LIST OF IlOMOrTKROUS INSECTS. 



U. Cicada aroentata ? 

 Cicada argentata ? Germ. Silb. Rev. Ent. ii. 66, 27. 



Nervus tramversvs ins subcurvus, valdi obliquus, ani/ulum perob- 

 tuswnfingens, 2o triplo ejus longiludine dimsus ; 2ms suhcur- 

 mis, valde obliquus, unguium perobtusum fingens, lo mullo 

 longior ; 3us undatus, obliquus ^angtUum fere rectum fingens ; 

 ius subundatus, valdv obliquus, angulum acutum fingens, 3f) 

 multd longior. 



Second marginal areolet about five-sixths of the length of the 

 first : first cross-vein very slightly curved, very slanting, forming an 

 extremely obtuse angle, parted from the second by full thrice its 

 length ; second very slightly curved, very slanting, forming an ex- 

 tremely obtuse angle, much longer than the first; third waved, slant- 

 ing, forming a nearly right angle ; fourth very slightly waved, very 

 slanting, forming an acute angle, much longer than the third ; fifth 

 curved, upright, forming an acute angle. Body ferruginous : liead 

 almost broader than the fore-chest ; crown adorned witli a broad ir- 

 regular black band which joins the hind border on each side and in 

 the middle ; face tawny, convex but not prominent, with a greenish 

 stripe in the middle, blackish behind and adorned with blackish 

 bands on each side in front: mouth tawny with a black tip, reaching 

 some distance beyond the hind-hips: eyes prominent : feelers ferru- 

 ruginous, sometimes black at the base : scutcheon of the fore-chesl 

 adorned with a yellow stripe which has a black stripe on each side ; 

 furrows and sides black ; hind-scutcheon tawny with a large black 

 spot on each side which is very obtusely angular, the hind side of 

 this angle is nearly straight and about half the length of the fore 

 side, which is very slightly excavated ; scuteheini of the iniddle-chest 

 adorned with four obconical black stripes ; middle pair shorter than 

 tlie outer pair, whose inner sides are much excavated by ferruginous 

 ramifications; between the middle pair there is a slender black streak 

 widening hindward, wliere it spreads into a cup-shaped spot, and 

 communicates on each side with a black band whieh runs parallel to 

 the hind border ; the latter is very slightly excavated : abdomen ob- 

 conical, black above, a little longer than the chest ; hind borders of 

 the segments sometimes ferruginous ; tip adorned with four conical 

 ferruginous marks; underside adorned with three black stripes, one 

 on each side and in the middle a broader one which has a pitchy dot 

 on each side near the tip : legs tawny ; hips streaked with black ; 

 feet and tips of the shanks pitchy ; a broad tawny band on each 



