346 LIST OF HOM0PTEROU8 INSECTS. 



across, and has a tawny border and a tawny middle ridge, the latter 

 is forked near the crown : mouth tawny witli a black tip reaching 

 beyond the liiiid-hiiis: feelers tawny: fore-chest very short, with 

 tawny borders : five slight ferruginous ridges on the middle-chest, 

 the inner pair very slightly curved : abdomen obconical, not longer 

 than the chest ; hind borders of the segments yellow : legs tawny, 

 slightly grooved ; hind-shanks armed with three spines ; fore-wings 

 tinged with pale dull tawny ; brand yellow with a broad brown hind 

 border ; veins pale yellow, adorned with rows of very numerous brown 

 dots; cross-veins brown; hind-wings almost colourless ; veins black. 

 Length of the body 1 J — 1} line ; of the wings 4 — 5 lines. 

 a — c. New Zealand. Presented by Dr. Hooker. 



28. Cixius iiuFiMAOUi.A, Mas. 



Luteus ; caput nigra maculatum ; prothorax nigra cinctus et uni- 

 villalus ; mesothorax nigra carinatus et utrinque viltalus ; 

 pectus nigra maculatum ; abdomen nigra fasciatum ; lateribus 

 rufum ; pedes fulvi, subtus Jlavi ; alee anticce subfulva ; aliB 

 pastica limpida:. 

 This species has some affinity to Delpkax, but ils feelers arc 

 those of Cixius. Body luleous : crown of the head crescent-shaped, 

 surrounded by a rim and having a triangular black spot in the 

 middle ; front slightly widening from the crown to the epistoma, 

 which is triangular and hardly half the length of the former; three 

 black stripes extend along half the length of the epistoma from the 

 crown and occupy the ridges which are rather broad: fore-chest 

 much longer than usual, hardly shorter than the head, nearly sur- 

 rounded by a black border and having a black middle ridge : middle- 

 chest black along each side, and having three very distinct black 

 ridges, the side pair slightly curved : several black spots on the breast : 

 abdomen obconical, shorter than the chest, slightly banded with 

 black, having a short bright red stripe on each side: legs tawny, 

 hairy, yellow beneath ; hind-shanks armed with three spines : fore- 

 wings pale dull lawny ; four discoidal areolets ; veins brown ; mar- 

 ginal vein tawny, bristly : hind-wings colourless ; veins black, beset 

 with a few bristles. Length of the body 2 lines ; of the wing 6 lines. 

 a. Columbia. From M. Jurgens' collection. 



