LIST OF HOMOPTEHOUS INSECTS. 



26. Cercopis pallida. 



Testacea ; caput nigrum ; abdomen fuscum, basi et apice testaceum; 

 alec anlica lurid<c, apice fuscts. 

 Testaceous: head black, transversely striated, very convex in 

 front: mouth testaceous: abdomen brown, testaceous at the base 

 and at the tip : tips of the feet brown : fore-wings lurid, brown to- 

 wards the tips: hind-wings gray; veins brown. Length of the 

 body 5 — 6 lines ; of the wings 14 — 16 lines. 



a. India. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



b. ? 



27. CEnCOPIS SUBMAaULATA. 



liu/a ; scutellum piceum, utrinque rufmn ; femora posteriora basi 

 picca ; aim anlicce 6- %vl 8-maeutata:, apice Iwidce. 

 Pale red, shining : shield very minutely punctured ; middle 

 ridge very slight ; scutcheon pitchy, striated across, red on each 

 side : posterior femora piceous towards the base : fore-wings with 

 si.v or eight pale brown spots in the disks, lurid towards the tips : 

 hind-wings almost colourless, reddish at the base ; veins pale red. 

 Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 

 a. Java. From Mr. Melly's collection. 



28. Cekcopis semicincta. 



Rufa ; caput et prothorax rufa ; abdomen sublux maculis ni- 

 gris bivittatum ; alee anlicie nigra 7 -maculata, apice fusca 

 nigra marginatai. 

 Bed, shining: head and chest black: head pitchy or ferrugi- 

 nous beneath : scutcheon and hind-chest red : abdomen with a row 

 of black spots along each side beneath : membranous part of the 

 fore-wings red, very minutely punctured, occupying two-third.< of 

 the length, adorned with nine black spots ; reticulated part bordered 

 with black, forming numerous areolets which are brown with pale 

 borders; veins red ; hind-wings pale brown ; veins darker. Length 

 of the body Si lines; of the wings 13 lines, 

 n, b. Java. From the Kast India Company's collection. 



