LIST OF HOMOPTEBOUS INSECTS. 



176. Cicada subvitta, Mas. 



Nervus transversiis Im siibcurvus, subobliguits, angulwn subacutvm 

 Jingens, 2o plus ejus loniiitudine divisus ; 2«s subcurvus, 

 subobliijuus, angulum suboblmtim fingens. In paullb longior ; 

 3ms subeurinis, subobliquiis, angulum subaculum fingens ; ius 

 subcurvus, obliquus, angulum subactUum fingens, So longior. 

 Second marginal areolet a little longer tlian the first : fii'st cro.ss- 

 vein very slightly curved, very slightly slanting, forming a slightly 

 acute angle, parted from the second by much less than twice its 

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

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

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

 slightly curved, slanting, forming a slightly acute angle, longer 

 than the third ; fifth nearly straight, very slightly slanting, forming 

 a right angle. Body black, almost hairless : head narrower than 

 the fore-chest ; a small tawny spot on the crown between the eyelets 

 and the hind border ; face very convex, rather prominent ". mouth 

 black, reaching the middle-hips: eyes rather prominent: feelers 

 black, stout : fore-chest rather narrower in front than behind ; scut- 

 cheon adorned with a slender tawny stripe which extends from the 

 fore border to the hind border; hind-scutcheon very narrow in the 

 middle, slightly angular and much widened by the base of each fore- 

 wing, nearly straight on each side : hind border of the scutcheon of 

 the middle-chest not excavated : abdomen pitchy, obconical, a little 

 longer than the chest, ferruginous at the tip ; under side ferruginous, 

 tawny towards the tip : opercula none ; tymbals large, pale brown ; 

 drums tawny, very small, widely apart : legs black ; thighs striped 

 with red ; claws and hind-feet tawny ; fore-thighs armed with three 

 tawny teeth, of these one is very long and two are of moderate size; 

 hind-shanks tawny towards the tips : wings colourless, whitish and 

 tinged with red at the base ; veins pale tawny, black towards the 

 tips ; primitive areolet and adjoining veins clouded with bio^n ; 

 fore-wings adorned with two oblique clark brown bands, the first in- 

 terrupted, the second occupying the cross-veins but not reaching the 

 hind border; a small dark brown spot on the tip of the fore border; 

 a row of pale brown spots occupy the tips of the veins of the sub- 

 marginal areolets ; fore membranes whitish : hind-wings adorned 

 with a broad inlerru])tcd oblique brown band which here and there 

 communicates with the base along the borders of the veins ; flaps 

 colourless, brown along the fore border and towards the base where 

 they are whitish ; veins tawny, black towards the tips. Length of 

 the' body 7j lines; of the wings 18 lines, 

 a. North India. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 



