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mitive areolet partly tawny ; fore-flaps tawny ; hind-flaps pale yellow 

 towards the hase. Length of the body 24 lines; of the wings 66 

 lines. 



5. Cicada sonora, Mas. 



Nervus transversus Ins subcurmis, obliqims, anguhim vrtldeobtusum 

 Jimjens, 2o quadruplb ejus lonyitudine divuus ; '2m subiin- 

 datiis, valde obliquus, angulum perobtusum Jingens, \o multo 

 longior ; ^us subunAatua, subobliquus, angu/wn siibacuium 

 Jingens ; Aus undatus, obl'quus, angulum acutumjingens, \o 

 multo longinr. 



Second marginal areolet a little more than two-thirds of the 

 length of the first : first cross-vein very slightly curved, slanting, 

 forming a very obtuse angle, parted from the second by four times 

 its length ; second very slightly waved, very slanting, forming an 

 extremely obtuse angle, much longer than ihe lirst; tliird very 

 slightly waved, slightly slanting, forming a slighlly acute angle; 

 fourth waved, slanting, forming an acute angle much longer than 

 the first; fifth curved, nearly upright, forming a slightly acute an- 

 gle. Body tawny : head a little narrower than the fore-chest, black 

 above ; fore border and hind border of the crown tawny ; face con- 

 vex : eyes prominent ; scutcheon of the fore-chest marked with black, 

 ■which forms two partly united triangles in front, and on the hind bor- 

 der a triangle which includes two tawny spots, and has on each side 

 a large spot: hind-scutcheon widened on each side which is slightly 

 angular and partly bordered with black : middle-chest adorned with 

 six black stripes ; the second pair broader than the outer pair, nar- 

 rower than the inner pair which include a slender black stripe ; be- 

 hind the latter there is a large black mark which rests on the cross- 

 ridge ; hind border sliuhlly excavated : abdomen obconical, a little 

 longer than the chest, black above with some tawny marks near the 

 base and on each side : legs tawny : wings colourless ; veins green, 

 black towanls the tips ; first and second cross-veins clouded with 

 brown : primitive areolet and fore flaps pule brown ; hind-flaps pale 

 brown towards the base. Length of the l)0(ly 18 lines ; of the wings 

 (50 lines. 



a. ? Presented by J. G. Children, Esq. 



