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for a short distance from the base along the hind border. Length 

 of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Brazil. From Mr. Mornay's collection. 



'^IIO. Cicada stigma, Fern. 



Nervus transverstis \us rectus, subobliquus, angulum rectum fin- 

 gens, '2o phis sexties ejus longitudine divisus ; 2us fere rectus, 

 suhohliquus, anguium sxibohtusum Jin gens, \o multb longior ; 

 3i«.9 rectus, ohliquus, angulum subacutum jingens ; Aus rectus, 

 ohliguus, angulum suhacutum Jingens, 3o longior. 



Second marginal areolet nearly as long as the first : first cross- 

 vein straight, slightly slanting, forming a right aniile, parted from 

 the second by more than six times its length ; second nearly straight, 

 slightly slanting, forming a slightly obtuse angle, much longer than 

 the first: third straight, slanting, forming a slightly acute angle; 

 fourth straight, slanting, forming a slightly acute angle, longer than 

 the third ; fifth straight, nearly upright, forming a hardly acute an- 

 gle. Body ferruginous, clothed with pale hairs: head as broad as 

 the fore-chest ; a black spot on each side of the crown ; fiice very 

 convex and prominent, adorned on each side with a large black 

 spot: mouth black, reaching the middle-hips : feelers black, stout, 

 ferruginous at the base : eyes prominent : fore-chest a little narrower 

 in front than behind ; scutcheon adorned with two curved black 

 stripes in the disk, blackish on each side; hind-scutcheon narrow in 

 the middle, a little broader and extending beyond the scutcheon near 

 the base of each fore-wing, straight on each side : scutcheon of the 

 middle-chest adorned with five pitchy stripes; the middle one long 

 and slender ; the inner pair very short and slender ; the outer pair 

 long and broad ; hind border not excavated : abdomen obconical, 

 rather slender and and tapering towards the tip, narrower and much 

 longer than the chest: oviduct ferruginous : legs tawny ; tips of the 

 feet pitchy; lips of the claws black; fore-thighs and fore-shanks 

 ferruginous ; fore-thighs armed with three long stout teeth : wings 

 colourless ; a small brown spot near the tip of each fore-wing ; fore 

 border very convex near the base, bright tawny as far as the brand 

 which is darker ; veins tawny, black towards the tips. Length of 

 the body 5^ lines; of the wings 15 lines. 



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



