19*2 LIST OF H0M0PTER0U5 INSECTS. 



142. Cicada rufifascia, Mas. 



Nervus transversus ]us subcurvm, erectus, angiilum sohobtmum fin- 

 gens^ 2o plus triplb ejus longitudine dirisus ; '2us subcurvus, 

 subobliquius, angulum obtusum fingens, lofere duplb longior ; 

 3u^ subcunrus, obliquus^ angulum acutum fingens ; Aus vix 

 curvus, obliquiLs, angulum acutum fingens. So multb brevinr. 



Second margiDal areolet longer than the first: first cross-vein 

 slightly curved, upright, furming a slightly obtuse angle, parted 

 from the second by more than thrice its length ; second slightly 

 curved, slightly slanring, forming an obtuse angle, nearly twice the 

 length of the first ; third very slightly curved, slanting, forming an 

 acute angle: fourth hardly curved, slanting, forming an acute an- 

 gle, muc-h shorter than the third ; fifth slightly curved, slightly 

 slantin?, forming a right angle. Body black, slender : head as 

 broad as the fore-chest ; a tawny dot between the eyelets, and another 

 on the face which is slightly convex and not at all prominent, and 

 has a red stripe in front on each side : mouth black, reaching the 

 hind-hips : eyes prominent : feelers black : fore-chest not narrower 

 in front than behind, adorned with a short tawny stripe which cor- 

 responds with the two tawny marks on the head : hind-scutcheon 

 narrow above, wider by the base of the fore-wing where it forms a 

 very slight angle, has a reddish tinge and extends beyond the sides 

 of the scutcheon: scutcheon of the middle-chest pale red on each 

 side and on the hind border which is not excavated : abdomen ob- 

 conical, narrower and a little longer than the chest : hind borders 

 of the segments adorned with narrow bright red bands which are 

 interrupted in the middle ; last segment red, its disk mostly black ; 

 under side bright red: opercula none ; tymbals small, reddish gray; 

 drums tawny, black towards the base, very small, parted by a broad 

 intenal: legs black; knees tawny; fore-thighs streaked with red, 

 armed ^sith three long black teeth : hind-shanks pitchy with tawny 

 tips ; fore-feet and middle-feet pitchy at the base ; hind-feet tawny 

 with black tips : wings colourless ; fore border pale red as far as the 

 brand, dark tawny with a red streak from thence till near the tip ; 

 veins black, tawny at the base ; fore membranes red; flaps pale red 

 at the base and along the veins. Length of the body 7 Imes ; of 

 the wings 19 lines. 



