192 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



<^142. Cicada RDriFASCiA, Mas. 



Nervus transversus ]us subcurvus, erectus , angulum sobobtusum fin- 

 gens, 2o plus tripld ejus longitudine divisus ; 2us subcurvus, 

 subobliquus, angulum obtusum Jingens, \o fere duplb longior ; 

 3ws subcurvus, obliquns, angulum acutum fingens ; Am vix 

 curvus, obliquus, unguium acutum jingens, 3o multb brevior. 



Second marginal areolet longer than the first: first cross-vein 

 slightly curved, upright, forming a slightly obtuse angle, parted 

 from the second by more than thrice its length; second slightly 

 curved, slightly slanting, forming an obtuse angle, nearly twice the 

 length of the first; third very slightly curved, slanting, forming an 

 acute angle; fourth hardly curved, slanting, forming an acute an- 

 gle, much shorter than the third ; fifth slightly curved, slightly 

 slanting, forming a right angle. Body black, slender: head as 

 broad as the fore-chest ; a tawny dot between the eyelets, and another 

 on the face which is slightly convex and not at all prominent, and 

 has a red stripe in front on each side: mouth black, reaching the 

 hind-hips: eyes prominent: feelers black: fore-chest not narrower 

 in front than behind, adorned with a short tawny stripe which cor- 

 responds with the two tawny marks on the head ; hind-scutcheon 

 narrow above, wider by the base of the fore-wing where it forms a 

 very slight angle, has a reddish tinge and extends beyond the sides 

 of the scutcheon : scutcheon of the middle-chest pale red on each 

 side and on the hind border which is not excavated : abdomen ob- 

 conical, narrower and a little longer than the chest ; hind borders 

 of the segments adorned with narrow bright red bands which are 

 interrupted in the middle ; last segment red, its disk mostly black ; 

 under side bright red: opercula none ; tymbals small, reddish gray; 

 drums tawny, black towards the base, very small, parted by a broad 

 interval: legs black; knees tawny; fore-thighs streaked with red, 

 armed with three long black teeth ; hind-shanks pitchy with lawny 

 tips ; fore-feet and middle-feet pitchy at the base ; hind-feet tawny 

 with black tips : wings colourless ; fore border pale red as far as the 

 brand, dark tawny with a red streak from theuce till near the tip ; 

 veins black, tawny at the base ; fore membranes red; flaps pale red 

 at the base and along the veins. Length of the body 7 lines ; of 

 the wings 19 lines. 



