[.1ST OK llOMOPlEROns INSECTS. 



Cicada (pupa), 

 a—;/. New Zealand. Presented by Dr. A. Sinclair. 



84. Cicada Chabiclo, Mas. 



Nerinis Irmisversm lus subcurvus, fere erectus, angulum subobln- 

 sum fingens, 2o quinquies ejns longitudine divisus ; 2us sub- 

 eurvus, obliquus, angulum obtusxmi fingens, \o longinr ; 3».s- 

 /(?)•(' rectus, obliquus, angulum acutum Jingens ; 4us subcurirus, 

 obliquus, angulum acutum Jingens ; Zo multb longior . 

 Second marginal areolet much less than two-thirds of the length 

 of the first : first cross-vein slightly curved, nearly upright, forming ■ 

 a very slightly obtuse angle, parted from the second by full five times 

 its length ; second slightly curved, slanting, forming an obtuse an- 

 gle, longer than the first; third nearly straight, slanting, forming 

 an acute angle ; fourth very slightly curved, slanting, forming an 

 acute angle, very much longer than the third : fifth slightly curved, 

 nearly upright, forming a right angle. Body pale green, tinged 

 with white : head a little narrower than the fore-chest, adorned with 

 a. slender pitchy band and on each side near the base ol' the feeler with 

 a pitchy spot ; face slightly convex, adorned with a pitchy band ; 

 moutli tawny with a pitchy tip., reaching the hind-hips : eyes not 

 prominent : feelers black, tawny towards the base : scutcheon of the 

 fore-chest rather long, adorned with four pitchy spots, one on the 

 fore border, one on the hind border, and one on each side ; hind- 

 scutcheon narrow above, widened and almost angular above the base 

 of the fore-wing, slightly indented on each side : scutcheon of the 

 middle chest adorned with four broad obconical stripes, the outer 

 pair oblique, much longer than the inner pair, inelo.sing two pilchy 

 marks, one of which is near the base, the other larger and near the 

 tip ; two very small pilchy marks between the outer pair and the 

 inner pair ; disks of the latter pitchy, and there is a pitchy stripe 

 between them and the cross-ridge ; hind border hardly excavated : 

 abdomen obconical, tawny towards the tip, very much longer than 

 the chest : opercula none ; tyrabals tawny, adorned with a white 

 ringlet; drums pale tawny, very small, not far apart: legs green, 

 covered with white ; thighs and shanks adorned with brown marks; 

 shanks tinged with tawny ; feet tawny with pitchy tips ; claws tawny 

 with black tips ; fore-thighs aiTued with three teeth, the first rather 

 long, very oblique, second of moderate size, third rather small : 

 wings colourless ; ibre border bright pale green as far as the brand 

 which is pitchy, tawny from thence towards the tip, beset with very 



