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177. Cicada coleoptrata, Mas. 



Nervus transversus \us rectus, obliguiis, amjulum ohtusum finqeiis, 

 2o paidlo pins duplo ejus longitudine divisus ; '2us siibcurvus, 

 valde oUiqims, anguliun perohtmum fingens^ lomulto longior ; 

 3us curvus, obliqiius, angutum rectum fingens ; 4ms subcurvus. 

 obliqiius, angulum subacutum Jingens, So longior. 



Second marginal areoleta little longer than the first ; first cross- 

 vein straight, slanting, forming an obtuse angle, parted from the 

 second by a little more than twice its length ; second slightly curved, 

 very slanting, forming an extremely obtuse angle, much longer than 

 the first ; third curved, slanting, forming a right angle ; fourth 

 slightly curved, slanting, forming a slightly acute angle, longer 

 than the third ; fifth nearly straight, upright, forming a hardly ob- 

 tuse angle. Body black, dull, almost hairless : head nearly as 

 broad as the fore-chest: a very slight tawny mark on the crown, 

 extending from the hind border to the eyelets : face prominent, very 

 convex: mouth tawny with a black lip, reaching the middle-hips : 

 eyes prominent: feelers black : fore-chest hardly narrower in front 

 than behind ; scutcheon adorned with a slender tawny stripe which 

 disappears before the hind border, and with a narrow tawny border ; 

 hind-scutcheon tawny, narrow above, a little widened and forming 

 a slightly obtuse angle near the base of the fore-wing where it is 

 black and extends beyond the scutcheon : sides, cross-ridge and hind 

 border tawny, the latter hardly excavated : abdomen nearly ellipti- 

 cal, slightly ridged on the back, somewhat longer than the chest ; 

 under side pale tawny with the exception of a broad black stripe 

 which does not reach the hind border: opercula none ; tymbals tawny 

 with a hoary tinge ; drums pale tawny, black towards the base, 

 rather small, some distance apart : legs tawny ; thighs mostly black 

 with tawny stripes ; shanks black at the l)ase and towards the tips ; 

 claws and tips of the feet pitchy : fore-hips black with tawny stripes ; 

 the other hips black with tawny tips ; fore-thighs armed with four 

 black teeth, two of which are large, and two small and close to- 

 gether : fore-wings clouded with very pale brown, almost colourless 

 here and there along the fore border ; a very slender brown ])and 

 across the middle ; lirst and second cross-veins and the space between 

 them clouded with very dark brown ; veins and fore membranes pale 

 tawny, the former darker towards the tips; hind-wings colourless, 

 very slightly tinged with brown towards the base ; veins yellow ; 

 flaps colourless, whitish at the l)ase and along part of the fore border. 

 Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 17 lines. 



a ? From Mr. Shuckard's collection. 



