798 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



Genus 6. DIESTOSTEMMA. 



Diestosterama, Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 572, 469. 

 Cicada, p., i^air. 



1. DlESTOSTEMMA ALBIPENNIS. 



Diestostemma albipennis, Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 572, 1. 

 Cicada albipennis, Fabr. Syst. Rhyn. 62, 3. 



a. Para. Presented by Gordon Gralianci, Esq. 



b. Para. Presented by Reginald Graham, Esq. 



c. Brazil. Presented by the Entomological Club. 

 d^e. Brazil. From Mr. Mornay's collection, 

 f-h. ? 



2. Diestostemma terminalis. 



Lutea ; caput nig ro triguttatuyn, facie biynaculatum ; scutum niyro 

 unimaculatum piceo fasciatum; scutellum et abdomen nigra, 

 hoc lateribus apiceque luteum ; pedes fulvi, tarsis piceis ; alee 

 anticcB testacece, apice fusco marginatce; alee posticce sub- 

 cinereee, fusco marginates. 



Luteous : head conical, rather broad, with a very broad and 

 shallow longitudinal furrow, adorned with three black dots, one by 

 each eyelet, and one on the fore border ; face slightly concave, with 

 a black spot on each side towards the epistoma : mouth pitchy • 

 shield flat, with a black spot near the fore border, and a pitchy band 

 along the hind border: scutcheon black: abdomen black, luteous 

 along each side and at the tip : legs tawny ; feet pitchy : fore-wings 

 testaceous, brownish on the borders towards the tips : hind-wings 

 slightly gray, pale brown at the base and along the hind borders 

 and at the tips. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 

 lines. 



