LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 35 



Country unknown. 



Cicada conifacies. 



Fcem. Fulva ; caput apud ocellos nigrum ; prothorax nigra bivit- 

 iatus ; mesoihorax viridi varius, vitia media strigisque duahus 

 laieralibus subarcuatis nigris, guttis duabus posticis fuscis ; 

 alcE vitrecs ; aniicce venis la 2aque Iransversis subrectis, fusco 

 nebulosis. 



Female. Nearly allied to C. Hirundo. Tawny. Head with 

 a black mark about the ocelli ; face proraiuent, conical, with brown 

 streaks on the lateral furrows. Prothorax with two black stripes, 

 which converc^e hindward, and are dilated in front; each side with 

 an acute angle in front, and with an obtuse angle hindward. Me- 

 sothorax mostly green, with a slightly curved black streak on each 

 side, and wiih a black middle stripe ; two brown dots hindward. 

 Wings vitreous ; veius tawny, black towards the tips. Fore wings 

 with the first and second transverse veins clouded with brown, 

 almost straight ; first slightly oblique, but not in the usual direction, 

 parted from the second by much more than twice its length; third 

 and fourth oblique, the third much longer than the fourth. Length 

 of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 25 lines. 



Cicada innotabilis. 



Mas. Fulva, subtus testacea ; prothorax strigis duabus nigrican- 

 libus, marginis lateribus sat dilatatis ; mesothorax vittis qua- 

 ttior obconicis nigris, exterioribus excavatis ; alee viirece, venis 

 testaceis apice nigris ; anticce venis la et '2a obliquis, la sub- 

 recta, 2a longiore arcuaia, 3a 4aque rectis. 



Male. Tawny, testaceous beneath. Head almost as broad as 

 the prothorax. Prothorax with a blackish streak on each of 

 the inner furrows ; border somewhat dilated on each side. Meso- 

 thorax with four black obconical stripes ; the inner pair short ; the 

 outer pair much excavated. Wiugs vitreous; veins testaceous, 

 black towards the tips. Fore wings narrow ; first and second trans- 

 verse veins oblique ; first nearly straight, shorter than the second, 

 from which it is parted by more than four times its length ; second 

 curved; third and fourth straight; third much shorter than the 

 fourth. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



