124 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



brown ; hind-flaps brown at the base. Length of the body 10^ lines ; 

 of the wings 32 lines. 



a, 6. — : ? 



<^ 61. Cicada passer, Fern. 



Nervus transversus 1 us subcurvus, obliquus, angulum valde obtu- 

 sum jingens, 2o plus quadruplo ejus longiludine divisus ; lus 

 subcurvus, valde obliquus, angulum ■perobtusum fingens, lo 

 paullo longior ; 3ms subcurvus, obliquus, angulum subacutum 

 Jingens; 4us subuyidatus, obliquus, angulum subacutum Jin- 

 gens, 3o vix longior. 



Second marginal areolet about three-fourths of the length of 

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

 obtuse angle, parted from the second by more than four limes its 

 length ; second slightly curved, very slanting, forming an extremely 

 obtuse angle, a little longer than the first ; third slightly curved, 

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

 ing, forming a slightly acute angle, hardly longer than the third ; 

 fifth curved, nearly upright, forming an almost right angle. Body 

 green, slightly tinged with tawny, partly covered with pale shining 

 down : head a little narrower than the fore-chest, blackish between 

 the eyelets ; face convex, black along the hind border and with a 

 black stripe in front: eyes slightly prominent: mouth green with a 

 black tip, reaching beyond the hind-hips : feelers black : scutcheon 

 of the fore-chest blackish along the fore border ; hind-scutcheon a 

 little widened and slightly angular on each side : some indistinct 

 pitchy spots on each side of the middle-chest towards the tip which 

 is slightly excavated : abdomen obconical, hardly longer than the 

 chest : legs green ; feet and tips of the shanks tawny ; fore-thighs 

 armed with two small teeth : wings colourless ; fore border green 

 along near half the length, black thence along one-fourth of the 

 length ; veins green, black towards the tips; primitive areolet partly 

 yellow ; hind-flaps at the base and fore-flaps pale brown. Length 

 of the body II lines ; of the wings 36 lines. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



