12 INSECTA SAUNDERSIANA. 



Female. Reddish tawny, testaceous beneath. Head blackish above ; 

 hind bolder testaceous, with black marks ; a much interrupted testaceous 

 band in front. Prothorax with four black stripes, the inner pair approxi- 

 mate, connected by a short black band in front, the outer pair very near 

 the borders ; two black discal dots ; hind border greenish. Mesothorax 

 wilh four conical black stripes, the inner pair short, the outer pair much 

 intersected. Abdomen with an interrupted black band on each segment. 

 Wings vitreous; veins pale green, black towards the tips. Fore wings 

 wilh the first and second transverse veins clouded with dark brown, very 

 oblique, hardly curved, parted from each other by full their joint length ; 

 third and fourth oblique, nearly straight, the former much shorter than the 

 latter. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 27 lines. 



United States. 



South America. 



Cicada bilineosa. 



Mas. el Foem. Viridis, testaceo sublincta ; alee vilrew, venis viridibiis 

 apice nigris, Uriels duplicatis subinarginalibus pallidissime fuscis 

 vix conspicuis. Mas. — Prothorax strigis duabus arcuatis nigris; 

 mesothorax lunulis duabus lineisque duabus exterioribus nigris; 

 abdomen testaceum, vitta brevi ventrali ferruginea ; opercula viridia. 

 Icem. — Abdomen fevrugineum. 



Male and Female. Green, with a slight testaceous tinge. Wings 

 vitreous; veins green, black towards the tips ; each marginal areolet wilh 

 two very pale brown and very indistinct lines which extend across the 

 border; first transverse vein curved, oblique, parted by more than its 

 length from the second, which is slightly curved and more or less oblique 

 in the opposite direction ; fourth and fifth oblique, nearly straight. Male. — 

 Prothorax with two black curved streaks. Mesothorax wilh two black 

 loops and with two exterior black lines. Abdomen testaceous ; under side 

 wilh a short ferruginous stripe; opercula pale green, about one fourth of 

 the length of the abdomen. Female. — Abdomen ferruginous. Length of 

 the body 10 lines; of the wings 26 lines. 



Brazil. 



