212 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



165. Cicada Calliope, Mas. 



Nervus trann-ersus lus rectus, subobliquus, angulum ohlusum fin- 

 gens^ 2o quadniplo ejus longitudine divisus ; 2us rectus, sub- 

 obliquus, angulum obtusumjingens, lo multb brevior ; 3us vix 

 curvus, obliquus, angulum vix acutum fingens ; Aus subcur- 

 vus, angulum sub acutum fingens, 3o obliquior et paullb bre- 

 vior. 



Second marginal aveolet nearly as long as the first: first cross- 

 vein straight, slightly slanting, forming an obtuse angle, parted 

 from the second by full four times its length ; second straight, slightly 

 slanting, forming an obtuse angle, very much shorter than the first; 

 third hardly curved, slanting, forming a hardly acute angle ; fourth 

 very slightly curved, forming a slightly acute angle, more slanting 

 and a little shorter than the third ; fifth curved, upright, forming a 

 nearly right angle. Body pale ferruginous : head as broad as the 

 fore-chest; face slightly convex, not at all prominent, adorned with 

 a tawny stripe ; crown pilchy : mouth ferruginous with a black tip, 

 reaching the middle-hips : eyes not prominent : feelers tav/ny, pitchy 

 towards the base : fore-chest not narrower before than behind ; scut- 

 cheon adorned with two parallel pitchy stripes, its sides and the fur- 

 rows also pitchy ; hind-scutcheon rather narrow above, much broader 

 and rounded at the base of each fore-wing, convex on the middle 

 of each side : scutcheon of the middle-chest adorned with three 

 broad black stripes; the side pair slightly obconical and oblique ; 

 liind border hardly excavated : abdomen obconical, very little longer 

 than the chest, paler beneath, adorned with three rows of pitchy 

 spots, which are much larger and more distinct on each side than 

 in the middle ; hind borders of the segments pale tawny ; opercula 

 none ; tymbals small, grayish ; drums tawny, small, parted by a 

 broad interval: legs ferruginous; hips and thighs adorned with 

 pitchy stripes ; feet tawny with pitchy tips; tips of the claws black; 

 fore-thighs armed with three long black teeth : wings colourless ; 

 fore border ferruginous ; veins ferruginous, black towards the tips ; 

 fore membranes tawny ; flaps tinged with brown at the tips, buff at 

 the base and along the middle vein. Length of the body 6 lines ; 

 of the wings 17 lines. 



a. Warm Springs, N. Carolina. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



