626 LIST OF HOMOPTEKOUS INSECTS. 



moderately high in front, very slightly ridged, a little inclined back- 

 ward ; shoulders rounded, not prominent ; horns above ferruginous, 

 long, prismatic, acute, diverging, inclined forward, slightly curved 

 downward, in length more than twice the breadth of the chest be- 

 tween them ; hind side narrower than either of the other sides ; legs 

 ferruginous : wings colourless ; fore-wings ferruginous and punc- 

 tured at the base ; veins ferruginous ; two discoidal areolets. Length 

 of the body 2^ lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



64. Centeotls vitta, Fem. ^ 



Piceus ; caput ferrugineo marginatum ; abdomen apice ferrugi- 

 neum ; pedes ferruginei, tibicB vix dilatatce ; alee anticce lim- 

 pidte, hivittatce. 



Pitchy, clothed with short tawny hairs: head transverse, short, 

 punctured, with a ferruginous border, a little narrower than the 

 fore-chest ; face narrow, subfusiform, a little longer than the head 

 behind it : eyes very prominent : fore-chest roughly punctured, mo- 

 derately deep in front, slightly ridged, rising vertically from the 

 head ; shoulders rounded, not prominent ; horns above long, thick, 

 prismatic, twisted, ridged, very slightly diverging, a little inclined 

 forward, hardly tapering from the base to the tips, which are trun- 

 cated, in length about four times the breadth of the chest between 

 them ; outer side tapering towards the tip ; inner and hind sides 

 widening towards the tips; keel of the hind appendage black: 

 scutcheon and breast clothed with pale yellow down : abdomen fer- 

 ruginous towards the tip : legs ferruginous ; shanks hardly wi- 

 dened : wings colourless ; fore-wings narrow, pitchy and punctured 

 at the base, whence a ferruginous stripe proceeds along the disk to 

 the tip ; two short brown stripes along the hind border ; veins fer- 

 ruginous ; two discoidal areolets. Length of the body 2i lines ; of 

 the wings 5 lines. 



^65. Centrotus basalis, Fem. 



Niger^ brevis, latus ; cornua lateralia brevia ; cornu posticum ab- 

 domine multb brevius ; pedes ferruginei ; femora nigra ; alee 

 anticce subjlavce^ basi picece. 



Black, short, clothed with very short tawny hairs : head and 

 fore-chest broad, dull, very thickly punctured : head almost trans- 



