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subequal in length and diameter. The seventh joint is shorter and sub- 

 globular in shape. The arrangement of the spines is shown in figure 40. 

 The beak is stout and reaches beyond the middle of the abdomen. The 

 fore legs are well developed, with the coxa long; the trochanter about 

 half as long as the coxa; the femur about as long as coxa, broad and heavy 

 with ventral tooth well developed and provided with a prominent lateral 

 tooth; the tibia is slender, about half as long as the femur, and the single 

 tarsal claw is very long, nearly equalling the tibia in length. The middle 

 and hind legs are slender with long coxae and single-jointed tarsi which 

 are without claws at the tip. 



Fig. 5. Mature nymph. X2. Fig. 5a. Antenna of mature nymph. 

 Fore leg of mature nymph. X4- 



Xrs- Fig. Sb. 



Last nymphal stage. Length of body 18 mm; in general appearance 

 like other cicadas in the last nymphal stage; head large and robust, eyes 

 large; frons well inflated, crossed by eleven rows of long hairs; antennae 

 3.1 mm long, eight-jointed, the first joint stouter than second about 

 two-thirds as long, joints three to six gradually decreasing in length and 

 diameter, the seventh and eighth abruptly so; beak stout reaching hind 



