LIST OF HOMOPTEROOS INSECTS. 



black and extends beyond the tip of the abdomen ; an oblique short 

 broad black stripe adjoins the ferruginous black stripe on each side : 

 breast, abdomen, legs and wings ferruginous. Length of the body 

 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 

 a. Mexico. Presented by E. P. Coffin, Esq. 



17. Tbiquetra hebes, Fem. 



Viridis, lata ; ■pedes mridi-flavi ; alee limpida- ; aim anticce basi et 

 ad costam virides. 



Body broad, short, pale green ; head transverse, very short, 

 somewhat reticulated, not half the breadth of the fore-chest ; face 

 obconical, not half the length of the head : fore-chest very convex, 

 roughly punctured, .slightly ridged ; shoulders conical prominent ; 

 hind part keeled, very acute at the tip, not extending to the tip of 

 the abdomen ; legs pale yellow, tinged with green : wings colour- 

 less ; veins pale yellow ; fore-wings green and punctured at the 

 base and along part of the fore border. Length of the body 2 lines ; 

 of the wings 5 lines. 



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



Genus 14. CERESA. 



Membracis, Fabr., Sai/, Dlanchard. 



Centrotus, Fabr., Germ. 



Smilia, Germ., Burm. 



Ceresa, Amyol et Serv. Hist. Nat. Him. 539, 433. Fairm. 



Group 1 . Fairm. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2me Sirie, iv. 283. 

 I. Cebesa ViTums. 



Ceresa vitulus, Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Him. 540, 1. Fairm. 



Ann. Sne. Ent. Fr. 2me Sirie, iv. 283, 1 . 

 Smilia vitnlus, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 1, 137, 2. 

 Membracis vitulus, Fabr. Ent. Si/st. iv. 1 4, 25. 

 Centrotus vitulus, Fabr. Si/st. Rhyn. 20, 21. 

 Centrotus pallens. Germ. Mag. Ent. iii. 25, 26. 

 Smilia pallens, Ger»0Silb. Rev. Ent. iii. 235, 6. 

 Brazil. 



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