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and daz'isi are of the same shape, but in aurifera they are proportion- 

 ately shorter and broader. The first and second cross veins of the 

 fore wings are but sHghtly infuscated in caniadaris and sometimes 

 not at all; in aurifera the infuscation is sharply defined, while in 

 davisi it is generally more indefinite and the ends of the fore wings 

 are often clouded as well. Beneath, all th.-ee species are pruinose 

 when fresh. Caiiicidaris has the central area shining black and ex- 

 tending in the form of an irregular band to the end of the abdomen ; 

 in daz'isi this band is more green, especially along the sides and still 

 less definite, while in aurifera the band is almost obsolete, in rubbed 

 specimens there being usually an oblong black spot at the base of each 

 segment on the under side. 



The following specimens of Cicada aurifera have been examined : 



Franklin Co., Kans., 895 ft., 23 males, 15 females (R. H. Beanier). 

 Collection University of Kansas. 



Anderson Co., Kans., 1047 ft. 1915, 2 males, i female ( R. H. 

 Beamer). Collection University of Kansas. 



Allen Co., Kans., 962 ft., 1915, 3 males, i female (R. H. Beamer). 

 Collection University of Kansas. 



Riley Co., Kans., Sep., i female (Marlatt). Collection U. S. Na- 

 tional Museum. 



Kansas, i female (Marlatt). Coll. U. S. Nat. Museum. 



Wakefield, Clay Co., Kans., Aug. 25, 1914, i male (J. C. Warren). 

 Davis collection. 



Seward Co., Kans., 2,600 ft., August 18, 1911, 2 males, 2 females 

 (F. X. Williams). Collection University of Kansas. 



Cicada townsendi Uhler. 



In the collection of the United States National Museum there 

 is a male cicada marked " Las Cruces " on one label, and " Cicada 

 Townsendii, Uhler, New Mex." on the other. This is supposed to 

 be one of the specimens from which Uhler drew up his original de- 

 scription, for he says that four of them came from the vicinity of Las 

 Cruces, New Mexico. Mr. Otto Heidemann, in charge of the cicadas 

 in the National Museum, has kindly permitted my having a figure 

 made of the specimen, which is here presented. In addition to this 

 typical specimen, we figure through the courtesy of Dr. Henry 

 Skinner a smaller and more pruinose male from Alamogordo, New 



