312 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSEOTS. 
Pale luteous, rather stout. Head with a black band between 
the eyes. Prothorax with three black semicircles in the sutures, 
and with a slender black band hindward. Mesothorax with eight 
black lines, which converge in pairs and are connected hindward, 
the two inner pair shorter than the two outer pair, and with 
a curved transverse black mark behind them. Abdomen beneath 
with three black stripes, the middle one very broad. Femora with 
black stripes. Wings vitreous; veins black, luteous towards the 
base. Fore wings with very indistinct brown streaks in the margi- 
nal areolets; costa luteous to the end of the front areolet; first 
transverse vein very oblique, slightly curved, parted by more than 
twice its length from the second, which is upright and hardly 
curved; third and fourth hardly curved; third longer than the 
fourth. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 28 lines. 
a. Tejuca, Rio Janeiro. Presented by the Rev. Hamlet Clark.} 
CICADA DEMITTENS. 
Testaceo-viridis; mesothorax strigis quatuor fuscis lanceolatis in- 
terruptis valde indistinctis ; abdomen subtus rufescens ; pedes 
femoribus tibiisque trispinosis; ale vitree, venis nigris basi 
viridibus ; antice vie sublurida, costa viridi. 
Green, with a testaceous tinge. Mesothorax with two lanceo- 
late interrupted very indistinct brown streaks on each side, Abdo- 
men reddish beneath. Fore femora and fore tibie with three small 
spines. Wings vitreous; veins black, green at the base. Fore 
wings with an extremely slight lurid tinge; costa green to the end 
of the front areolet; first transverse vein very oblique, parted by 
nearly twice its length from the second, which is upright and hardly 
curved; third and fourth oblique, straight; third shorter than the 
fourth. Hind wings indented by the fold. Length of the body 
7% lines; of the wings 22 lines. 
a. Petropolis, Rio Janeiro. Presented by J. Gray, Esq. 
CICADA PROPONENS. 
Viridis aut lutea, sat gracilis; vertex nigro unimaculatus ; frons 
striga nigra lanceolata; prothoraw strigis duabus discalibus 
nigris ; mesothorax maculis tribus discalibus vittisque duabus 
lateralibus nigris ; abdomen fasciis inlerruplis strigisque dua- 
bus apicalibus nigris, subtus nigro trivittatum ; pedes antici 
ew parte nigri, femoribus tibiisque trispinosis ; ala vitree. 
