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Yar. a. — Tegminibus pallide fuscescente-griseis , maculis 

 obscure fuscis maculisque griseo-albidis destitutis, venis fusco- 

 plumatis, area ulnari prima medio macula griseo-albida notata, 

 vena ulnari interiore ante medium raro fusco-marginata; alaruni 

 area anali tota fulvescente vel apice fuscescente; vitta thoracis 

 pone impressionem posticam interdum producta, tunc ibidem di- 

 chotoma. 



Cicada plumosa Germ. in Silb. Rev. ent. II. p. 81. 58. 

 Pl. 26. (1834). 



Var. b. — Tegminibus maculis fuscis et griseo-albidis di- 

 stinctis variegatis, prope basin fascia obscurius fusca, intus ab- 

 breviata, notatis, area ulnari prima medio griseo-albida, parte 

 anteriore fusca hujus areae macula parva albida ornata; area 

 anali alarum apice saepissime fusca. 



Cicada hirtipennis Germ. in SlLB. Rev. ent, II. p. 80. 57. 

 Pl. 25. (1834). 



Platypleura capensis A. et S. Hist. des Hem. p. 466. 2. 

 (1843). excl. syn. 



Patria: Terra capensis, Caffraria. (Mus. Holm., Coll. Si- 

 GNORET et STAL.) 



Species quoad raagnitudinem, colores et picturam tegminum 

 alarumque maxiine varians, P. divisce maxime affinis. 



P. ocellata Walk. (excl. syn.) et P. capensis Walk. (ad par- 

 tem) ad hanc speciem pertinent. 



ii. Rostro pone meclium ventris extenso, illius articulo ul- 

 timo tibiisque posticis ceque longis vel illo his paullo longiore. 

 8. P. dmsa Germ. — Dilute olivaceo-virescens vel olivaceo-te- 

 stacea, griseo-sericea, fusco-pilosa; fascia vel annulis duobus 

 subbasalibus frontis, regione ocellorum lineaque transversa 

 laterali, intus rerlexa, verticis, impressionibus thoracis, signa- 

 turis scutelli dorsoque abdominis nigris; tegminibus grise- 

 scentibus vel cinereis, fusco-nebulosis, fascia lata anteriore, 

 intus abbreviata, obscurius fusca, maculis ante et pone fa- 

 sciam illam positis, macula subcostali pone medium macu- 

 iisque nonnullis subapicalibus griseo-albidis, his in limbum 



