i)ody 2i— 3 lines ; of the wings 5—6 lines. 



a — d. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 



50. Centrotus platycerus, Fem. 



Ater ; cornua apice ferruginea ; abdomen subtus Jlaimm^ apice 

 piceum ; pedes picei ; genua ferruginea ; alee anticee subfusca, 

 basi nigrce, castes basi Jlavo maculate : alee posticee sublimfddce. 



Deep black, shining : head transverse, finely and thinly punc- 

 tured, a little narrower than the fore-chest between the shoulders, 

 indistinctly ridged, very slightly retuse in front ; face heart-shaped, 

 prominent, ridged, a little shorter than the hind part of the head ; 

 fore-chest convex, moderately deep, indistinctly ridged, roughly 



