FAM. CICADIDjE i 9 



Characters. — Head (including eyes) about as wide as base of mesonotum, eyes not porrect; 

 "head broad, vertex between eyes three times broader than long, front obliquely depressed ; pronotum 

 -about equal in length to that of mesonotum, about half as long as broad at base, posterior angles more 

 or less obtusely angulate ; abdomen short, shorter than space between apex of head and base of cruciform 

 elevation; metasternum transversely elevated and anteriorly angularly or subangularly produced; 

 tegmina about two and a half, sometimes three times as long as broad ; wings about half as long as 

 tegmina; which have eight apical areas and the basal cell a little longer than broad. 



Type. — F. mannifera, Fabricius. 



Geographical distribution of species. — Tropical America. 



A. Tegmina and wings moderately opaquely coloured at base, and more or less strongly maculate. 



i. F. mannifera. Neotropical Region. 



Tettigonia mannifera, Fabricius, Syst. Rhyng. p. 36, i3 (i8o3). 

 Cicada [Fidicina) plebeia, Linnaeus, var. Tettigonia mannifera, Fabricius, 



Erichson, in Schomb. Reise Guiana, Vol. 3, p. 616 (1848). 

 Fidicina rana. Walker, List Horn. Vol. 1, p. 88 (i85o). 

 Fidicina excavata. Walker, loc. cit. p. 92. 

 Fidicina divisa. Walker, loc. cit. Suppl. p. 16 (i858). 

 Merian. Ins. Surinam, pi. 49 (1726). 

 Sloll. Cig. f. 126. 

 var. Fidicina umbrilinea, Walker, List Horn. Suppl. p. 19 H858). 



B. Tegmina and wings a little or slightly opaquely coloured at base. 



a. Tegmina and wings unspotted. 



2. F. picta. Central America. 



Fidicina picea. Walker. List Horn. Vol. 1, p. 81 (i85o); Distant, Biol. 



Cenlr.-Amer , Rhynch. Horn. Vol. 1, p. 16, t. 1, f. ya,b (1881). 

 Fidicina determinata. Walker, List Horn. Suppl. p. 14 (i858). 

 Fidicina pertinax, Stal, Stett. Ent. Zeit. Vol. 25, p. 62 (1864). 



3. F . pronoe. Central America. 



Cicada pronoi, Walker, List Horn. Vol. 1. p. 144 (i85o). 

 Fidicina v inula, Stal, Oefv. Vet.-Akad. Forh. (^1854), p. 242. 

 Cicada compacta, Walker, Ins. Saund. Horn. p. 14 (i858). 

 Fidicina pronoe. Distant, Biol. Centr.-Amer. Rhynch. Horn. Vol. 1, p. 16. 

 t. 1, f. 6a, b (1881). 



4. F. passu cuius. Central America; Amazons. 



Cicada passerculus. Walker, List Horn. Vol. 1, p. 125 (i85o). 

 Cicada spinicosta, Walker, loc. cit. p. 126 (i85o). 

 Cicada lacrines, Walker, loc. cit. p. i32 (i85o). 



Fidicina spinicosta, Distant. Biol. Centr.-Amer. Rhynch. Horn. Vol. 1, 

 p. 17. t. 2, f. i5a, 6(i883). 



5. F. dnwstni. Argentina; Brazil. 



Cicada Drevjseni, Stal, Oefv. Vet.-Akad. Forh. (1854), p. 242. 

 Fidicina gastracanthophoi a. Bern", Hem. Argent, p. 206 (1879). 



6. F. viridis. Central & South America. 



Cicada viridis, Olivier. Enc. Meth. Vol. 5, p. 754 (1790) (excl. syn.). 



Cicada semilata. Walker, List Horn. Vol. 1, p. 122 (i85o). 



Cicada passer, Walker, loc. cit. p. 124 (i85o). 



Cicada brizo. Walker, loc. cit. p. 125 (i85oj. 



Cicada melisa. Walker, loc. cit. p. 127 (i85o). 



Cicada melina. Walker, loc. cit. p. 128 (i85o). 



Cicada panyases. Walker, loc. cit. p. i33 (i85o*. 



Cicada pidytes, Walker, loc. cit. p. 134 (i85o). 



Cicada physcoa, Walker, loc. cit. p. i35 (i85o). 



Cicada braitre. Walker, loc. cit. p. i36 (i85o). 



Cicada solennis. Walker, loc. cit. p. 143 (i85o). 



