14 INSECTA SAUNDERSIANA. 



longer, hardly undulating. Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 

 24 lines. 



Colombia. 



Cicada obtusa. 



Mas. Testacea ; caput vertice vitlisque duabus anlicis nigris ; prothorax 

 linea submarginali strigisque qualuor arcuatis discalibus nigris; 

 mesothorax arcubus duabus anticis, maculis duabus posticis lineisque 

 duabus exlerioribus obliqids nigris ; abdomen villa lata ventrali 

 nigra ; femora nigro viltata ; alee vitrece, venis nigris basi rufes- 

 centibus, lineis submarginalibus duplicatis pallide fuscis, la 2aque 

 transversis obliquis subarcualis. 



Male. Testaceous. Head black above, and with two black stripes 

 in front. Prothorax with a blacK line round the border, and with four 

 black curved streaks in the disk. Mesothorax with two short black loops, 

 with two black hinder spots and with two exterior oblique black lines. 

 Abdomen with a broad ventral black stripe. Femora with black stripes. 

 Wings vitreous; veins black, reddish towards the base; each exterior 

 areolet with a double pale brown line; first and second transverse veins 

 oblique, slightly curved, parted from each other by a little more than the 

 length of the first ; second inclined towards the base of the wing ; third 

 and fourth oblique, slightly curved. Length of the body 10 lines; of the 

 wings 25 lines. 



Brazil. 



Cicada compacta. 



Foera. Ferruginea, valida ; prothoracis margo posticus viridi-ftdvus ; 

 mesothorax nigro quadrivittatus, laloribus fulvis dense pilosis ; 

 abdomen supra nigrum, segmentorum marginibv^, posticis ferru- 

 gineis ; alee vitrecE, basi virides, venis nigris basi viridibus, anlicte 

 apud venas marginales fusco subnebulosce, venis ia el '2a transversis 

 perobliquis. 



Female. Ferruginous, stout, like C. Brizo in structure, with shining 

 testaceous hairs. Hind border of the prothorax greenish tawny. Meso- 

 thorax with four black stripes; sides tawny, thickly clothed with hairs. 

 Abdomen black above ; hind borders of the segments ferruginous. Wings 

 vitreous, green at the base ; veins black, partly green at the base and on the 



