LIST OF HOMOPTBROUS INSECTS. 



29. Cixius LONOiPENNis, Fem. 



Ferrugineus, fulvo vittatus ; abdomen subtus luteum ; pedes fulvi; 

 ala tonga, sat angustte; alte anticte sublimpidce, apice fusco 

 maculalte ; vena Jlava, fusco nodosa et maculata ; ala pos- 

 lica litnpida. 

 Body ferruginous: crown of the head short, with a ridge on 

 eiich side; front forming with the epistoma a spindle-shaped com- 

 partment which has a tawny ridge along the middle and a tawny 

 rim on each side : mouth tawny : fore-chest very short : three ridges 

 on the middle-chest whose disk is flat : abdomen obconical, a little 

 longer than the chest, luteous beneath: legs tawny: wings very 

 long and rather narrow, almost colourless, with a few brown spots 

 on the disks of the areolels near the tips ; veins pale yellow, dotted 

 with very minute brown knots, adorned with spindle-shaped brown 

 spots, parted by generally equal distances ; brand yellow : hind- 

 wings colourless ; veins brown. Length of the body 2 lines ; of the 

 wings 7 lines. 

 a. Port Natal. From M. Guienzius' collection. 



30. Cixius Ai.BiDus, Mas. 



FulvHs,albo farinosus ; mesothorax subcarinatus ; pedes Jlavi; ala 

 albida. 

 Body tawny, powdered with white : front full twice the length 

 of the epistoma, with which it forms a nearly s])indle-shaped com- 

 partment, the latter is slightly ridged : fore-chest very short : middle- 

 chest slightly ridged : abdomen obconical, not longer than the chest : 

 legs yellow, slender, hardly grooved ; hind-shanks unarmed : wings 

 whitish ; fore-wings a little darker than the hind-wings ; veins 

 tawny; very few discoidal areolets. Length of the body 1 line; of 

 the wings 3^ lines. 

 a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



31. Cixius obscurus, Mas. 



Fvkscus; pedes fulvi; ala anlica subftisca, fusco ad apices notala ; 

 areola discoidates sex ; ala postica subcinerea. 

 Body l)rown : front and epistoma forming a spindle-shaped com- 

 partment which is surrounded by a ferruginous rim and divided by 

 a ferruginous ridge ; the side compartineuts are partly tawny and 



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