204 LIST OF HOMOPTEEOUS INSECTS. 



<:n56. Cicada cincta, Mas. 



Nervus transversus ] us subcurvus, ei^ectus, anguluin suhohtusum 

 fingens ; 2o plus quadruplb ejus longitudine divisus ; 2us sub- 

 curvus, fere erectus, angulum obtusum Jingens, \o longior ; 

 3us subcurvus, obliquus, anguluin acutum fingens ; 4ws fere 

 rectus, angulum acutum fingens, Sopaullo longior et obliquior. 



Second marginal aveolet a little shorter than the first : first cross- 

 vein very slightly curved, upright, forming a slightly obtuse angle, 

 parted from the second by more than four times its length ; second 

 very slightly curved, nearly upright, fjrming an obtuse angle, longer 

 than the first ; third slightly curved, slanting, forming an acute an- 

 gle ; fourth almost straight, forming an acute angle, a little longer 

 and more slanting than the third ; fifth very slightly curved, almost 

 upright, forming a right angle. Body tawny : head a little nar- 

 rower than the fore-chest ; crown black with the exception of a tawny 

 stripe extending from the eyelets to the hind border ; face very con- 

 vex, rather prominent, black above with a tawny stripe in the middle : 

 mouth tawny with a black tip, reaching the middle-hips : eyes pro- 

 minent: feelers black, stout: fore-chest somewhat narrower in front 

 than behind, rounded at the base ol' each fore-wing, nearly linear 

 from thence to the fore border ; scutcheon adorned with a yellow, 

 middle stripe and with two black stripes on each side ; hind-scut- 

 cheon narrow in the middle, widened on each side : scutcheon of 

 the middle-cbest adorned with four obconical black stripes; the 

 middle pair about half the length of the outer pair, succeeded by 

 two black dots ; a slight oblique tawny stripe on each side ; excava- 

 tion of the hind border extremely slight: abdomen obconical, a little 

 longer and much narrower than the chest, black for one-third of the 

 length from the base; short black bands on the fore borders of some 

 of the following segments ; under side black at the base ; disks of 

 some of the segments pitchy : opercula none ; tymbals white ; drums 

 pale tawny, small, parted by some space : legs tawny ; thighs striped 

 with darker colour ; tips of the claws black ; fore-thighs armed with 

 three tawny teeth : wings colourless ; veins tawny, black at the tips 

 and along the hind borders of the fore-wings ; hind-wings and flaps 

 red at the base. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. New Zealand. Presented by Dr. Sinclair. 



