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^95. Cicada Euterpe, Mas. 



Nervtis transversus lus subcurvus, fere ersctus, ang^ilum suhohtu- 

 sinn Jingena^ 2o plus quadruplb ejus longittidine divisus ; 2us 

 subcurvus, obliguus, anguhnn lalde obtusum fingens, \o vix 

 longior ; 2us fere rectus, subobliquus, angulum fere rectum 

 fiiigens ; nonnunquam subundatus, valde obliquus, angulum 

 acutum fingens; 4us subundatus, obliquus, angulum subacu- 

 tumfingens. 



Second marginal aieolet much less than half the length of the 

 first : first cross-vein very slightly curved, nearly upright, forming a 

 slightly obtuse angle, parted from the second by much more than 

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

 a very obtuse angle, hardly longer than the first ; third almost 

 straight, slightly slanting, forming a nearly right angle, or slightly 

 waved, very slanting and forming an acute angle ; fourth slightly 

 waved, slanting, forming a very slightly acute angle, longer than 

 the third ; fifth curved, upright, forming a slightly acute angle. 

 Body tawny : head nearly as broad as the fore-chest, black above ; 

 a tawny spot on each side by the hind border and a tawny band in 

 front ; face convex, not prominent, adorned with a small tawny spot, 

 tawny with a black middle stripe in front : mouth tawny with a black 

 tip, reaching the middle-hips: eyes prominent : feelers black : fore- 

 chest narrower before than behind ; scutcheon adorned with a black 

 stripe which is much widened on the hind border and has a small 

 black spot on each side of it ; hind-scutcheon broad, especially at the 

 base of each fore-wing where it forms an obtuse angle, and its bor- 

 der along each side is black and slightly excavated : scutcheon of 

 the middle-chest adorned with three very broad obconical black 

 sti-ipes which are united at their base, the middle one is much exca- 

 vated on each side towards the tip ; hind border slightly excavated : 

 abdomen obconical, hardly longer than the chest, black above ; hind 

 borders of the segments and tip tawny : opercula large, close, tawny, 

 nearly triangular ; drums whitish, rather small, nearly triangular, 

 parted by a moderate interval, the outer angle black : legs tawny ; 

 thighs adorned with pitchy stripes ; fore-thighs armed with two rather 

 long pitchy teeth ; claws partly pitchy : wings colourless, tawny at 

 the base ; fore border pale tawny and serrated as far as the brand 

 which is brown ; veins black, more or less tawny towards the base; 

 cross-veins from the first to the third, and the base of the first mar- 

 ginal areolet, slightly clouded with brown ; fore-membrane grayish ; 

 flaps tinged with pale brcwn along the fore border, buflf for a short 



