LrST OF HOMOPTEROUS 1N8ECTS. 105 



initive areolet partly tawny ; fore-flaps tawny ; hind-flaps pale yellow 

 towards the base. Length of the body 24 lines ; of the wiugs 66 

 lines. 



5. Cicada sonora, Mas. 



Nervus Iransvenus X-us subcurviis, obliquus, angulum valdd obtusum 

 Jingens, 2n quadrnplb ejus lom/itudine divisus ; 2us subun- 

 datus, valde ohli(/uiix, aiiyidum pernbtttsum Jingens, \o multb 

 longvir ; 3ms subuiululus, subobtigmis, angulum subacutum 

 Jingens ; 4us ziudatits, obliqtius, angulum acutum Jingens, lo 

 multt) longinr. 

 Second marginal areolet a little more than two-thirds of the 

 length of the first: first cross-vein very slightly curved, slanting, 

 forming a very obtuse angle, parted from tlie second by four times 

 its length ; second very slightly waved, very slanting, forming an 

 extremely obtuse angle, much longer than the lirsi ; third very 

 slightly waved, slightly slanting, forming a slightly acute angle; 

 fourth waved, slanting, forming an acute angle much longer than 

 tie first; fifth curved, nearly upright, forming a sliglitly acute an- 

 gle. Body tawny : head a little narrower than the fore-chest, black 

 above ; fore border and hind border of the crown tawny ; face con- 

 vex : eyes prominent ; scutcheon of the fore-chest marked with black, 

 wliich forms two partly united triangles in front, and on the hind bor- 

 der a triangle which includes two tawny s])ots, anil has on each side 

 a large spot : hind-scutcheon widened on each side which is slightly 

 angular and partly bordered with black : middle-chest adorned with 

 six black stripes ; the second pair broader than the outer pair, nar- 

 rower than the inner pair which include a slender black stripe ; be- 

 hind the latter there is a large black mark which rests on ilie cross- 

 ridge ; hind border slightly excavated : abdomen obconical, a little 

 longer than the chest, black above with some lawny marks near the 

 base and on each side : legs tawny : wings colourless; veins green, 

 black towards the tips; first and second cross-veins clouded with 

 brown ; primitive areolet and fore flaps pale brown ; hind-flaps pale 

 brown towards the base. Length of the body 18 lines ; of the wings 

 (JO lines. 



Presented by J. G. Children, Esq. 



