HOMOPTERA. 19 



Mesothorax with four black stripes ; the middle pair short, and with two 

 black dots behind them ; the outer pair containing some forked testaceous 

 lines. Abdomen with a blackish spot at the base. Wings vitreous ; veins 

 pale testaceous. Fore wings with the first and second veins nearly 

 straight, slightly oblique, slightly clouded with brown, parted from each 

 other by less than their joint length ; third and fourth oblique, slightly 

 curved. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



Hindostan. 



Cicada strigosa. 



Mas et fcem. Nigra ; caput subtus lineis transversis testaceis ; prothorax 

 vitta testacea ; abdomen subtus plus minusve testaceum ; femora sub- 

 tus iestacea ; tibice basi testaceo fasciatce ; alee vitrece, fascia inter- 

 rupta perobliqua fusca, venis testaceis apice nigris; anticce bast 

 fasciaque brevifuscis, venis la et 2a transversis obliquis vix arcuatis. 

 Mas. — Abdomen apice trispinosum. 



Male and female. Black. Head with transverse testaceous lines on 

 each side of the face. Prothorax with a testaceous stripe. Abdomen more 

 or less testaceous beneath. Femora mostly testaceous beneath. Tibiae 

 with a testaceous band near the base. Wings vitreous, with a very oblique 

 interrupted brown band, which extends along the transverse veins ; veins 

 testaceous, black towards the tips. Fore wings with the primitive areolet 

 and the base of the sixth discoidal areolet clouded with brown, and with a 

 short brown band which extends across the tip of the front areolet ; first 

 and second transverse veins oblique, hardly curved ; first parted by less 

 than twice or more than thrice its length from the second, which is oblique 

 in the opposite direction ; third and fourth nearly straight and upright ; a 

 brown mark at the tip of the first marginal areolet. Male. — Abdomen 

 with three stout spines at the tip. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the 

 wings 18 lines. 



Hindostan. 



Australia. 



Cicada subapicalis. 



Mas. Nigra ; abdomen segmentorum marginibus ventreque rufis ; femora 

 antica rufo villa la ; pedes postici rufi, nigra strigali ; alee vitrece, 

 venis rufis apice nigris ; anticce apud apices nigricanle marginatce, 

 venis la el 2a transversis obliquis subarcuatis. 



