1901.] 71 



from uiiuiy localities in the more western parts of Europe are C. 

 irrorafti, the distribntion of this new species will in all likelihood 

 prove to be more or less oriental. But these insects are unobtrusive, 

 and must often be passed over in districts where they are bound to 



EXPLANATION OF FIQUEES. 



1. Apex of abdomen from side. 



2. Inferior appendages from beneath. 



3. Apex of abdomen from above (moi'e enlarged). 



13, Blackford Road, Edinburgh : 

 December, 1900. 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIRS OF CICADID^ FROM THE 

 BAHAMA ISLANDS. 



BY W^ L. DISTANT, V.P.E.S. 



Mr. J. L. Bonhote has given me five specimens, three (^ and two 

 ? , of a Cicada he captured at Nassau, a species which requires 

 description. 



Cicada Boniiotei, sp. n. 



(J . Body above dark fuscous, ochraceously pilose ; eyes, anterior margins— 

 narrowly — and latei'al and posterior margins of pronotum, margins of two obconical 

 basal spots to mesonotum, and the cruciform elevation brownish-ochraceous ; a 

 transverse metanotal fascia, the lateral margins of the penultimate and the whole of 

 the apical segment of the abdomen cretaceous-white ; a dark fuscous irregular 

 suffusion on the lateral areas of the pronotal margins. Body beneath fuscous ; head 

 sternum, and lateral margins of abdomen cretaceous-white ; rostrum, femora, and 

 opercula ochraceous ; tibiaj olivaceous ; apical half of rostrum, apices of the tibia3 

 and tarsi, and basal inner margins of opercula, piceous. 



Tegmina and wings pale hyaline, the venation olivaceous on basal half, but 

 becoming fuscous towards apex; tegmina with the inner basal area and the transverse 

 veins at bases of second and third apical areas, infuseated. 



? . Body paler above where the cretaceous-white markings are absent, though 

 present beneath. 



The face is broadly tumid, centrally broadly sulcate, with the transverse stria- 

 tions very strongly developed ; in the c? the opercula are triangular, their lateral 

 margins very slightly convex, their inner margins oblique, tlieir apices subacute and 

 reaching the second abdominal segment ; the pronotum has a broad transverse 

 foveate impression at its anterior margin, and the usual incisures are profound. 



Long., excl. tegm., (J and $ , 34 to 35 millim. Exp. tegm., 95 to 100 millini. 



Hub. : Bahama Islands, Nassau {J. L. Bonhote). 



Warlingham, Surrey : 



January, 19ul. 



