LIST OF HOMOPTEEfOUS INSICCT6. 



113. Cicada sericea, Mas et Fein. 



Nemts transversus Itts subcurvus, feri ereclus, angulum suboblu- 

 sumfingens, 2o plus quadrujplb ejus lonyiludine divisus ; 2us 

 subcurvus, fere erectus, anffulmn subobttisum Jingens, \o multb 

 longior ; Susfere ei'eetus, obliquws, angulmn acutum fingens ; 

 4«i subcurims, obliquus, unguium acutum fingens, 3o multb 

 longior. 



Second marginal areolet aliout tlirce-foiirlhs of the length of 

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

 slightly obtuse angle, parted from the second by more than four 

 times its length ; second slightly curved, nearly upright, forming a 

 slightly obtuse angle, a little longer than the first ; tjiird nearly 

 straight, slanting, foi-ming an acute angle ; fourth very slightly 

 curved, slanting, fomiing an acute angle, much longer than the 

 third ; fifth very slightly curved, slanting, fonning an obtuse 

 angle. 



Male. — Body green, adorned with silky down : head rather 

 small, narrower than the fore-chest, greenish tawny along the sides 

 of the eyes, adorned with two black spots by the eyelets ; face con- 

 vex, not very prominent, having above two black spots and in front 

 a black forked stripe, on each side of which there is a tawny stripe : 

 mouth tawny with a black tip, reaching the middle-hips: eyes pro- 

 minent: feelers black : fore-cliest adorned with a black spot on the 

 hind border, and on each side with four black marks, two of these 

 on the disk, four occupy the furrows, two are on the borders, and the 

 spaces between them have a tawny linge ; sides of the fore-chest 

 widest by the base of the wings, thence linear as far as the fore-bor- 

 der where they are rounded : sculcheon of the middle chest with 

 four oblique large black marks whose disks have sometimes a tawny 

 tinge, and are more or less adorned with tawuy net-work ; the mid- 

 dle pair are much shorter than the hind pair, and behind them are 

 three black spots forming a triangle ; hind border hardly excavated : 

 abdomen black, as long as the chest, adorned above with ferrugi- 

 nous and green bands which vary in size and number ; a broad 

 (treenish tawny stripe on each side beneath ; opercula vei'y small ; 

 tymbals whitish with lawny hands ; drums pale green, ratlier small, 

 parted by a moderate interval : legs green ; fore-shanks towards the 

 tips and feet pitchy ; claws black, tawny at the base ; fore-thighs 

 armed with three stout black teeth : wings colourless ; veins and 

 fore border green, black towards tlie tips ; flaps of the fore-wings 

 brown with a black vein in front ; flaps of the hind wings colnurless, 

 their fore borders clouded with brown. 



