16 INSECTA 9AUNDERSIANA. 



maculis quatuor transvcrsis mediis ventreque fulvis ; ala vitrece, 

 venis testaceis apice nigris ; anliccB venis la 2aque transvcrsis fusco 

 nehulosis. 



Male. Black, with whitish pubescence, testaceous beneath. Head 

 testaceous on the disk of the face, and with two testaceous spots on each 

 side. Protliorax testaceous, with six irieirular black stripes. Mesotborax 

 testaceous along iLe border, and with five testaceous stripes; the inner 

 pair ramose. Abdomen with two transverse tawny spots on each side 

 in the middle ; under side tawny. Drums testaceous, triangular, ex- 

 tending to half the length of the abdomen. Wings vitreous ; veins testa- 

 ceous, black towards the tips. Fore wings with the first and second 

 transverse veins clouded with brown; first less oblique than the second, 

 from which it is parted by more than four times its length ; third 

 and fourth slightly oblique ; fourth very slightly undulating. Length of 

 the body 11 lines; of the wings 32 lines. 



Vera Cruz. 



Africa. 



Cicada mendosa. 



Mas. Nigra, suhtus ex parte testacea ; caput testaceo trivittatum ; pro- 

 thorace margine vittisque septem testaceis ; inesothorax vittis quinque 

 margineque testaceis ; abdominis segmenta rufescente marginata ; 

 pedes testacei, nigra varii ; ala vitrece, venis rufescentibus aut testa- 

 ceis apice nigris ; anticce apud eostam perconvexce, venis la et 

 2a obliquis nigro nebulosis, 



Male. Black, partly testaceous beneath. Head with three testaceous 

 stripes; the middle one interrupted. Proihorax with a testaceous border 

 and with seven testaceous stripes, the middle one paler and more regular 

 than the others. Mesothorax with a testaceous border and with five tes- 

 taceous stripes; the inner pair somewhat ramose, the outer pair almost 

 including a black spot in the middle. Abdomen with au interrupted 

 reddish band on thehiud border of each segment. Legs testaceous, varied 

 with black. Wings vitreous; veius reddish or testaceous, black towards 

 the lips. Fore wings very convex along the costa ; first and second trans- 

 verse veins oblique, clouded with black ; first parted by less than twice its 

 length from the second ; third straight ; fourth hardly undulating. Length 

 of the body 1 1 lines ; of the wings 30 lines. 



