LtST OF HOMOI'XEROUS INSECTS. 



Genus 8. CIXIUS. 

 Cixius, Lalreille. 

 Flalii, Fabr. Germar. 

 Cixia, Burmeisler. 

 Delpliux, Fallen. 



1. Cixius CoLOMBivE, Mas. 



Fusco-fulvus ; caput anlicum carinatum ; mesolhorax tricarinatus ; 

 abdomen ferrugineum ; pedes fulvi ; aim anticw sublimpidee, 

 fusco etfulvo varia ; alee postic(e apicefuscce. 



Body tawny, partly brown : head much narrower than the chest ; 

 crown longer than broad, concave, conical in front, deeply notched 

 ou the hind border; front very narrow between the eyes, forming 

 with the epistoma a fusiform compartment, which has a longitudinal 

 ridge ; mouth tawny, darker towards the tip, extending far beyond 

 the hind-hips ; fore-chest very short in the middle, widened and 

 darker on each side, very slightly arched ; its middle ridge rather 

 indistinct : three ridges on the middle-chest, the side pair diverging 

 towards the hind border: abdomen ferruginous, obconical, longer 

 tl)an the chest : legs tawny ; two stout spines on the hind-shanks : 

 foie-wiugs almost colourless, slightly tawny here and there, or with 

 blown marks of which the largest is on the disk ; brand tawny ; 

 veins lawny with brown dots which also occur on some of the areo- 

 lets: hind-wings almost colourless, with brown tips; veins black. 

 Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 

 a. Colombia. From Mr. Turner's collection. 



2. Cixius musivus. 



Flatamusiva, Germ, el Ahr. Faun. Eur. xi. 21. Germ. Than, Arch. 



ii. 2, 49, 33. Herr.-Sehdjf. Nometicl. Ent. i. 64. 

 Cixia musiva, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 1, 158, 7. 

 Europe. 



3. Cixius LEPOIIINUS. 



Cixius leporinus, Lair. Gen. Cruxt. Ill, 166. Costa, Faun. Rign, 



Nap. Ins. Emitt. Cixius, 4, 1. Panz. Ixi. Ii). 

 Cicada leporina, Linn. Faun. Sttec. 895. Gmel. Ed. St/st. Nat. i. 



Faun. Ins. Germ. 4, 2114, 4? 



