,)30 LIST OF HOMOPTEHOUS INSECTS. 



broader than the outer side and much broader than the hind side ; 

 length of the horns equal to half the breadth of the chest between 

 them ; hind appendage keeled, extending far beyond the tip of the 

 abdomen, obconical and rather deep from the base to half the 

 length, where it is abruptly attenuated, jiitchy and very slender 

 from tlience to the tip, which is very acute : legs tawny ; hind- 

 thighs mostly black ; hind-shanks slender, beset with rows of minute 

 black spines ; wings colourless ; fore-wings tawny along the hiud 

 border near the tip ; a brown spot near the tip of the fore border ; 

 veins yellow. Length of the body 2i lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



a. Brazil. Presented by John Miers, Esq. 



b. Brazil. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 

 c—d. Brazil. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



17. Cerksa surFiisA, Fem. 



Testacea ; caput fen-ugineum ; prothorax viridis, futvo varitts, 

 ferrugineo fasciatus et villains; pedes ferrugirmi ; femora 

 picea ; alte limpidte ; alee anticce basi viridi-fuhce. 

 Testaceous, hardly shining : head short, ferruginous, flat, 

 finely punctured, transversely subfusiform, narrower than the fore- 

 chest between the shoulders ; borders slightly undulating ; hind 

 part of face small, obconical, occupying little more than one-third 

 of the length of the head : fore-chest pale green, partly tawny, 

 roughly punctured, slightly ridged, rising almost vertically from the 

 head ; shoulders rounded, not prominent ; horns above prismatic, 

 diverging, slightly ascending, veiy slightly curved, almost acute ; 

 their hind side narrower than either of the other sides ; their length 

 rather more than half the breadth of the chest between them ; a 

 ferruginous band from their tips across the chest ; hind appendage 

 keeled, extending a little beyond the tip of the abdomen, slightly 

 tapering from the base to the tip, which is very acute ; ridge ferru- 

 ginous : legs ferruginous ; thighs pitchy ; shanks widened : wings 

 colourless ; fore-wings punctured, tawny and tinged with green to- 

 wards the base ; veins green or tawny ; apical areolets numerous. 

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



