— 12 



e. Clypeo apice leviter truncato; tegminum areolis apicalibus 

 magnam ad partem vel saltem Jtarum macula decoloribus, vitreis. 



3. P. strulula Lin. — Pallide griseo-testacea vel flavescens, gri- 

 seo-sericea, fusco-pilosa; fascia vel maculis basalibus frontis, 

 fascia angusta media verticis, latera versus lineolas duas et 

 medio vittam, per thoracem et scutellum plus minus distincte 

 continuatam, emittente, impressionibus obliquis thoracis, li- 

 neis longitudinalibus quattuor e basi emissis maculisque parvis 

 duabus posticis scutelli nec non dorso abdominis nigricanti- 

 bus; maculis quattuor obtriangularibus, interdum deficientibus, 

 scutelli pallide testaceis, extus lineis illis nigris terminatis, 

 lateralibus majoribus; tegminibus fuscescente vel testaceo- 

 griseis; alis flavescentibus, apicem versus fuscis, area anali 

 tota flavescente; limbo enervi tegminum alarumque lato ma- 

 culisque septem subapicalibus illorum decoloribus, vitreis. q^.9- 

 Var. a. — Major; tegminibus disco pallido-maculatis, areis 



apicalibus ante maculam apicalem vitream pellucidis, vix vitreis; 



areis alarum apicalibus vittis decoloribus notatis. Long. 19 — 



22, Exp. tegm. 62—70 niill. 



Cicada stridula Lin. Syst. nat. Ed. X. I. p. 436. 16. (1758); 



Mus. Lud. Ulr. p. 157. 4. (1764); Syst. nat. Ed. XII. I. 2. p. 



706. 12. (1767); Oliv. Enc. meth. V. p. 751. 22. (1790); Germ. 



in Thon. Ent. Arch. II. 2. p. 2. 19. (1830); Germ. in Silb. 



Rev. ent. II. p. 76. 54. (1834); Burm. Handb. II. 1. p. 179. 



1. (1835). 



Cicada catenata Drury. 111. nat. hist. II. p. 69. Pl. 37. 



fig. 2. (1773). 



Cicada nigro-linea De Geer. Mem. III. p. 219. 15. Pl. 33. 



fig. 1. (1783). 



Tettigonia stridula Fabr. Syst. ent. p. 679. 8. (1775); Spec. 



ins. II. p. 320. 9. (1781); Mant. ins. II. p. 266. 13. (1787); 



Ent. syst. IV. p. 21. 16. (1794); Syst. Rhyng. p. 38. 23. (1803); 



Thunb. Hem. rostr. cap. I. p. 6. (1822). 



Platypleura stridula A. et S. Hist. des Hem. p. 466. 1. (1843). 

 Stoll. Cig. fig. 15. 



