NOTONECTIDA CERCOPIDZE. 285 



Family NOTONECTID^. Notonectidans. 



CLXXIV. Genus NGTONECTA. Linn. 



(399) 1. * Notonecta insulata. Islet Notonecta. 



N. (insulata) subtus nigra, supra flavida ; hemelytris margine laterali fusco flavido maculato, apice nigris maculis duabus insu- 



latis albidis anteriori triangulari, posteriori reniformi. 

 Islet Notonecta, underneath black, above yellowish ; lateral margin of the hemelytra brown spotted with yellow ; apex 



black with two insulated whitish spots, the anterior one triangular and the posterior kidney-shaped. 



Length of the body 6§ lines. 



A single specimen taken. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Body underneath black, above yellowish. Head yellowish, with a brownish longitudinal stripe 

 between the eyes, which are reddish : scutellum very black, velvetty : hemelytra with the lateral 

 margin brown spotted with yellow ; the posterior half of the hemelytra is brown anteriorly, black- 

 brown in the middle, fuliginous at the apex ; in this darkened portion anteriorly is a yellowish 

 triangle connected with the last marginal spot, and posteriorly is a white kidney-shaped spot followed 

 by the sooty apex : breast very hairy with longish fuliginous hairs : legs yellowish. 



ORDER HOMOPTERA. Leach. 



ii. Ranatr^e. Linn. 



Family CERCOPIDiE. Cercopidans. 



CLXXV. Genus CERCOPIS. Fab. 



(400) 1. Cercopis marginella. (Fabricius.) Red-bordered Cercopis. 



Cercopis marginella. Fab. Syst. Rhyng. 96, 44. 



lateralis. Fab. Suppl. 524, 24. Coq. 7ns. i, 3o, t. ix, /. 3. 



Length of the body 3^ lines. 



Taken with the preceding and at Carlton-house in April. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Body black, dotted and inscribed with white. Hemelytra embrowned ; nervures black ; lateral 

 margin sanguine : margin of the abdomen edged with white. 



