198 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



towards the tips. Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 18 



Jines. 



a. South Africa. Presented by Dr. A. Smith. 



149. Cicada Xantes, Mas. 



Nervua transversus lus snbcurvus, obliqiius, anyulum ohhisum fin- 

 gens, 2o plus dup lb ejus longitudine divisus ; 2i(s snbcurvus, 

 unguium valde obtusum Jin gens, \o obliquior et paullb longior ; 

 3us subundatus, obliquus, unguium, vix acutum fin gens ; 4us 

 subundatus, obliquus, unguium subacutum fingens ; 3o paullb 

 longior. 



Second marginal areolet a little longer than the first : first cross- 

 vein very slightly curved, slanting, forming an obtuse angle, parted 

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

 slightly carved, forming a very obtuse angle, more slanting and a 

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

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

 a slightly acute angle, a little longer than the third ; fifth curved, 

 upright, forming a slightly acute angle. Body tawny : head small, 

 narrower than the fore-chest ; crown mostly occupied by two verj' 

 large black spots ; face small, very convex, slightly prominent, red 

 above, adorned with a pitchy stripe in front : mouth tawny with a 

 black tip, reaching the middle-hips: eyes not prominent: feelers 

 tawny, pitchy at the base and at the tips : fore-chest a little narrower 

 in front than behind ; scutcheon adorned with a yellow stripe, on 

 each side of which there is a short slightly curved pitchy stripe ; a 

 small pitchy spot on the hind border ; hind-scutcheon very narrow 

 above, rounded and much widened above the base of each fore- 

 wing, very slightly convex and not excavated on each side: scut- 

 cheon of the middle-chest adorned with four black obconical stripes, 

 the middle pair rather less than half the length of the outer pair, 

 and so close together that they seem almost united ; behind them 

 are two pitchy spots which join the cross-ridge, the latter is ferrugi- 

 nous and small ; hind border not excavated : abdomen obconical, 

 ferruginous, hardly longer than the chest, adorned with a pitchy 

 stripe which tapers from the base to a little beyond the middle and 

 then disappears: opercula pale tawny, very small, not half covering 

 the tymbals which are ferruginous ; drums bright tawny, rather nar- 

 row, of moderate size, about one-third of the length of the abdo- 

 men : legs tawny ; thighs adorned with ferruginous streaks ; tips of 

 the claws black; fore-shanks and fore-feet ferruginous ; fore-thighs 

 armed with two rather long ferruginous teeth : wings colourless ; 



