LIST OF nOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



136. Cicada obsouriok, Mas. 

 Nervus transversus \us suhcvrvus, erectus, angulum obtmum fin- 

 gens, 2o plus duplb ejus longittuline divistis ; 2m itix ctirviu, 

 fer^ erectus, angulum oblusum fingens, \o Inngior ; 3ik vix 

 curvus, nbliquus, anguhim subacutum fingens, 3o brevior. 

 Second marginal aieolet almost as long as the first : first cross- 

 vein hardly curved, upright, forming an obtuse angle, parted from 

 the second by much more than twice its length ; .second hardly 

 curved, nearly upright, longer than the first, and forming a more 

 obtuse angle ; third hardly curved, slanting, forming an acute an- 

 gle; fourth nearly straight, slanting, forming a slightly acute angle, 

 shorter than the third ; fifth slightly curved, upright, forming a right 

 angle. Body black : head and chest a little broader than those of 

 C. rufifascia and of C. mullifascia : head as broad as the fore- 

 chest, adorned with an indistinct reddish mark between the eyelets 

 and another on the face, which is convex but not prominent, and 

 has a tawny mark in front and a tawny stripe along each of its sides: 

 mouth black, reaching the hind-hips : eyes prominent : feelers black : 

 sides and hind border of the scutcheon of the middle-chest dark 

 red ; hind border not excavated : abdomen very little longer than 

 the chest, rather broader than that of C. rufifascia; hind borders 

 of the second and following segments red ; under side tawny with 

 three pitchy stripes ; opercula none ; tymbals dark gray ; drunispale 

 yellow, very small, parted by a broad interval; legs black; fore- 

 thighs streaked with dark red, armed with three long black teeth ; 

 knees reddish ; a tawny band near the base of each middle-shank ; 

 hiiid.shanks pitchy, tawny towards the tips, adorned with a tawny 

 band near the base; hind-feet pitchy with a tawny band: wings 

 colourless ; fore border dark red along the whole length ; veins black ; 

 fore-membranes dull pale tawny ; flaps colourless, dull pale tawny 

 at the base and along the middle vein. Length of the body 6 lines ; 

 of the wings 15 lines. 



137. Cicada incepta, Mas et Fem. 



Nervus transversus \us fere rectus, suberectus, anguium nbtusum 



fingens, 2o fere quadruplb ejus longitudine diirisus ; 2ms sub- 



curvus fere erectus, anguium obtusum fingens. It longitudine ; 



3«s vix umlalws, obliquus, anguium acutum fingens; Aus 



subcwvus, obliquus, anguium acutum fingens, 3o vix longior. 



Second marginal areolel full three-fourths of the length of the 



first : first cross-vein almost straight, nearly ui)right, forming an 



