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97. Cicada Zealandica. 



Cicada Zealandica, Boisduval, Voy. AstroL 611, pi. 10, f. 6. 

 a. New Zealand. Presented by Dr. DiefFenbacb. 



98. Cicada rufiventris, Mas. 



Nervus transversus ]us suhcurvus^ valde obliquus, angulum perob- 

 tusmn fiiigens, 2o fere quadrupld ejus longitudine divisus ; 2us 

 fere rectus, obliquus, angulum valde obtusum fingens, lo bre- 

 vior ; 3us fere rectus, obliquus, angulum i^ix acutum fin- 

 gens ; Aus fere rectus, obliquus, angulum subacutum fingens, 

 3o longior. 



Second marginal areolet mucb more tban three-fourtbs of tbe 

 length of tbe first: first cross-vein very sligbtly curved, very slant- 

 ing, forming an extremely obtuse angle, parted from the second by 

 almost four times its length ; second almost straight, slanting, form- 

 ing a very obtuse angle, shorter than the first ; third almost straight, 

 slanting, forming a hardly acute angle ; fourth almost straight, 

 slanting, forming a very slightly acute angle, longer than the third ; 

 fifth slightly curved, nearly upright, forming a hardly obtuse angle. 

 Body black : head rather small, narrower than the fore-chest, 

 adorned with a large green spot on each side ; face very convex, 

 rather prominent, adorned in front with two black stripes which send 

 forth a row of black bands on each side: mouth black, extending a 

 little beyond the middle-hips : eyes prominent : feelers black : fore- 

 chest narrower in front than behind ; scutcheon adorned with seven 

 green stripes ; the middle one linear ; the three side pairs oblique 

 and more or less irregular and excavated ; hind-scutcheon green, 

 rounded and widened at the base of each fore-wing, slightly exca- 

 vated on each side : scutcheon of the middle-chest adorned with five 

 green stripes, the middle one linear, the inner pair curved and very 

 irregular, the outer pair short and oblique ; hind border green, its 

 excavation extremely slight ; abdomen dark red with a tawny spot 

 near the base, nearly linear till near the tip, a little longer than the 

 chest, black at the base above ; a black band on the hind border of 

 each segment; under side paler : opercula none ; tymbals hoai-y with 

 brown furrows, between which are brown spots ; drums small, green- 

 ish with black disks towards the base, wide apart : legs green ; thighs 

 striped with black ; claws tawny with black tips ; fore-thighs armed 

 with three black teeth, one of them very small ; fore-shanks and 

 fore-feet black ; middle-shanks black towards the tips ; four hinder 

 feet pitchy: wings slightly tinged with tawny ; a small lawny spot 



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