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JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGY. 



No. V.— April, 1862. 



XXV. — Characters of undescribed Species of Homoptera in the 

 Collection of F. P. Pascoe, F.L.S. By F. Walkeb. 



Genus Cicada, Linnaeus. 



Cicada abbreviata. Mas. Nigra, brevis, robusta ; prothorax margine 

 postico flavescente ; pectus flavo bivittatum ; opercula flava ; abdomen 

 lateribus, segmentorum marginibus posticis ventreque testaceis ; pedes 

 flavi nigro vittati; alae vitreae, breviusculse, venis nigris basi flave- 

 scentibus. 



Male. Black, short, stout. Protborax with a slender yellowish hind 

 border. Pectus with a yellow stripe on each side. Opercula yellow. 

 Abdomen testaceous along each side and beneath ; hind borders of the 

 segments testaceous. Legs yellow, striped with black ; fore legs black ; 

 fore femora incrassated, striped with yellow. Wings vitreous, rather 

 short ; veins black, pale yellowish at the base ; 1st and 2nd transverse 

 veinlets slightly curved and oblique ; 1st parted by nearly thrice its 

 length from the 2nd ; 3rd and 4th oblique, nearly equal in length. 

 Length of the body 5| lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



Adelaide. 



This species forms part of the group to which C. marginata, C. 



encaustica, and several other nearly allied Australian species also 

 belong. 



Cicada conorua. Fcem. Viridis ; caput brevi-conicum, fronte valde 

 convexa ; abdomen lateribus apicalibus flavescenti-albis ; pedes tibiis 

 apice tarsisque pallide fulvis ; aloe vitreae, venis nigris ; anticae longse, 

 costa alba nigro marginata. 



Female. Grass-green. Head short, conical along the fore border; 

 front very convex. Abdomen yellowish -white on each side of the 

 oviduct, which is ferruginous. Tarsi, fore tibiae, except the base, and 

 tips of posterior tibiae pale tawny ; fore femora incrassated, with stout 



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