LIST OP HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



6. CiCCUS OBLiqUDS. 



Niger; scutum fulvo fascialum ; pectus piceum ;' abdomen basi 

 fulmim ; alee anticce pice<e, fulvu fasciala et basi viltata ; alee 

 postica: cupreo-fiuicie, basifulvte. 

 Black: head conical, with a slijjht lonpiitiidinal furrow ; a stri- 

 ated stripe on the face, which has strongly marked cross ridges on 

 each side : feelers more than half the length of the body : shield 

 thickly punctured, with a tawny band along the hind border: breast 

 pitchy: abdomen tawny at the base : fore-wings pitchy, with a very 

 short tawny stripe at the base, and an oblique tawny band beyond 

 the middle: hind-wings coppery brown, tawny at the base. Length 

 of the body 5i lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 



a. Brazil. Presented by John Miers, Esq. 



b. Brazil. From Mr. Sliuckard's collection. 



7. CiCCOS TESTACEUS. 



Testaeeus ; caput nigra fascialum et vittatum ; sculellum nigra 

 bigutlatum ; pectoris lale.ra nigra trifusciata ; abdominis dor- 

 sum luteum, lateribus nigra maculatum, apice piceo fascialum 

 et vittatum ; pedes albidi, tibiis apice nigris, tarsis fulvis ; 

 aire anlicie fulvce, fiavo confcrtim guttata ; al<B postica lim- 

 pida. 

 Testaceous : head long-conical, with a broad and shallow lon- 

 gitudinal furrow ; two V-shaped black marks extend along half the 

 length from the hind border ; a short black band on the furrow 

 emits a short middle stripe towards the hind border, and a ferrugi- 

 nous stripe from each end to the hind border, which has two pitchy 

 dots ; face slightly concave on the disk, with indistinct, oblique 

 ridges on each side, adorned with two irregular black bands ; epi- 

 stoma with a ferruginous stripe: shield punctured and rugose, with 

 two pitehy much curved marks which are connected by a band ; a 

 black dot on each side of the scutcheon, which is ferruginous to- 

 wards the tip : breast whitish, with three oblique black bands on 

 each side : abdomen luteous above, wiih a row of black dots along 

 each side, and near the tip with a pitchy stripe on each side, and 

 two pitchy bands : legs whitish ; thighs with tawny tips ; shanks 

 with black tips ; middle-shanks with pilchy tips ; hind shanks pitchy 

 towards the base ; feet tawny with black lips : fore-wings tawny, 

 thickly covered, excepting the tips, with yellow dots: hind-wings 

 almost colourless. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 10 

 lines. 



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