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FIG. V. VI. 

 CICADA DILATATA, 



Hemiptera. 



Shells or upper Wings, femi cruftaceous, divided by an obliquf 

 future, and incumbent on each other. Beak bent down. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antenna taper. Shells membraneous. In each foot three joints, 

 Jlind legs ftrong for leaping. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Entirely brown, pale with faint whitifh and dark lines, a fmall 

 jblack fpot on the center of each wing. 



A figure of this InfecFl is given in Villers's Entomology as a native 

 of France ; in this he follows the authority of Fourcroy, who has 

 a defcription of the fame fpecies in his Catalogue of Infedts, found 

 jn the environs of Paris. This lall author calls it Le Cigale renflee, 

 from its puffed or fwelled appearance. The name given by Villers 

 is Cicada dilatata. 



The confufion made by Fabricius, in his alterations of the Lin- 

 fiaan genera f renders it doubtful whether he has defcribed this Infedl, 

 though, froif. its being commonly found in mod parts of Europe, 

 we mufl fuppofe he has not paffed over it without notice : we have 

 examined his lafl work, (Entomologia Syftematica, &c.) and cannot 

 find an Infeil anfwering our fpecies with any reference either to 

 Fourcroy or Villers, we therefore prefer the fpecinc name given by 

 $he latter author. 



Is found in June ; and is lefs common than any Infed of the fame 

 genus hitherto given in this work. 



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