18 INSECTA SAUNDERSIAKA. 



and exterior pair of stripes. Abdomen with a testaceous band on tbe bind 

 border of each segment ; under side mostly testaceous. Legs testaceous ; 

 femora and tibiae with black stripes. Wings vitreous ; veins black, testa- 

 ceous towards the base ; first transverse vein upright, slightly curved, 

 parted by more than thrice its length from the second, which is slightly 

 oblique ; third and fourth oblique. Length of the body 10 lines ; of the 

 wings 30 lines. 



Hindostan. 



Cicada indecora. 



Mas. Pallide fulva ; caput nigra fasciatum ; prothorax macula 

 postica, strigis quatuor lateralihus maculisque Iribus marginalibus 

 nigris ; mesothoracis vittm nigrce ohconicce marginihus exceptis obso- 

 lei(p; abdomen piceum, vitla fulva ; alcB vitrem, venis fulvis ; anticcB 

 vents la et 2a transversis subarcuatis. 



Male. Pale tawny. Head a little narrower than the prothorax, with 

 a black band on the vertex. Prothorax with a black spot hind ward, 

 and two black streaks on each side ; border with three black spots, 

 very slightly dilated on each side. Mesothorax with the four usual obco- 

 nical black stripes indicated only by their borders ; two black dots behind 

 the inner pair, which are short. Abdomen piceous, with a tawny stripe. 

 Wings vitreous; veins lawny; first and second transverse veins slightly 

 curved ; first oblique, shorter than the second, from which it is parted by 

 much more than its length ; second oblique, but not in the usual direction ; 

 third and fourth nearly straight ; third shorter than the fourth. Length of 

 the body 6 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



Colombia. 



Cicada subvenosa. 



Mas. Pallide testacea ; vertex niger ; prothorax vittis duabus out 

 quatuor guitaque postica nigris ; mesothorax vittis quatuor guttisque 

 duabus nigris, vittis intermediis abbreviatis, exterioribus testaceo 

 lineatis ; abdomen macula basali nigricante ; alee vitrece ; anticce 

 venis la et 2afusco subnebulosis. 



Male. Pale testaceous. Vertex mostly black. Prothorax a little 

 broader than the head, with two or four black stripes ; a black dot by tbe 

 border, which is dilated, and has a brown spot on each side hind ward. 



