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Australia. 



Q 

 y^ Cicada Eydouxii. 



Cicada Eydouxii, Guer. Voy. de la Coquille, Zool. 181. 

 Port Jackson. 



Cicada pictibasis. 



Mas. Fulva; caput nigro bifasciatum ; prothorax nigra sex vit- 

 tatus, linea postica transversa nigra, margine viridi ; meso- 

 thorax vittis quatuor obcnnicis maculisque dnabus nigris ; 

 abdomen supra nigrum, fulvo quadrimaculatum ; opercula 

 rufo-fulva, pustice dilatata, abdominis triente non breviora ; 

 alee vitrece, basi virides ; antic.ee venarum marginalium apici- 

 bus fusco subnebulosis, venis la et 2a transversis nigro-fusco 

 nebulosj,s. 



Allied to C. mcerens. Male. Tawny, partly clothed with pale 

 shining pubescence. Head with two black bands ; face with a 

 black stripe, which emits black streaks on each side. Prothorax 

 with six irregular black stripes; a black transverse line hindward ; 

 border broad, dull green, slightly dilated on each side. Mesotho- 

 rax with four black obconical stripes ; a large black spot behind the 

 inner pair, which are short ; outer pair excavated. Abdomeo black 

 above, with two tawny spots on each side ; one pair at the base, the 

 other at a little in front of the middle. Opercula reddish tawny, 

 dilated hindward, extending to one-third of the length of the abdo- 

 men. Wings vitreous, with a bright green tinge at the base. Fore 

 wings very slightly tinged with brown about the tips of the marginal 

 veins ; veins ferruginous, red towards the base, black towards the 

 tips; first and second transverse veins clouded with dark brown, 

 very oblique, parted from each other by a little more than their 

 joint length. Hind wings with a brown tinge on the apical margi- 

 nal veinlets; veins reddish or pale green, black towards the tips. 

 Leogth of the body 19 lines ; of the wings 52 lines. 



a. Moreton Bay. Presented by — Gibbons, Esq. 



