620 LIST OF HOMOPTEEOUS INSECTS. 



52. Centrotus jucundus, Mas. 



Niger, facie ferruginea ; prothorax antice ferrugineus ; cornua 

 humeralia nigro-cyanea ; cornu posticum ferrugineum^ apice 

 nigro-cyaneum ; abdomen suhtus fuscum, flavo bivittatum ; 

 pedes fulvi ; tibia apice picece ; alee anticce sublurida^ casta 

 basi limpido maculatce. 



Black: head transverse, almost triangular, impressed, thinly 

 clothed with shining lawny hairs, very thickly punctured, narrower 

 than the fore-chest between the shoulders ; fore border hardly retuse ; 

 face ferruginous, conical, prominent, shorter than the hind part of 

 the head : eyes very prominent : feelers tawny : fore-chest convex, 

 rather shallow, roughly punctured, slightly ridged, ferruginous and 

 thinly clothed with tawny hairs in front; shoulders obtusely angular, 

 not prominent ; horns above almost straight, bluish-black, very 

 roughly punctured, ascending, diverging, acute, prismatic, very 

 slightly inclined backward ; their length equalling the breadth of 

 the fore-chest between them ; sides almost equal ; hind appendage 

 extending to the tip of the abdomen, tapering, almost straight, 

 slightly keeled, ferruginous, bluish-black and very slender towards 

 the tip which is very acute ; sides of the breast thickly covered with 

 pale yellow down : abdomen pale brown beneath, bright yellow along 

 each side: legs tawny ; tips of the shanks and of the feet pitchy: 

 fore-wings slightly lurid, punctured at the base, with a colourless 

 spot on the fore border near the base ; veins black, pitchy towards 

 the tips, pale yellow in the colourless part : hind-wings paler. 

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



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



^53. Centrotus montifeb, Fern. 



Piceus ; caput nigrum ; tarsi ferruginei ; alee luridcB. 



Body pitchy, short, broad, clothed with golden hairs : head 

 black, transverse, thickly punctured, slightly impressed, truncate and 

 slightly retuse in front, much narrower than the fore-chest between 

 the shoulders ; face truncate in front, its hind part obconical, less 

 than half the length of the head : fore-chest ridged, roughly punc- 

 tured, rising vertically above the head, much impressed in front, 

 angular on each side before the shoulders which are also angular 

 but not prominent ; horns above very thick, prismatic, ascending, 

 diverging, slightly curved backwards, forked towards their tips; hind 

 fork short, almost vertical ; length of the horns about twice the 



