LIST OF HOMOPTEHOUS INSECTS. 1 9o 



obtuse angle, parted from the second by much more than thrice its 

 length ; second very slightly curved, slightly slanting, forming a 

 slightly obtuse angle, very little longer than the first ; third very 

 slightly curved, slanting, forming a slightly acute angle ; fourth 

 nearly straight, slanting, forming a slightly acute angle, much 

 shorter than the third ; filth slightly curved, nearly upright, forming 

 a hardly acute angle. Body pale tawny, tinged with green : two 

 pitchy marks in front, and two black dots towards the hind border 

 of the scutcheon of the middle-chest, which is also adorned with two 

 broad pale ferruginous .slightly mottled stripes ; the side pair a little 

 oblique ; oviduct ferruginous with a black tip : legs yellow : fore 

 border and veins of the wings tawny. Length of the body 8 lines ; 

 of the wings 18 lines. 

 a. New Holland. Presented by the Haslar Hospital. 



146. Cicada Arche, Mas. 



Nervus Iransversus \vs rectus, suhobliquus, unguium oblu^umjin- 

 gms, 2o quinqtiies ejus lonijitudine divisus ; 2us subreclus, 

 obliquus, angulum valdi obtiisum fingens, \o fere dupld Ion. 

 gior ; Sus fere rectus, subobliquus, angulum subacutum Jin- 

 gens ; 4ms vix curvus, subobliquus, angulum vix aciUum fingens, 

 3t longitudine. 



Second marginal areolet nearly as long as the first : first cross- 

 vein straight, slightly slanting, forming an obtuse angle, parted 

 from the second by full five times its length ; second nearly straight, 

 slanting, forming a very obtuse angle, nearly twice the length of the 

 first; third almost straight, slightly slanting, forming a slightly 

 acute angle; fourth hardly curved, slightly slanting, forming a 

 hardly acute angle, as long as the third : fifth very slightly curved, 

 nearly upright, forming a slightly obtuse angle. Body tawny: head 

 a little narrower than the fore-chest ; face convex, not prominent; 

 mouth pale tawny, reaching the hind-hips : feelers tawny : eyes 

 not prominent, black with lawny net-work : hind-scutchcon of the 

 middle-chest of moderate breadth above, a little broader on each 

 side where it forms a slight angle and is excavated: scutcheon of 

 the middle-chest adorned with three broad darker stripes which are 

 indistinctly marked with paler net-work ; hind border hardly exca- 

 vated: abdomen tapering, much longer than the chest: drums 

 small, not one-fourlh of the length of the abdomen, parted by a 

 broader interval : legs pale lawny ; tips of the claws black ; fore- 

 ibighs armed with two large tawny teeth whose tips are pitchv : 



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