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second hardly clouded with black ; third and fourth straight, oblique. 

 Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 20 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Cicada hastifera. 



Foeni. Pallide ferrvginea, siibtus viridis ; caput apud ocellos 

 nigrum ; fades valde vonvexa ; prothorax vitta maryineque viri- 

 dibus ; mesothorax viridis, viitis qualuor ohconicis ferrugi- 

 neis ; abdominis segmenta viridi marginata ; oviductus 

 vagincB abdomen superantes ; alee vitrece ; anticce venis irans- 

 versis rectis. 



Female. Pale ferruginous, mostly green beneath. Head full 

 as broad as the thorax, black about the ocelli ; face very convex. 

 Eyes prominent. Prothorax with a green stripe, which is widened 

 in front and behind ; border green, narrow, slightly widened on 

 each side. Mesothorax green, with four obconical ferru^jjinous 

 stripes ; inner pair short. Abdomen with a green band on the hind 

 border of each segment. Sheaths of the oviduct extending some 

 distance beyond the abdomen, with black tips. Win^s vitreous ; 

 veins green, black towards the tips. Fore wings with the first and 

 second transverse veins short, straight, upright; first a little shorter 

 than the second, from which it is parted by much more than twice 

 its length ; third and fourth straight, oblique. Hind wings 

 clouded with black at the tip of the fold. Length of the body 7 

 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Santarera. From Mr. Bales' collection. 



Cicada frontalis. 



Foem. Fulva ; caput fasciis dnabus vittaque antica furcata 

 nigris ; prothorax strigis duabus posticis nigris, margine tes- 

 taceo ; mesothorax strigis quatuor anticis maculaque trif ar- 

 eata postica nigris; abdomen attennatum ; oviductus vagince 

 abdomen superantes. 



Female. Tawny. Head as broad as the prothorax, promin en 

 in front, with two black bands; the fore one short; face with a 

 black stripe, which is forked towards the front. Prothorax with two 

 black hindward streaks ; border narrow, testaceous, slightly dilated 

 on each side. Mesothorax with four short black streaks in front, 

 and with a three-lobed black spot behind. Abdomen attenuated ; 



