118 Mi*. Westwood on new trisects* 



Bot/ the dark-leaved and large-flowered form. In gardens^ 

 E. angustifolium, brachycarpum, Leighton^ is propagated by 

 creeping roots, and this will account for its barrenness under 

 cultivation. I shall try, when its roots are confined by a gar- 

 den-pot, if perfect seed will be produced. 



Henry Oxley Stephens. 



Bristol, Terrell Street, Feb. 8, 1842. 



XV. — Insectorum novorum Centuria, auctore 

 J. O. Westwood, F.L.S., &c. 



Decadis quint<B, ex ordine Homopterorum Latr., Synopsis. 

 Familia Cicadid^. 

 Cicada imperatoria, W. Luteo-fulva, capite et thoracis dorso ma- 

 culis numerosis (magnitudine et forma variis) nigris, mesotho- 

 raceque figura trifida notatis : pronoti lateribus in medio emar- 

 ginatis ; abdomine brunneo lateribus pallidioribus, macula in 

 singulo segmento utrinque nigra; alis Havido-hyalinis venis 

 fulvis ; anticarum venis transversis subapicalibus fusco nebu- 

 losis, maculisque septem versus marginem fuscis. Long. corp. 

 unc. 3 J. Expans. alar. unc. 8^^. 



Obs. Gigas in genere. A^msC.fuscce, Oliv., Stoll., Cig., fig. 36. 



Hab, East Indies and the Indian Islands. Mus. Hope, West- 

 wood, &c. 



Cicada Mearesiana, W. Nigra, pronoti margine postico flavo : meso- 

 thorace postice utrinque puncto oblongo ferrugineo, metatho- 

 race fulvo marginato ; alis anticis nigro-fuscis, venis nigris ; pos- 

 ticis Isete testaceis, area anali margineque tenui apicali fuscis 

 venis nigris. Long. corp. unc. 1|. Expans. alar. unc. 5|. 

 Hab. The Himalayas. D. Meares. Mus. Parry. 



Cicada dives, W. Nigra, alis anticis nigris, venis rubris, fascia me- 

 dia transversa albid^ ; posticis testaceis, dimidio apicali nigris. 

 Long. corp. lin. 12. Expans. alar. unc. 3. 

 Hab. Sylhet in the East Indies. Mus. Hope. 



Cystosoma (subg. nov. Caput parvum. Promuscis ad basin femorum 

 intermediorum extensa. Tympana musicalia omnino detecta, 

 vald^ convexa, transverse striata. Abdomen ^ maximum valde 

 inflatum. Pedes breves. Alae £inticse ultra medium vald^ subhex- 

 agonaliter areolatse). 



Cystosoma Saundersii (Westw., Arcana Ent., pi. 24. fig. 1.). Pallide 

 lutea, costa alarum anticarum albida. Long. corp. fer^ unc. 2. 

 Expans. alar. unc. 3J. 

 Hab. New Holland. Mus. Curtis (cum hoc nomine inscripto). 



Familia Fulgorid^e. 

 Fulgora (subg. Pyrops, Spinola) Spinolce, W. Rostro corporis lon- 

 gitudine adscendente, supra nigro subtiis luteo ; corpore fulvo ; 

 pronoti margine antico et in medio, mesothorace plaga lata me- 



