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slightly obtuse angle, parted from the second by more than four 

 times its length ; second very slightly curved, upright, forming a 

 slightly ol)tuse angle, a very little longer than the first ; third nearly 

 straight, slightly slanting, forming a very sHghtly acute angle ; 

 fourth almost straight, slightly slanting, forming a nearly right an- 

 gle, a little longer than the third ; fifth nearly straight, almost up- 

 right, forming a very slightly obtuse angle. The first discoidal 

 areolet is very short and the third is very large. Body prile tav»'ny : 

 head as broad as the fore-chest ; two black stripes united in front on 

 the crown across the eyelets ; a black band in front ; face very slightly 

 convex, not at all prominent, adorned with a black stripe in front: 

 mouth tawny vvith a black tip, reaching the hind-hips: feelers tawny 

 at the base: eyes rather prcnninent : fore-chest rather short, not 

 narrower in front than behind ; scutcheon ferruginous above with the 

 exception of a pale tawny middle stripe ; hind-scutcheon tawny, 

 very narrow, rather broader and forming an obtuse angle at the base 

 of each fore-wing, nearly straight on each side : scutcheon of the 

 middle-chest adorned with four ferruginous stripes ; middle pair 

 shorter and narrower than the outer pair ; hind border not excavated : 

 abdomen obconical, pitchy, a little shorter than the chest, tawny 

 towards the base : opercula none ; tymbals pale tawny ; drums pale 

 tawny, of moderate size, not apart, less than half the length of the 

 abdomen : legs pale tawny ; tips of the claws black ; fore-thighs 

 armed with three tawny teeth, two of moderate size, the third very 

 small : wrings with a very indistinct tawny tinge; tips of the fore- 

 wings tawny ; fore border tawny as far as the brand, very convex 

 near the base ; veins tawny, black towards the tips ; fore-flaps dingy 

 buff; hind-flaps colourless, pale brown for a space along the hind 

 border from the base. Length of the body 6^ lines; of the wings 

 19 lines. 



160. Cicada Ancea, Mas. 



Nervus traiisversus \us fere rectus, erectus, angulum siihohtusum 



jiiKjens, 2() ditplo ejus longitudine divisiis ; '2us rectwi, ob/i- 



quus, angulum ohtusuui fingens, M longitudine ; 3us subun- 



datus, obliquns, angulum acutum Jingens ; Aus subundalus, 



obliquus, anguhun subacutum Jjngens, So multu longior. 



Second marginal areolet as long as the first : first cross-vein 



almost straight, upright, forming a slightly obtuse angle, parted 



from the second by twice its length ; second straight, slanting, 



forming an obtuse angle, as long as the first ; third slightly waved, 



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