LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS, 25 
second hardly clouded with black ; third and fourth straight, oblique. 
Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 20 lines. 
a, Ega. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
CICADA HASTIFERA. 
Fom. Pallide ferruginea, subtus viridis; caput apud ocellos 
nigrum ; facies valde convena ; prothoraw vitta margineque virt- 
dibus ; mesothorax viridis, vittis quatuor obconicis ferrugi- 
neis ; abdominis segmenta viridi marginata; oviductus 
vagine abdomen superantes ; ala vitree ; antice venis trans- 
versis rectis. 
Female. Pale ferruginous, mostly green beneath. Head full 
as broad as the thorax, black about the ocelli; face very convex. 
Eyes prominent. Prothorax with a green stripe, which is widened 
in front and behind; border green, narrow, slighUy widened on 
each side. Mesothorax green, with four obconical ferruginous 
stripes ; inner pair short. Abdomen with a green band on the hind 
border of each segment. Sheaths of the oviduct extending some 
distance beyond the abdomen, with black tips. Wings vitreous ; 
veins green, black towards the tips. Fore wings with the first and 
second transverse veins short, straight, upright; first a little shorter 
than the second, from which it is parted by much more than twice 
its length; third and fourth straight, oblique. Hind wings 
clouded with black at the tip of the fold. Length of the body 7 
lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 
a. Santarem. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
CICADA FRONTALIS. 
Fem. Fulva; caput fasciis duabus vittaque antica furcata 
nigris ; prothoraw strigis duabus posticis nigris, margine tes- 
taceo ; mesothorax strigis quatuor anticis maculaque trifur- 
cala postica nigris ; abdomen attenuatum ; oviductus vagine 
abdomen superantes. 
Female. Tawny. Head as broad as the prothorax, promin en 
in front, with two black bands; the fore one short; face with a 
black stripe, which is forked towards the front. Prothorax with two 
black hindward streaks ; border narrow, testaceous, slightly dilated 
on each side. Mesothorax with four short black streaks in front, 
and with a three-lobed black spot behind. Abdomen attenuated ; 
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