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areolcl is very lonpf, which character may be used for sections and is 

 most developed in this species, the fore borders of whose wings are 

 very convex ; Uie first and second marginal areolets are very short, 

 and in the left wing of the insect described the latter is divided by 

 a cross-vein. Body tawny, paler beneath : head a little narrower 

 than the fore-chest, black above ; a tawny spot on the region of the 

 eyelets, and another on each side of the face which is convex but 

 not prominent, and has a slender lawny stripe above and a broad 

 black stripe in front: mouth tawny with a black tip, reaching the 

 middle-hips: feelers black, stout : eyes rather prominent : fore-chest 

 rather narrower before than behind ; scutcheon adorned with two 

 black stripes which are widened towards the borders, and with two 

 short pitchy stripes which are more outward; furrows pitchy ; liind- 

 scutcheon narrow, rather narrower on each side where the lore border 

 is black, extending very little beyond the scutcheon : disk of the 

 scutcheon of the middle-chest black, adorned with two liardly ob- 

 lique tawny stripes which widen towards the hind border, ihc latter 

 is not excavated : abdomen obconical, longer but not narrower than 

 the chest, adorned above with a black stripe which tapers from the 

 base to the tip and is interrupted near the latter; a row of black 

 spots on each side: opercula very small; tymbals white; drums 

 pale yellow, of moderate size, less than one-fourth of the length of 

 the body, parted by a narrow interval : legs yellow ; tips of the feet 

 and of the claws pitchy ; fore-thighs adorned with three long tawny 

 teeth ; fore-shanks dark lawny : wings colourless; veins tawny, 

 black towards the tips ; fore border yellow, somewhat convex, widened 

 near the brand; it is there slightly notched and very narrow, but 

 again widens towards the tip ; fore-membranes pale yellow ; flaps 

 colourless ; the first areolet is very short, and in the specimen 

 described is divided longitudinally into two areolets, the upper of 

 which in the left wing is again divided across by alittle vein. Length 

 of the body 5 lines; of the wings 13 lines. 



162. Cicada Acrida, Fem. 

 Nervus transvmvs \ns feri rectus, erecttis, angiilum stibobtumnt 

 fingens, 2o phis tripld ejus longiludine divisus ; 2us feri rec- 

 tus, erectus, angulum subobtusum fingens, I mnlth lungior ; 

 3usfer^ rectus, obliqiius, angulum aciitum fingens ; 4us I'ix 

 curvus, subobliquuSy angidumferi rectum fingens, 3o paullb 

 longinr. 



Second marginal areolet about three-fourths of the length of the 

 first: first cross-veiu almost straight, upright, forming a slightly 



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