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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. 



Q Cicada hastifera. 



Fcem. Pallide ferruginea, subtus viridis ; caput apud ocellos 

 nigrum ; fades valde convexa ; prothorax vitia margineque viri- 

 dibus ; mesolhorax viridis, vittis quatuor obconicis ferrugi- 

 neis ; abdominis segmenta viridi marginata ; oviductus 

 vagina abdomen superantes ; alee vitrea? ; anticce venis trans- 

 versis rectis. 



Female. Pale ferruginous, mostly green beneath. Head full 

 as broad as tbe 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 ferruginous 

 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. Wings 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. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Cicada frontalis. 



Fcem. Fulva ; caput fasciis duabus vittaque antica furcala 

 nigris ; prothorax slrigis duabus posticis nigris, margine tes- 

 taceo : mesothorax strigis quatuor anticis maculaque trifur- 

 cata postica nigris ; abdomen atlenuatum ; oviductus vagina 

 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. Mesolhorax with four short black streaks in front," 

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



