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small, narrower than the fore-chest, black on the crown ; face con- 

 vex, not prominent, with a slender black band above and a large 

 black mark in front : eyes prominent : mouth lawny with a black tip, 

 reaching the middle-hips : feelers black, stout : fore-chest adorned 

 with a bright yellow middle stripe, and having on each side two black 

 oblique stripes ; the inner pair forked; a black border on each side ; 

 hind-scutcheon rather narrow, its sides slightly convex before and 

 behind but somewhat notched on the middle part : scutcheon of the 

 middle-chest adorned with three very large obconical black mark«, 

 the middle one much shorter and broader than the side pair ; behind 

 these are four black spots, and on each side an oblique black stripe ; 

 excavation of the hind border very slight : abdomen obconical, a 

 little longer than the chest, black above; tip tawny, armed above 

 with a stout spine ; hind borders of the segments red ; a row of tawny 

 spots along each side : opercula none ; tymbals white ; drums pale 

 tawny, rather small : legs tawny ; thighs and fore-shanks streaked 

 with black ; tips of the four hinder shanks pitchy; tips of the claws 

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

 fawn-colour at the base, rosy red along half the length of the fore 

 border, which from thence till near the disk is pale brown with a 

 dark red disk ; veins tawny, black towards the tips ; flaps colourless, 

 fawn-colour towards the base, pale brown along the fore borders. 

 Length of the body 8 — 9 lines ; of the wings 22 — 24 lines. 



a, h. New Zealand. From Mr. Earl's collection. 



174. Cicada nebulosa. 



Cicada nebulosa, Oliw Enc. Meth. v. 752, 25, pi. 112, f 6. StolL 

 Cic. 28, pi. 4, f. 17. 



175. Cicada 3Iaculipennis. 



Cicada maculipennis, De Lap. A7in. Soc. Ent. Fr. i. 412, 47 



Germ. Silb. Rev. Ent. ii. 72, 38. 

 Cicada versicolor. Bridle., Hist. Nat. Hem ii. pi. 5, f. 1. 

 Cicada sumptuosa, Blanch. Hist. Nat. Ins. iii. 165, 4. 

 Var. Cicada semicosta. Germ. 

 Var. Cicada diaphana, Germ. 

 Hemisciera maculipennis, Amyot ct Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 4()7, 1. 



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

 t— /. Cape. From Mr. Drege's collection. 

 g. — ?'. Cape. 



