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which is disposed in four very large patches ; one at the tip of each 

 wing, but not extending beyond the veins ; the third extending 

 along the fore border on half the breadth of the wing from the base ; 

 the fourth at the base of each hind-wing is smaller, paler, or some- 

 times obsolete ; veins tawny, darker towards the tips ; fore-flaps pale 

 buff; hind-flaps pale buff towards the base. Length of the body 

 8|; lines; of the wings 20 lines. 



Var. ^. A broad tawny stripe along each side of the abdomen 

 from the second segment to the tip. 



a. Natal. From Dr. Krauss' collection. 

 b. ? 



^ 170. Cicada Aurora, Mas. 



Neri'us tra7isversus lus perobliquus, suhcurvus, angulum perobtu- 

 siim fingens, 2o plus duplb ejus longitudine divisus ; 2us fere 

 rectus^ ■perobliquus^ angulum vix jingens, \i longitudine ; 3ms 

 undatus, obliquus, angulum subacutum Jingens ; 4?w subcur- 

 vus, obliquus, angulum subacutum Jingens, 3t longitudine. 



Second marginal areolet a little longer than the first : first cross- 

 vein extremely slanting, very slightly curved, forming an extremely 

 obtuse angle, parted from the second by much more than twice its 

 length ; second nearly straight, extremely slanting, forming a hardly 

 perceptible angle, as long as the first ; third waved, slanting, form- 

 ing a slightly acute angle ; fourth slightly curved, slanting, forming 

 a slightly acute angle, as long as the third ; fifth slightly curved, 

 nearly upright, forming a slightly acute angle. Body black, rather 

 short : head much narrower than the fore-chest, adorned with a large 

 pale tawny spot on each side of the face which is slightly convex 

 and not prominent: mouth black, tawny at the base, reaching the 

 middle-hips: feelers black: eyes not prominent: fore-chest nar- 

 rower in front than behind ; scutcheon adorned with a pale tawny 

 fore border, and on the disk with a pale tawny stripe ; hind-scut- 

 cheon pale tawny, with an angular black mark in the middle of its 

 fore border, narrow above, broader at the base of each fore-wing and 

 much exceeding the breadth of the scutcheon : sides and hind 

 border of the scutcheon of the middle-chest mostly tawny ; excava- 

 tion of the hind border almost obsolete ; two irregularly triangular 

 tawny spots on the disk : breast tawny ; disks of the segments black : 

 abdomen obconical, a little longer than the chest; tip tawny ; hind 

 borders of the segments adorned with reddish tawny bands, which 

 are narrow and interrupted towards the base where they quite cease; 

 under side pale tawny with a narrow black stripe : opercula none ; 



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