24 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS, 



third slraigLt and almost upright ; fourth oblique and slightly ub- 

 dulaiing. Length of the body 10 lines ; of the wings 27 hues. 



a. Villa Nova. From Mr. Bales' collection. 



Cicada temperata. 



Mas. Rufo-ferruginea, suhtus viridis ; caput testaceum, feirugi- 

 neo varinm, fusco trimacidatum ; prothorax testaceo varitis, 

 fusco hivitlatus ; mesothorax vittis qualuor testaceo -viridibus ; 

 alee vitrea, venis nigria basi fulvis ; anticee apice nigrce, mar- 

 gine exteriore lurido, casta fulva, vena 2a transversa vix 

 nebulosa. 



Male. Nearly allied to C, Terminus. Eeddish ferruginous, 

 with pale yellow silky tomeutum, pale green beneatb. Head testa- 

 ceous, varied with ferruginous, with three brown dots on the vertex, 

 a little broader than the thorax. Prothorax partly testaceous, with 

 two brown stripes, which are dilated in front; sides straight. Me- 

 sothorax with two testaceous-green stripes on each side. Wings 

 vitreous ; veins black, tawny at the base. Fore wings black at the 

 tips, lurid along the exterior border; costa tawny ; hrst transverse 

 vein straight, almost upright, parted by nearly twice its leuirth from 

 the second, which is slightly oblique and hardly clouded; third and 

 fourth oblique. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Cicada blandula. 



Fcem. Fidva ; caput antice sat cunvexum ; prothorax fusco 



tatus ; mesothorax vittis qualuor latis obconicis maculaque 

 magna postica fuscis ; alee vitrece ; anticce apice venisque la et 

 2a transversis nigro nebulosis. 



Female. Tawny, Head as broad as the prothorax, somewhat 

 convex in front, brownish about the ocelli. Prothorax with two 

 brown stripes, which diverge in front and behind ; border very nar- 

 row, shghtly dilated on each side. Mesothorax with four broad ob- 

 conical brown stripes; llie inner pair shorter, joining a large brown 

 hind spot. Wings vitreous; veins black, tawny towards the base. 

 Fore wings black at the tips ; first and second transverse veins 

 straight, upright; first clouded with black, longer than the second, 

 from which it is parted by a little more than twice its length ; 



