118 Mr. Westwood on new Insects. 



Bot.' the dark-leaved and large-flowered fonii. In gardens, 

 E. angustifolium, brachycarpum, Leighton, is propagated by 

 creeping roots, and this will account for its barrenness under 

 cultivation. I shall try, when its roots are confined by a gar- 

 den-pot, if perfect seed will be produced. 



Henry Oxley Stephens. 



Bristol, Terrell Street, Feb. 8, 1842. 



XV. — Insectorum novorum Ceniuria, auctore 

 J. O. Westwood, F.L.S., &c. 



Decadis guintts, ex ordine Homopterorum Latr., St/nopsis. 



Familia Cicadid^. 

 Cicada imperntoria, W. Luteo-fulva, capite et thoracis dorso ma- 

 culis numerosis (magnitudine et forma variis) nigris, mesotho- 

 raceque figura tiifida notatis : pronoti lateribus in medio emar- 

 ginatis ; abdomine brunneo lateribus pallidioribus, macula in 

 singulo segmento utrinque nigra ; alls fla\ido-hyalinis venis 

 fulvis ; anticarum venis transversis subapicalibus fusco nebu- 

 losis, maculisque septem versus marginem fuscis. Long. corp. 

 unc. 3^. Expans. alar. unc. 8;^. 

 Obs. Gigas in genere. Affinis C.fusca, Oliv., Stoll., Cig., fig. 36. 

 Hab. East Indies and the Indian Islands. Mus. Hope, West- 

 wood, &c. 



Cicada Mearesiana, W. Nigra, pronoti margine postico flavo : meso- 

 thorace postice utrinque puncto oblongo ferrugineo, metatho- 

 race fulvo marginato ; alis anticis nigTO-fuscis, venis nigris ; pos- 

 ticis Isete testaceis, area anali margineque tenui apicali fuscis 

 venis nigris. Long. corp. unc. 1|. Expans. alar. unc. 5^. 

 Hab. The Himalayas. D. Meares. Mus. PaiTy. 



Cicada dives, W. Nigra, alis anticis nigris, venis rubrie, fascia me- 

 dia transversa albida ; posticis testaceis, dimidio apicali nigris. 

 Long. corp. lin. 12. Expans. alar. unc. 3. 

 Hab. Sylhet in the East Indies. Mus. Hope. 



Cystosoma (subg. nov. Caput parvum. Promuscis ad basin femorum 

 intermediorum extensa. Tympana musicalia omnino detecta, 

 valde convexa, transverse striata. Abdomen J* maximum valde 

 inflatum. Pedes breves. Alse anticse ultra medium valde subhex- 

 agonaliter areolatse). 



Cystosoma Saundersii (Westw., Arcana Ent., pi. '24. fig. 1.). Pallida 

 lutea, costa alarum anticarum albida. Long. corp. fere unc. 2. 

 Expans. alar. unc. 3|. 

 Hab. New Holland. Mus. Curtis (cum hoc nomine inscripto). 



Familia Fulgorid^. 

 Fulgora (subg. Pyrops, Spinola) Spinola, W. Rcstro corporis lon- 

 gitudine adscendente, supra nigro subtus luteo ; corpore fulvo ; 

 pronoti margine antico et in medio, mesothorace plaga lata me- 



