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2. — Ia.<isii,s {D.) oedlaris, Fall. 



Niger, supra testaceus, nitidus. Vertex, pronotum, scutellum, 

 maculis flavo-rufis uotata. Vertex longitudiue sufe inter oculos lati- 

 tudini a^qiialis, prouoto non brevier ; apex lineolis 2 brevibus inciirvis, 

 maculisqiie 2 lateralibus ante oculos nigris notatus. Frons utriuque 

 transverse pallido quadri-striata. Genarum pars superior, clypeique 

 latera testacea. Pronotum longitrorsiun inter maculas obscure albido 

 quinque-lineatum. Hemelytra apice quani medio latiora, truncata ; 

 nervi late albidi ; celluLie testacea? nigro marginata>, unde macular fiunt 

 magna?, ocellata?. Abdomen postice testaceum. Pedes testacei ; femora 

 pra^ter apicem, tibiarum intermediarum linea inferior, tibia; posticfe 

 pra;ter basin, tarsique postici, nigra. ^ ? . 



Variat pictura tota plus minu.s obsoleta. 



Long, l^-lf ; alar. exp. 2| lin. 



Cicada ocellaris, Pall., Hem., pt. 2, p. 33. 

 lassus ocellaris, Plor, R. L., 2, p. 237. 

 lassies ocellatus, Grerm., En., 17, 18. 

 Cicada costalis, Pall., Hem., pt. 2, p. 32. 

 Cicada russeola, Pali,, Hem., pt. 2, p. 34. 



It is common amongst herbage and in grassy places througbout 

 the kinojdom. 



3. — lassus (D.) Argus, n. sp. ^J-^M 



Praecedenti similis, minor. Coeruleo-niger, supra testaceus, nitidus. 

 Vertex punctis utrinque 3 lateralibus nigris, nonnunquara etiam additis 

 2 inter oculos, basalibus ; medio maculis 2 lineaque antiee abbreviata, 



flavo-rufis : latitudine sua inter ocnlo.s 

 ct pronoto brevier. Prons testacea, 

 striis utrinque nigris in spatiis 2 ovali- 

 bns clausis, qure spatia linea nigi'a cingit 

 undique. Pronotum obscure fulvo- 

 maculatum. Hemelytra apice rotun- 

 data, leviter angustata ; nervi albidi ; 

 cellula) alia5 testacese, fusco-marginatae, 

 unde macula; qua^dam fiimt ocellatae ; 

 alia; omnino infuscata;, unde macula; 3 apicales, 2 pone medium laterales 

 apparent. Abdomen coeruleo-nigrum, segmentorum 3 apicalium marge 

 posterior tenuissime testaceus. Pedes testacei ; femora basi nigra, 

 antica ante apicem maculis 2 nigris, postica macula intus ad apicera 

 nigra ; tibiaj omnes subtus nigro-lineata; ; tarsi antici et intermedii 

 apice nigri; tarsi postici nigri, articuli omnes basi et apice testacei; 

 ungues nigri. ? . Long. 1^ ; alar. exp. 2;] Hu. 



