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front than behind ; scutcheon udorned with a larg-e bhick spot in 

 front of each side, and with a l)Uick middle stripe whicli is widened 

 before and behind ; hind-scutclieon rather narrow above, a liltle 

 broader and slightly rounded at the base of each fore-wing, extend- 

 ing beyond the scutclieon, very slightly excavated on each side : 

 scutcheon of the middle-chest black, red on each side and behind, 

 and adorned with two slender, slightly oblique red stripes ; hind bor- 

 der not excavated : abdomen dark red, a liltle longer than the chest, 

 nearly linear till the tip where it is ronnded, pitchy towards the base 

 and at the tip, adorned with a large while spot on each side near 

 the base and with a slender interrupted white stripe near the tip ; 

 under side pitchy with a broad pale red stripe on each side : opercnla 

 n(me; tymbals dark red, rather small ; drums pitchy, of moderate 

 size, mory than one-third of the length of the abdomen, parted 

 by a narrow interval : legs tawny ; tips of the claws black ; fore- 

 thighs pitchy above, armed with three tawny teeth, two large, one 

 of moderate size: wings colourless ; a small brown spot at the tip 

 of each fore-wing ; veins black, tawny towards the base ; fore borders 

 lawny, darker towards the tips ; primitive areolet, fore-membranes, 

 and flaps at the base and along part of ihe fore borcer pale tawny. 

 Length of the body 8 lines; o( tiie wings 23 lines. 



81. Cicada solennis, Mas. 



Nervus transversiis \us suhcurvus. obliquus, angulum vnlde ohtusum 

 fingens, 2o plus (jundrnplb ejus hmgitudme divisus ; 2us vix 

 curvus, valde nbliquus, angulum perohtusnm fingens^ \o vix 

 hrevior; 'dus subundatus, subobliyuus, angulum rectum fingens ; 

 Aus subundains, obliquus, angulum vix acuium Jingens, '3o 

 pauUb longior. 



Second marginal areolet a little more than three-fourths of the 

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

 forming a very obtuse angle, parted from the second by more than 

 four times its length ; second hardly curved, very slanting, formino- 

 an extremely obtuse angle, nearly as long as the first ; third verv 

 slig-hlly waved, very slightly slanting, forming a right angie ; fourth 

 very slightly waved, slanting, forming- a hardly acute angle, very 

 liliie longer than the third ; fifth slightly curved, upright, forming 

 a hardly acute angle. Body lawny, tinged with green: head as 

 broad as ihe fore-cliest, adorned with two black bands, one behind, 

 the other across the ciown, but interrupted on each side of the eye- 

 lets ; under side adorned with two broad black interrupted oblique 



