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pale shining hairs : head very short, a little narrower than the fore- 

 chest, adorned above with two broad black bands ; face hardly 

 convex, not at all i)rominent : mouth tawny with a black lip, reach- 

 ing the hind-hips : feelers black : eyes prominent : fore-ciiest bright 

 grass-green, narrower in front than behind, black on each side where 

 there is a very obtuse angle near the base of the fore-wing, straight 

 and armed with black spines from thence to the fore border; hind- 

 scutcheon a little broader on each side than in the middle : excava- 

 tion on the hind border of the scutcheon of the middle- chest broad 

 and very shallow : abdomen slightly obconical, a little narrower but 

 not longer than the chest, ferruginous above with the exception of 

 the base -. opercula very small ; tymbals whitish ; drums very small, 

 far apart : legs green, tinged with tawny ; thighs streaked with 

 black ; tips of the claws black ; fore-thighs armed with two black 

 teeth : wings colourless, green at the base and along the fore border 

 which is armed with black spines ; a stout spine at the base of each 

 fore-wing ; veins green, black towards the tips. 



Fern. — Abdomen hardly narrower till near the tip which is slen- 

 der and obconical, and has a large green spot on each side beneath. 



Length of the body 1 1 lines ; of the wings 36 — 38 lines. 



a. Para. Presented by Gordon Graham, Esq. 

 h. Para. Presented by Reginald Graham, Esq. 

 c. Brazil. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 



6o. Cicada Melisa, Mas. 



Nervits transversus \us suhcurvus, valde oblirjuiis, anguhon valde 

 obtusum Jin gens, 2o triplb ejus lom/itiidine divisus ; 2us snb- 

 curvus, obliquus, angidum valde nblusinn fingens. \o paidlb 

 brevior ; 'Sii^ subundatus, obliquus, angiilum subacutuni fin- 

 gens ; 4us subimdatus, obliquus, unguium subaculuinji?igens, 

 3o paulld longior. 



Second marginal areolet nearly three-fourths of the length of 

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

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

 second slightly curved, slanting, forming a very obtuse angle, a 

 little shorter than the first; third slightly waved, slanting, forming 

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

 slightly acute angle, a little lunger than the third; fifth curved, up- 

 right, forming a slightly acute angle. Body olive-green, partly 

 clothed with pale down, tinged with white beneath : head short, as 

 broad as the fore-chest; face very slightly convex : mouth tawny 

 with a black tip, extending just beyond the hind-hips : eyes rather 



