846 LIST OF HOMOPTEHOUS INSECTS. 



eyelets more than one-lliird of the breadth of the head: shield 

 brown, with a yellow dot on each side of the fore border; fore border 

 of the scutcheon with a brown triangular spot in the middle, and 

 with a brown dot on each side : hind-shanks closely beset with stent 

 spines: fore-wings slightly tawny; veins indistinct; areolets few: 

 hind-wings colourless. Length of the body H line ; of the wings 

 3 lines. 

 a. Bio Janeiro. From Mr. Shuckard's collection. 



Genus 4. ACOCEPHALUS. 



Acocephalus, Geim. Burm. Handb. Ent. u. i,ilT,9. Amyot el 



Serv. Herr.-Schtcff'. 

 Cercopis, p., Fahr. 

 Cicada, p., Fall., Panz. 

 lassus, p., Germ. 



Acucephalus, Aphrodes, p. ct Phrynomorphus, Curtis. 

 Pholetaera, Zetterstedt. 

 Acucephalus, Hardy. 



1. ACOCEPHAI.US OLIVACEUS. 



Olivaceo-viridis, .mbftutiformis, subtu.i testaeeus i pedes teslaeei ; 

 al<e posticte sublimpidte. 



Olive-green, almost spindle-shaped, testaceous beneath : head 

 short, thickly punctured, almost semicircular along the fore border, 

 which forms a slight rim, concave behind, a little narrower than the 

 chest ; its length hardly one-third of its breadth ; face flat, with veiy 

 short and slightly oblique ridges on each side : shield finely striated 

 across, minutely punctured towards the fore border ; scutcheon 

 minutely punctured, with a slightly arched suture, between which 

 and the tip it is transversely striated : legs testaceous : fore-wings 

 punctured towards the base and along most of the fore border: hind- 

 wings almost colourless. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 

 11 lines. 

 a. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



