312 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



Pale luteous, rather stout. Head with a black band between 

 the eyes. Prothorax with three black semicircles in the sutures, 

 and wilh a slender black band hindward. Mesothorax with eight 

 black lines, which converge in pairs and are connected hindward, 

 the two inner pair shorter than the two outer pair, and with 

 a curved transverse black mark behind them. Abdomen beneath 

 with three black stripes, the middle one very broad. Femora with 

 black stripes. Wings vitreous ; veins black, luteous towards the 

 base. Fore wings with very indistinct brown streaks in the margi- 

 nal areolets ; costa luteous to the end of the front areolet; first 

 transverse vein very oblique, slightly curved, parted by more than 

 twice its length from the second, which is upright and hardly 

 curved ; third and fourth hardly curved ; third longer than the 

 fourth. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 28 lines. 



o. Tejuca, Rio Janeiro. Presented by the Rev. Hamlet Clark.J 



Cicada demittens. O 



Testaceo-viridis ; mesothorax strigis quatuor fuscis lanceolatis in- 

 terruptis valde indistinctis ; abdomen subtus rufescens ; pedes 

 femoribus tibiisque trispinosis ; alee vitrece, venis nigris basi 

 viridibus ; antica vix subluridce, costa viridi. 



Green, with a testaceous tinge. Mesothorax with two lanceo- 

 late interrupted very indistinct brown streaks on each side. Abdo- 

 men reddish beneath. Fore femora and fore tibiae with three small 

 spines. Wings vitreous; veins black, green at the base. Fore 

 wings with an extremely slight lurid tinge ; costa green to the end 

 of the front areolet ; first transverse vein very oblique, parted by 

 nearly twice its length from the second, which is upright and hardly 

 curved; third and fourth oblique, straight; third shorter than the 

 fourth. Hind wings indented by the fold. Length of the body 

 7\ lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 



a. Petropolis, Rio Janeiro. Presented by J. Gray, Esq. 



Cicada proponens. ft 



Viridis aut lutea, sat gracilis; vertex nigro unimaculatus ; from 

 striga nigra lanceolata ; prothorax strigis duabus discalibus 

 nigris ; mesothorax maculis tribus discalibus vittisque duabus 

 lateralibus nigris; abdomen fasciis interruptis strigisque dua- 

 btis apicalibus nigris^ subtus nigro triviltutum ; pedes antici 

 ex parte nigri, femoribus tibiisque trispinosis ; alee vitrea. 



