FKOM THE lNl)I.\Jf AECHIPELAGO. 281 



(liiubus angustis rufis, nlis posticis ciuereis fusco marginatis. Var. /3, 

 Scutello rufo. 



Male and Female. lied. Thorax with a black spot on each of the two 

 impressions in front. Scutellum black. Pectus black, with a red 

 band in front. Abdomen black ; hind borders of the segments be- 

 neath and tip red. Posterior femora black. Fore wings black, with 

 three red longitudinal streaks and with two narrow red bands ; first 

 streak proceeding from the base of the costa; second near the base; third 

 proceeding from the base of the hind border, joining the first band 

 at one-third of the length of the wing ; second band at two-thirds of 

 the length. Hind wings cinereous, diff'usedly brown-bordered. Var. ^. 

 Scutellum red. Length of the body 9 lines, of the wings 22 lines. 



Hab. Tondano; Celebes. 



304. Cercopis sulcata. Fcem. Atra, capite thoraceque nigro-pur- 

 pureis, alis auticis fascia latissima rufa incisa maculas duas nigras 

 includente, alis posticis nigricantibus. 



Female. Deep black. Head, thorax, and pectus blackish purple. Fore 

 wings with a very broad red band, which occupies more than half the 

 length from the base ; it is excavated by two black streaks proceed- 

 ing from the base, and by an exterior black streak on the hind bor- 

 der, and it contains two black spots j first spot elongated, subcostal ; 

 second connected with the black part. Hind wings blackish. Length 

 of the body 7^ lines, of the wings 19 lines. 



Hab. Tondano ; Celebes. 



305. Cercopis impressa. Mas. Pallide rufa, capite subtus scutello 

 pectore abdomine pedibusque piceis, alis anticis vitta lata inform! 

 striga fascia lata subinterrupta spatioque reticulato nigris, alis posticis 

 fuscis. 



Male. Pale red. Head beneath, scutellum, pectus, abdomen, and legs 

 piceous. Thorax with the impression on each side in front partly 

 piceous. Fore wings with a broad irregular partly costal black stripe 

 proceeding from the base to the reticulated part, which is also black ; 

 a black streak proceeding from the base nearer the hind border ; a 

 broad, irregular, and slightly interrupted black band near the reti- 

 culated part ; hind wings brown. Length of the body 7i lines, of the 

 wings 19 lines. 



Hab. Flores. 



306. Cercopis nexa. Mas. Pallide rufa, scutello pectore abdomine 

 coxis femoribusque nigris, alis anticis maculis quatuor spatioqye re- 

 ticulato nigris, margine exteriore alisque posticis fuscis. 



Male. Pale red. Scutellum, pectus, abdomen, coxa;, and femora black. 

 Abdomen red at the tip beneath. Fore wings black on the reticu- 

 lated part, and with four black spots ; first and second spots in the 

 disk near the base, the hind one very uarrow ; thiid and fourth con- 



