150 LIST OF HOMOPIEKOUS INSECTS. 



towards the lip of the wing ; cross-veins more or less clouded with 

 brown ; a row of small brown spots on the tips of the longitudinal 

 veins of the marginal areolels ; flaps colourless. Length of the 

 body 9 — 10 lines ; of the wings 26 — 28 lines. 

 a — c. St. John's Bluil', Florida. Presented by E. Doublcday, Esq. 

 d, e. ? 



88. Cicada scutellaris, Mas. 



Nervus iransversits lus curvm, fere erectus, angxdiim feri rectum 

 finyens, '2o plus tripld ejm langiludine divisus ; 2us curvus, 

 suhnbli(juus, angulum obtustim Jini/ens, lo longinr ; 3m4- sub- 

 reclus, ohliquus, angulum xubaculum Jingens ; 4us subcuriius, 

 valde obiiqum, angulum acutum Jingem, 3o mullb longior. 

 Second marginal areolel four-fifths of the length of the first : 

 first cross-vein curved, nearly upright, forming an almost right an- 

 gle, parted from the second by more than thrice its length ; second 

 curved, slightly slanting, forming an obtuse angle, longer than the 

 first ; third nearly straight, slanting, forming a slightly acute angle ; 

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

 very much longer than the third; fifth nearly straight, slanting, 

 forming an obtuse angle. Body green : Iiead and fore-chest tinged 

 with tawny : head as broad as the fore-chest ; three black marks on 

 the crown ; face slightly convex, not prominent, adorned above with 

 an elliptical black mark : mouth tawny with a black lip reaching 

 the middle-hips : eyes rather prominent : feelers black : fore-chest 

 adorned with a greenish white stripe, on each side of which are two 

 l)lack marks, the indications of oblique black stripes ; side border of 

 the scutcheon black ; hind-scutcheon rather narrow, its sides nearly 

 straight : disk ol' the scutcheon of the middle-chest ferruginous, 

 adorned on each side with three slight black streaks; excavation on 

 the hind border broad but very shallow : abdomen obconical, ferru- 

 ginous, not longer than the chest ; hind borders of the segments 

 grass-green ; under side tawny with a broad black stripe : opercula 

 none : tymbals wliitish : drums small, tawny, parted by a narrow 

 interval : legs green ; shanks and feet mostly tawny : tips of the 

 claws black; fore-thighs adorned with three stout black teeth : wings 

 colourless, green at the base ; fore border tawny, green at the base, 

 brown towards tlie tip ; veins black, green towards the base ; fore 

 borders of the flaps clouded with brown. Length of the body 8 

 lines ; of the wings 21 lines. 



«. New Zealand. From Mr. Earl's collection. 



