CICADULA. 



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m Limmtetti.r, the front is rather narrow, tlie sitlcs of the 

 pronotum of moderate length and without a carina ; tegmina long 

 with a well-developed appendix." 



Van Diizee also remarks that Cicadula, Limnotettiv, ChhrotettLv, 

 TJuimmtettiv, Eutettiv, and AtJu/sanus might be considered as 

 subgenera of but one, or possibly two, generic groups separated by 

 Thmnnotettix and Atlujsanus. " They are certainly unsatisfactory 

 in their characters and quite artificial." He, however, sub- 

 sequently (1894) retains them in his system. 



2623. Cicadula vaga, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 187 (1903). 



Vertex pale ochraceous, two transverse spots on anterior margin 

 and two smaller discal spots between eyes, black ; pronotum pale 

 brownish-ochraceous, the anterior and posterior margins paler; 

 scutellum pale ochraceous with two partially concealed black spots 

 at base ; head beneath ochraceous ; face with two black spots on 



Fig. 233. — Cicadula vaga. 



basal margin, a ceytral line and the transverse striae brownish ; 

 clypeus with the margins and a central fascia brownish ; tegmina 

 pale tawny-grey, the costal area for more than half its length pale 

 yellowish-grey ; legs ochraceous, posterior tibiae finely spotted 

 with brown. 



Length 3^ millim. 



Hah. Ceylon ; Pattipola {Mus. HoMjrois). 



I have figured a cotype obligingly sent to me for that purpose 

 by Dr. Horvath of Budapest. 



