106 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



^6. Cicada eesonans, Fern. 



Nervus transversus lus subcurvus, valde ohliquus^ angulum peroh- 

 tusum finijens, 2o triplb ejus longitudine divisus ; 2us sub- 

 curvus^ valde ohliqiius, angulum 'perobtusum fingens^ \o paullb 

 longior ; 3us undatus, obliquus, angulum subacutum fingens ; 



* 4ms undatus, obliquus, angulum subacutum Jingens, So longior. 



Second marginal areolet nearly five-sixtlis of the length of the 

 first : first cross-vein very slightly curved, very slanting, forming an 

 extremely obtuse angle, parted from the second by thrice its length ; 

 second slightly curved, very slanting, forming an extremely obtuse 

 angle, a little longer than the first; third waved, slanting, forming 

 a slightly acute angle; fourth waved, slanting, forming a slightly 

 acute angle, longer than the third ; fifth curved, nearly upright, 

 forming a hardly acute angle. Body tawny with a ferruginous tinge : 

 head very little narrower than the fore-chest ; crown mostly occupied 

 by a broad black band ; face slightly convex, partly black : eyes 

 rather prominent : mouth tawny with a black tip, reaching beyond 

 the middle-hips : scutcheon of the fore-chest adorned with a veiy 

 large obconical black stripe ; borders mostly black ; hind-scutcheon 

 much widened and slightly waved on each side : middle-chest 

 adorned with six black stripes ; the second pair broader than the 

 outer pair, narrower than the inner pair which are obconical ; a 

 large slightly cross-shaped black spot rests on the cross-ridge ; hind 

 border slightly excavated : abdomen obconical, black above, a little 

 longer than the chest : legs tawny ; fore-thighs armed with three 

 teeth of various size : wings colourless ; veins tawny ; first and second 

 cross-veins clouded with brown ; primitive areolet fawn-colour ; fore- 

 flaps and the base of the hind-flaps gray with a bufi" tinge. Length 

 of the body 18 lines ; of the wings 56 lines. 



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Ol. Cicada consonans, Mas. 



Nervus transversus lus subcurvus, obliquus, angulum obtusum fin- 

 gens, 2o plus quinquies ejus longitudine divisus ; '2us subcur- 

 vus, valde obliquus, angulum perobtusum fingens, lo paullb 

 longior ; 'dm subcurvus, subobliquus, angulum rectum fingens ; 

 Aus subundatus, obliquus, angulum subacutum fingens, 3o 

 multb longior. 



Second marginal areolet nearly three-fourths of the length of 

 the first : first cross-vein very slightly curved, slanting, forming an 



