HOMOPTERA. 13 



Cicada effecta. 



Mas. Obscure viridis ; caput supra nigrum; prothorax vitta strigas 

 emittente apud medium dilatala margineque postico nigris ; meso- 

 thorax arcubus quatuor lituraque postica transversa nigris, maculis 

 duabus lateralibus luteis nigra marginatis ; abdomen rufo sub- 

 iinctum, segmentis fusco marginatis ; tibice apice tarsique nigra; 

 al(B vitrei, apice fuscce, venis nigris basi viridibus ; anticce Ion- 

 giusculce sat angusta, vena la brevi subarcuata fusco nebulosa. 



Male. Dull green. Head black above. Prothorax with a black 

 stripe, which is dilated in the middle, and emits black streaks along the 

 sutures; hind border black. AJesolhorax with four black loops; the inner 

 pair short and succeeded by a black transverse mark; each of the outer 

 pair adjoining a luteous black-bordered exterior spot. Abdomen slightly 

 tinged with red ; a brown band on the hind border of each segment. Tibii33 

 towards the tips and tarsi black. Wings vitreous, with brown tips ; veins 

 black, green towards the base. Fore wings rather long and narrow ; first 

 and second transverse veins short, slightly curved, almost upright ; first 

 clouded with brown, parted by more than twice its length from the second ; 

 third and fourth oblique, slightly curved. Length of the body 9 lines ; of 

 the wings 25 lines. 



Para. 



Cicada ovatipennis. 



Frera. Testacea, viridescenle varia ; caput apud ocellos nigricans ; mesa- 

 thorax vittus tribus indistinctis fuscescentibus, exterioribus arcuatis ; 

 alee vitrea, angusta, lanceolat(E, venis pallide testaceis ; alee anticcB 

 lineis submarginalibus indistinctis pallidefuscis, guitis marginalibus 

 obscure fuscis, venis transversis la et 2a fusco nebulosis. 



Female. Testaceous, here and there greenish. Head blackish about 

 the ocelli. Prothorax with two blackish stripes in front. Mesothorax with 

 three indistinct brownisli stripes, the exterior pair converging hindward. 

 Wings vitreous, narrow, lanceolate ; veins pale testaceous. Fore wings 

 with an indistinct pale brown line on the disk of each marginal areolet, 

 and a dark brown dot at its tip; first, second and third transverse veins 

 clouded with brown; first oblique, parted by more than four times its 

 length from the second; second and third nearly upright; fourth oblique. 



