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first, second and third cross-veins clouded wilb brown. Length of 

 the body 12 lines ; of the wings 24 lines. 



rt, h. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection, 

 e — e. Jamaica. 



87. Cicada Johannis, Mas et Fern. 



Nervus transversus lus subcurvus, obliquus, ajigulum ohtiisum 

 Jingens, 2o plus duplo ejus longitudine divisus ; 2ns subcur- 

 vus, subobliquusj unguium obtusum Jingens , \o paullb brevior ; 

 3ms subundatus, obliquus, anr/ulum subacutum Jingens ; Au^i 

 cnrvus, fere erectus, angulum vix acutum Jingens, 'M longitu- 

 dine. 



Second marginal areolet more than half the length of the first : 

 nrst cross-vein slightly curved, slanting, forming an obtuse angle, 

 parted from the second by a little more than twice its length ; second 

 slightly curved, slightly slanting, forming an obtuse angle, a little 

 shorter than the first ; third slightly v/aved, slanting, forming a 

 slightly acute angle ; fourth curved, nearly upright, forming a 

 hardly acute angle, as long as the third -, fifth almost straight, up- 

 right, forming a right angle. Much resembles C. Orni but is smaller. 

 Body grass-green with a tawny tinge: head narrower than the fore- 

 chest, adorned with two black bauds, one in front interrupted, ir- 

 regular and slightly arched, the other behind sending back Ave short 

 stripes, the middle one forked between the eyelets ; fiice slightly con- 

 vex, not prominent : mouth tawny with a black tip, reaching the 

 hind-hips: eyes prominent: feelers black: fore-chest narrower in 

 front; scutcheon adorned with two oblique brown stripes on each 

 side, and in the middle with two straight black stripes, widened in 

 front and sending out two branches on each side ; hind-scutcheon 

 widened and slightly angular on each side, adorned with two 

 brown marks above the base of each fore-wing : scutcheon of the 

 middle-chest adorned with five brown stripes, the side pairs in- 

 terrupted, especially the outer pair ; hind border very slightly 

 excavated: abdomen tawny, very much longer than the chest; 

 a brown mark on each side of the base of the last segment ; lip 

 black: opercula large; drums pale tawny, small, far apart: legs 

 grass-green, clothecl with short ])ale yellow and black hairs ; claws 

 black, pale green at the base ; fore-thighs armed with three black 

 teeth with tawny tips ; a few tawny spines on the hind-shanks : wings 

 colourless; fore liorder green ; veins pale green, darker towards the 

 tips, striped with black at the base, tinged with black across the 

 breadth beneath the brand which is green towards the base and black 



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