104 LIST OF HOMOPTEEOUS INSECTS. 



buff and bordered with brov/ii towards tlie base. Length of the body 

 25 lines : of the win2;s 65 lines. 



3. Cicada gigas. 



Cicada gigas, Oliv. Enc. Meth. v. 750, 15, pi. Ill, f. 4. Stall, 

 Cic. 84, pi. 22, f. 117. 



a. St. Lucia. Presented by W. Muter, Esq. 



b, c. West Indies. 



4. Cicada sonans, Mas. 



Nervm transrersus his suhundatus vahU ohliquus, anguliim perob- 

 tusum fingens, 2o quadruplb ejus longitudine divisus ; '2us 

 subundatns valde obliquus, angulum perobtusum fingens^ lo 

 paiiUb longior ; 3us siibciirvus, erectus, angidiiin vix obtusum 

 fingens ; 4ifs undatits, obliquus, angulum subacutumjingens, 

 So multb longior. 



Second marginal areolet full three-fourths of the length of the 

 first; first cross-vein very slightly waved, very slanting, forming an 

 extremely obtuse angle, parted from the second by four times its 

 leniith ; second very slightly waved, very slanting, forming an ex- 

 tremely obtuse angle, a little longer than the first; third slightly 

 curved, upright, forming a hardly obtuse angle ; fourth waved, slant- 

 ing, forming a slightly acute angle, much longer than the third ; 

 fifth curved, nearly upright, forming a hardly acute angle. Body 

 tawny : head a little narrov.er than the fore-chest ; crown adorned 

 with a broad irregular curved black band ; a row of little black bauds 

 on each side of the face which is very convex: eyes prominent: 

 mouth tawny with a black tip, reaching the hind-hips : feelers black : 

 borders and sutures of the scutcheon of the fore-chest black ; hind- 

 sculcheou broad, waved and partly edged with black on each side : 

 middle-chest adon.ed with seven black stripes, of which the second 

 pair join the middle one and include the inner pair ; hind part of 

 the cross-ridge black ; hind border rather deeply excavated : abdo- 

 men nearly oval, longer than the chest, covered with pale shining 

 down, mostly black above towards the tip : drums small ; tymbals 

 yellow, marked with black: legs tawny, marked with black which is 

 mostly on the fore-legs ; fore-thighs armed with four teeth of various 

 size : wings colourless, their tips very slightly clouded with brown ; 

 veins black; first and second cross-veins clouded with brown ; pri- 



