112 LIST OF HOMOPTEEOUS INSECTS. 



and much narrower than the outward pair which are much excava- 

 ted : hind border pitchy on each side ; excavation in the middle 

 rather deep, foimins^ half an ellipse : abdomen pitchv, obconical, 

 a little lono;er than the chest, greenish-tawny towards the base above : 

 thighs (lark ferruginous with black slreaks ; shanks greenish-tawny 

 with pitchy tips ; fore-feet black ; middle-feet partly tawny beneath ; 

 hind-feet tawny with pitchy tips ; claws black, tawny at the base ; fore- 

 thighs armed with two black teeth near the tips : wings colourless ; 

 fore-wings very bright red at the base and for a short space along the 

 hind border ; beyond the red there is a pale yellow band which is 

 tinged with green towards the fore border, and towards the hind 

 border is succeeded by a brown tinge which clouds the hind border 

 for nearly half the length : hind-wings adorned with a broader yellow 

 band, adjoining which there is a brown band ; flaps very bright red 

 with brown tips ; veins green, tawny towards the tips where they are 

 black ; brands, first and second feet partly tawny beneath ; claws 

 black, tawny at the base ; hind-feet tawny with pitchy tips ; fore- 

 thighs armed with two black teetb near the tips : wings colourless ; 

 fore-wings very bright, red at the base and for a short space along the 

 hind border ; beyond the red there is a pale yellow band which is 

 tinged with green towards the fore border, and towards the hind 

 border is succeeded by a brown tinge which clouds the hind border 

 for nearly half the length ; hind-wings adorned with a broader yel-. 

 low band, adjoining which there is a brown band ; flaps very bright 

 red with brown tips; veins green, tawny towards the tips which are 

 black; brands, cross-veins from the first to the fourth, fore border 

 towards the tip, veins adjoining the base of the first cross-vein, and 

 the veins between the second and third cross -veins clouded with brown ; 

 fore border greenish-tawny. Length of the body 16 lines ; of the 

 wings 48 lines. 

 a. Brazil? From Mr. Stevens's collection. 



14. Cicada bicosta. Fern. 



Nercus Iransversus lus subcurvus, obliquus, aniiulum ohtusuyn fin- 

 yens, 2o quinquies ejus longitudine divisus ; 2us subcurvus, 

 obliquus, angulum valde obtusum Jingens, \o longior ; 3ms 

 subcuri'us, obliquus, angnlum rectum Jingens ; 4us undatus, 

 obliquus^ angulum subacutum Jingens, 3o multb longior. 



Second marginal areolet about two-thirds of the length of the 

 first: fii'st cross-vein slightly curved, slanting, forming an obtuse 

 angle, parted from the second by five times its length ; second slight- 

 ly curved, slanting, forming a very obtuse angle, longer than the 



