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front than behind ; scutcheon adorned with a large black spot in 

 front of each side, and with a black middle stripe which is widened 

 before and behind ; hind- scutcheon rather narrow above, a little 

 broader and slightly rounded at the base of each fore-wing, extend- 

 ing beyond the scutcheon, very slightly excavated on each side : 

 scutcheon of the middle-chest black, red on each side and behind, 

 and adorned with two slender, slightly oblique red stripes ; hind bor- 

 der not excavated : abdomen dark red, a little longer than the chest, 

 nearly linear till the tip where it is rounded, pitchy towards the base 

 and at the tip, adorned with a large while spot on each side near 

 the base and with a slender interrupted white stripe near the tip ; 

 under side pitchy with a broad pale red stripe on each side : opercula 

 none; tynibals dark red, rather small ; drums pitchy, of moderate 

 size, mory than one-third of the length of the abdomen, parted 

 by a narrow interval : legs tawny ; tips of the claws black ; fore- 

 ihighs pitchy above, armed with three tawny teeth, two large, one 

 of moderate size : wings colourless ; a small brown spot at the tip 

 of each fore-wing ; veins black, tawny towards the base ; fore borders 

 lawny, darker towards the lips ; primitive areolet, fore-membranes, 

 and flaps at the base and along part of the fore border pale tawny. 

 Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 23 lines. 



O 81. Cicada solennis, Mas. 



Nervus traiisversiis \vs subciirvus, obliquus, angulum valde obtusum 

 fingens, 2o plus quadruplo ejus longitudine divisus ; 2us vix 

 curvus, valde obliquus, angulum perobtuswn fingens, \o vix 

 brevior; 3us subundatus, subobliquus, angulum rectum fingens ; 

 Aus subundatus, obliquus, angulum vix acutum fingens, 3o 

 paullb longior. 



Second marginal areolet a little more than three-fourths of the 

 length of the first: first cross-vein very slightly curved, slanting, 

 forming a very obtuse angle, parted from the second by more than 

 four times its length ; second hardly curved, very slanting, forming 

 an extremely obtuse angle, nearly as long as the first ; third very 

 slightly waved, very slightly slanting, forming a right angle ; fourth 

 very slightly waved, slanting, forming a hardly acute angle, very 

 little longer than the third ; fifth slightly curved, upright, forming 

 a hardly acute angle. Body tawny, tinged with green : head as 

 broad as the fore-chest, adorned with two black bands, one behind, 

 the other across the crown, but interrupted on each side of the eye- 

 lets ; under side adorned with two broad black interrupted oblique 



