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pale sbinino^ hairs : head very short, a little narrower than the fore- 

 chest, adorned above with two broad black bands ; face hardly 

 convex, not at all prominent : mouth tawny with a black tip, reach- 

 ing the hind-hips : feelers black -. eyes prominent : fore-chest bright 

 grass-green, narrower in front than behind, black on each side where 

 there is a very obtuse angle near the base of the fore-wing, straight 

 and armed with black spines from thence to the fore border ; hind- 

 scutcheon a little broader on each side than in the middle : excava- 

 tion on the hind border of the scutcheon of the middle-chest broad 

 and very shallow : abdomen slightly obconical, a little narrower but 

 not longer than the chest, ferruginous above with the exception of 

 the base : opercula very small ; tymbals whitish ; drums very small, 

 far apart : legs green, tinged with tawny ; thighs streaked with 

 black ; tips of the claws black ; fore-thighs armed with two black 

 teeth : wings colourless, green at the base and along the fore border 

 which is armed with black spines ; a stout spine at the base of each 

 fore-wing ; veins green, black towards the tips. 



Fern. — Abdomen hardly narrower till near the tip which is slen- 

 der and obconical, and has a large green spot on each side beneath. 



Length of the body 11 lines ; of the wings 36 — 38 lines. 



a. Para. Presented by Gordon Graham, Esq. 

 h. Para. Presented by Reginald Graham, Esq. 

 c. Brazil. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 



C^Ga. Cicada Melisa, Mas. 



Nerviis transversus lus subcurvus, valde obliquus, angulum valde 

 obtusum Jingeiis, 2o triplb ejus longitudine diiisits ; 2us sub- 

 curvus, obliquus, angulum valde obtusum Jingens, \o paullb 

 brevior ; 'Su^ subundalus, obliquus, angulum subacutum fin- 

 gens ; 4us subundatus, obliquus, angulum subacuLum, fingenSy 

 3o paullb longior. 



Second marginal areolet nearly three-fourths of the length of 

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

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

 second slightly curved, slanting, forming a very obtuse angle, a 

 little shorter than the first; third slightly waved, slanting, forming 

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

 slightly acute angle, a little longer than the third ; fifth curved, up- 

 right, forming a slightly acute angle. Body olive-green, partly 

 clothed with pale down, tinged with white beneath : bead short, as 

 broad as the fore-chest ; face very slightly convex : mouth tawny 

 with a black tip, extending just beyond the hind-hips ; eyes rather 



