106 LIST OF HO.MOPTEROLS INSECTS. 



6. Cicada besonans, Fem. 



]Servus transrersus lus subcuri'us, valde ohUqmis^ unguium peroh- 

 tusum Jingeyis, 2o triplo ejus longitudine divisus ; '2us sub- 

 ciirvus, valde obliquus, angulum perobtusum Jingens, lo paullo 

 longior ; '3us toidatus, obliquus, angulum subacutum Jingens ; 

 4m-s undatus, obliquus^ angulum subacutum Jingens,3o longior. 



Second marginal areolet nearly five-sixths of the length of the 

 first : first cross-vein veiT slightly curved, very slanting, forming an 

 extremely obtuse angle, parted from the second by thrice its length ; 

 second slightly curved, very slanting, forming an extremely obtuse 

 angle, a little longer than the first; third waved, slanting, forming 

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

 acute angle, longer thau the third ; fifih curved, nearly npright, 

 forming a hardly acute angle. Body tawny with a ferruginous tinge : 

 head very little narrower than the fore-chest ; cro^Ti mostly occupied 

 by a broad black band ; face slightly convex, partly black : eyes 

 rather prominent: mouth tawny with a black tip, reaching beyond 

 the middle-hips: scutcheon of the fore-chest adorned with a very 

 large obconical black stripe ; borders mostly black ; hind-scutcheon 

 much widened and slightly waved on each side : middle-chest 

 adorned with six black stripes ; the second pair broader than the 

 outer pair, narrower than the inner pair which are obconical ; a 

 large slightly cross-shaped black spot rests on the cross-ridge ; hind 

 border slightly excavated : abdomen obconical, black above, a little 

 longer than the chest : legs tawny ; fore-thighs armed with three 

 teeth of various size: wings colourless ; veins tawny ; first and second 

 cross -veins clouded with brown ; primitive areolet fawn-colour ; fore- 

 flaps and the base of the hind-flaps gray with abufi" tinge. Length 

 of the body 18 lines ; of the wings 56 lines. 



7. Cicada consonans, Mas. 



Nervus transversm lus subcurrus, obliquus, unguium obtusum jin- 

 gens, 2o plus quinquies ejus longitudine divisus ; 2us subcur- 

 vus, valde obliquus, unguium perobtusum fingens, lo paullo 

 longior ; Sus subcurvm, subobliquus, unguium rectum fingens ; 

 Atus subundatus, obliquus, unguium subaculum Jingens, 3o 

 viultb longior. 



Second marginal areolet nearly three-fourths of the length of 

 the first : first cross-vein very slightly curved, slanting, forming an 



