LIST OF llOMOPTlillOUS INSi;<'l> 



142. Cicada rufifascia, Mas. 



Nervus transi'ersus ]us subcurvus, erectus, anffulum sobohtusum fin- 

 geiis, '2o plus tripli ejus lonyitudine divisus ; 2us subcuri'us, 

 suhobliipms, angulum obtusum fingens, loferi duplt> longior ; 

 3«s subctirmis, obliquus, angulum acutum fingens ; 4)« vix 

 curvus, obliquus, angulum acutum fingens, 3o multb brevior. 

 Second marginal areolet longer than the first: first cross-vein 

 slightly curved, upright, forming a slightly obtuse angle, parted 

 from the second by more than thrice its length; second slightly 

 curved, slightly slanting, forming an obtuse angle, nearly twice the 

 length of the first; third very slightly curved, slanting, forming an 

 acute angle; fourth hardly curved, sknting, I'orming an acute an- 

 gle, much shorter than the third ; filth slightly curved, slightly 

 slanting, forming a right angle. Body black, slender: head as 

 broad as the fore-chest ; a tawny dot between the eyelets, and another 

 on the face which is slightly convex and not at all prominent, and 

 has a red stripe in front on each side: mouth black, reaching the 

 hind-hips : eyes prominent : feelere black : forc-chcst not narrower 

 in front than behind, adorned witli a short tawny stripe which cor- 

 responds with the two tawny marks on the head ; hind-scutcheon 

 narrow above, wider by the base of the fore-wing where it forms a 

 very slight angle, has a reddish tinge and extends beyond the sides 

 of the scutcheon : scutcheon of the middle-chest pale red on each 

 side and on the hind border which is not excavated : abdomen ob- 

 conical, narrower and a little longer than the chest ; hind borders 

 of the segments adorned with narrow bright red bands which are 

 interrupted in the middle ; last segment red, its disk mostly black ; 

 under side bright red : opercula none ; tymbals small, reddish gray; 

 drums tawny, bhick towards tlie base, very small, parted by a broad 

 interval : legs black ; knees tawny ; fore-thighs streaked with red, 

 armed with three long black teeth ; hind-shanks pitchy with tawny 

 tips; fore-feet and middle-feet pitchy at the base ; hind-feet tawny 

 with black tips : wings colourless ; fore border pale red as far as the 

 brand, dark tawny with a red streak from thence till near the tip ; 

 veins black, tawny at the base ; fore membranes red ; flaps pale red 

 at the base and along the veins. Length of the body 7 Hues ; of 

 the wings 19 lines. 



