LIST OF IIOMOriEROUS INSECTS. 



12. Pl.ATyPLEUBA VARIA. 



Cicada varia, Oliv. Enc. MHIi. v. 756, 44, pi. 1 13, f. 6. Stall, Cic. 

 102, pi. 26, f. 147. Germ. Sitli. Rev. Enl. ii. 79, f. 



a. Cape. From M. Diege's collection. 



b. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



13. Platypleura ciiloronota, Fem. 



Nervus transver.ius liu subreclus, valde obliquus, angulum valdi 

 obtusumjint/ens, 2o plus dupli'/ <y'«-s longitudine divisus ; '2us 

 subrecluf,, perobliquus, angulum pernbtusum fingens, \o mullb 

 longior ; 3us undiUus, subobliquus, angulum vix aculum fin- 

 gens ; 4 «.s subrecttis, subobliquus, angulum vix acutum fingens, 

 3o longior. 

 Second marginal areolet full five-sixths of llie length of the first : 

 first cross-vein nearly straight, very slanting, forming a very obtuse 

 angle, parted from the second by rather more than twice its length ; 

 second nearly straight, extremely slanting, forming an extremely 

 obtuse angle, very much longer than the first ; third waved, slightly 

 slanting, forming a hardly acute angle : fourth nearly straight, 

 slightly slanting, forming a hardly acute angle, longer than the 

 third ; fifth curved, forming a slightly acute angle. Body green : 

 head narrower than the fore-chest, adorned with two waved black 

 bands ; face very slightly convex : mouth tawny with a black tip, 

 reaching the hind-hips : eyes not prominent : feelers black : fore- 

 cbest broadest in the middle: scutcheon adorned with four black 

 stripes, the middle pair curved towards each other, the side pair 

 oblique ; hind-scutcheon slightly widened and forming a very obtuse 

 angle on each side : scutcheon of the middle-chest adorned with four 

 obconical tawny spots which proceed from the fore border, and are 

 more or less bordered and mottled with brown, the middle pair are 

 shorter than the outer pair, and have a spot of the like hue behind 

 thera; hind border slightly excavated : abdomen obconical, longer 

 than the chest, black above with the exception of a tawny stripe, 

 which extends from the base to the middle, and is continued along 

 the hind borders of the segments : drums very small, pale tawny, 

 far apart: legs green ; fore-thighs armed with three black teeth; 

 hind-shanks beset with tawny spines : fore-wings gray mingled with 

 green, tawny towards the lips; hind-wings pale tiwiiy, with a broad 

 white border which is divided by an irregular brown interval from 

 the tawny part; flaps pale lawny. Length of the body 13 lines ; of 

 the wings 40 lines. 



a. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



