22 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 
three black stripes beneath. Wings vitreous; veins black, testa. 
ceous towards the base. Fore wings with the first and second 
transverse veins short, straight, upright; first parted from the 
second by about five times its length ; third and fourth straight, ob. 
lique. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 16 lines. 
a. Orizaba, Mexico. From M. Salle’s collection. 
CICADA SIGNIFERA. 
Mas. Testacea, subtus nigro varia; caput supra nigrum, fulvo 
biguitatum; prothorax nigro trivitiatus ; mesothorax vitta 
lata vittisque duabus lateralibus obconicis intersectis nigris ; 
abdomen vitta brevi nigra; opercula testacea, bast nigra; ale 
vilree ; antice vena la marginali venisque la et 2a transver- 
sis nigro nebulosis, 
Male, Testaceous, partly black beneath. Head above black, 
with a tawny dot on each side in front. Prothorax with a black 
stripe, which is widened in front and behind; a slender black stripe 
on each side ; border narrow, a little broader on the hind part of 
each side, where it is blackish. Mesothorax with a broad black 
“stripe, on each side of which there is a black obconical intersected 
stripe. Abdomen with a short black stripe, extending from the 
base. Opercula testaceous, black at the base. Wings vitreous; 
veins black, testaceous towards the base. Fore wings with the first 
marginal vein, and the first and second transverse veins clouded 
with black; costa testaceous as far as the stigma, which is black; 
first and second transverse veins straight, upright, about equal in 
length; first parted from the second by about thrice its length; 
third and fourth straight, oblique; third much shorter than the 
fourth. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 14 lines, 
a, Orizaba, Mexico. From M. Salle’s collection, 
West Indies, 
CICADA TOMENTOSA. 
Fem. Pallide viridis, testaceo varia, albo tomentosa ; prothoraw 
maculis tribus posticis fuscis ; ale vitrece, venis lestaceis ; an- 
tice maculis strigisque fuscis. 
Female, Allied to C, Chariclo. Pale green, partly testaceous, 
covered with silvery white tomentum. Prothorax with three brown 
