LIST OF HOMOPTEBOUS INSECTS. 



74. CeNTROTUS DILATATU9. 



Puscus, latissimus ; cornu posticum brevissimum ; alte anticm sub- 

 cinerew, basi ferruyinew ; venm nodosce. 

 Brown, clothed with dingy tawny hairs : head wanting : fore- 

 chest very broad, indistinctly ridged, low in front : shoulders flat, 

 conical, very prominent ; horns above compressed, angular, ex- 

 tremely short; hind appendage very short, triangular, keeled, im- 

 pressed on each side near the base, not extending much beyond the 

 base of the abdomen: fore-wings grayish, ferruginous at the base ; 

 veins ferruginous, nodose. Length of the body 14 line ; of the 

 wings 3 lines. 



a. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



75. Centrotus pyom^us, Fem. 

 Fxtscus, latus ; cornu posticum abdominis dimidio longivs ; abdo- 

 men nigrum, ferrugineo fasciatmn ; pedes nigri ; tarsi fulvi ; 

 alee anticie luridie, basi nigra:. 

 Brown, clothed with dingy tawny hairs : head transverse, nar- 

 rower than the fore-chest, bordered by a rim ; face broad, convex and 

 slightly retuse in front, angular behind, shorter than the head behind 

 it : fore-chest slightly ridged, low and slightly retreating in front ; 

 shoulders rounded, not prominent ; no dorsal horns ; hind appen- 

 dage keeled, slightly undulating above, tapering from the base to 

 the tip, extending beyond half the length of the abdomen : abdo> 

 men black ; hind borders of the segments ferruginous : legs black ; 

 tarsi tawny: wings lurid; fore-wings black and punctured at the 

 base; veins pitchy. Length of tlie body I J line; of the wings 2 

 lines, 

 a, b. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



Centrotcs ? Larva. 



a, b. British Guiana. Presented by Sir R. Schomburgk. 



? Lai-va. 



• ? Presented by the Entomological Club. 



Centrotos- 



a. Brazil. From Mr. Shuckard's collection. 



