FKOM THE INDIAN AUCHIPEIiAGO. 283 



Hah, Batcliian ; Gilolo ; Kaisaa } Morty ; Ternate. 

 Much like C. Theora, from which it may be distinguished by 

 the membrane of the fore wings, which is wholly lurid. 



309. Cercopis rubrifera. Fcem. Picea, capite rufo vertice lateri- 

 busque piceis, scutello apice rufescente, abdomine rufo basi ven- 

 treque nigris, pedibus vufiis, femoribus posterioribus coxisque piceis, 

 alis anticis fasciis duabus rufis piceo venosis postice conuexis, alis 

 posticis luride fuscis cinereo strigatis. 



Female. Piceous. Head red j vertex and sides piceous. Rostrum 

 red. Scutellum reddish at the tip. Abdomen bright red, black at 

 the base ; underside black, excepting the tip and the hind borders of 

 the segments on each side. Legs bright red; coxae and posterior 

 femora piceous. Fore wings with two red bands, which are inter- 

 sected by the piceous veins ; first band near the base, to which it ex- 

 tends on the hind border, where it also joins the second. Hind wings 

 lurid brown, with cinereous streaks in most of the areoletsj base 

 red. Length of the body 8 lines, of the wings 24 lines. 

 Ilab, Aru. 



It much resembles C. theora ; but the costa of the fore wings 

 is more convex, their markings are different, and their tips are 

 not lurid. 



310. Cekcopis dorsalis. Foem. Lutea, thorace dilatato, pectore fe- 

 moribus posticis basi coxisque nigris, alis anticis fasciis duabus ma- 

 cularibus nigris, alis posticis luride hyalinis. 



Female. I^uteous. Pectus, coxae, and hind femora towards the base black. 

 Fore wings with two black bands ; one, near the base, composed of 

 two spots ; the other, in the middle, composed of three spots. Hind 

 wings hyaline, with a lurid tinge. Length of the body 8 lines, df the 

 wings 20 lines. 



Hub. Sumatra. 



311. Cercopis nasalis. Fcem. Nigra, capite luteo vertice facieique 

 lateribus nigris, abdomine luteo basi ventreque nigris, pedibus lu- 

 teis, femoribus posterioribus coxisque nigris, alis anticis fasciis duabus 

 lutcis, 1" basali lata interrupta, 2" incisa, alis posticis nigricanti- 

 fuscis basi luteis. 



Female. Black. Head luteous, except the vertex and each side of the 

 face. Thorax dilated. Abdomen luteous, black beneath and at 

 the base above. Legs luteous ; coxae and posterior femora black. 

 Fore wings with two luteous bands ; first band basal, broad, irregu- 

 lar, composed of three broad longitudinal streaks ; second excavated 

 on the inner side, almost connected with the first near- the hind 

 border. Hind wings blackish brown, luteous at the base. Length 

 of the body 71 lines, of the wings 19 lines. 



Ilab. Aru. 



