LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



177. Cicada, coleoptrat.i, Mas. 



Nervus transversus \us recttis, obliquus, amjulum obtuium fingens, 

 2o paullt) plus (bipld ejus lonyiludine divisus ; 2tis subcurvus, 

 valde obliquus, unguium perobtusum Jingens, lo multd longior ; 

 3us curmcs, obliquus, unguium rectum fingens ; Aus subcurvus, 

 obliqtius, angulum subacutum fingens, .3o longior. 



Second marginal areolet a litllc longer than the first ; first cross- 

 vein straight, slanting, forming an obtuse angle, parted from the 

 second hy a little more Ihan twice its length ; second slightly curved, 

 very slanting, fonning an extremely obluse angle, much longer than 

 the first ; third curved, slanting, forming a right angle ; fourth 

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

 than the third ; fifth nearly straight, upright, forming a hardly ob- 

 tuse angle. Body black, dull, almost hairless : head nearly as 

 broad as the fore-chest : a very slight tawuy mark on the crown, 

 extending from the hind border to the eyelets : face prominent, very 

 convex: mouth tawny with a black tip, reaching the middle-hips: 

 eyes prominent: feelers black : fore-chest hardly narrower in front 

 than behind ; scutcheon adorned with a slender tawny stripe which 

 disappears before the hind bonier, and with a narrow tawny border; 

 hincf-scutcheon tawny, narrow above, a little widened and forming 

 a slightly obtuse angle near the base of the fore-wing where it is 

 black and extends beyond the scutcheon : sides, cross-ridge and hind 

 border tawny, the latter hardly excavated ; abdomen nearly ellipti- 

 cal, slightly ridged on the back, somewhat longer than the chest ; 

 under side pale lawny with the exception of a broad black stripe 

 which does not reach the hind border: opercula none ; tymbals tawuy 

 with a hoary tinge ; drums pale lawny, black towards the base, 

 rather small, some distance apart : legs lawny ; thighs mostly black 

 with tawny stripes ; shanks black at the base and towards the tips ; 

 claws and tips of the feet pitchy : fore-hips black with tawny stripes ; 

 ihe other hips black with tawny tips ; fore-thighs armed with four 

 black teeth, two of which are large, and two small and close to- 

 gether : fore-wings clouded with very pale brown, almost colourless 

 here and there along the fore border ; a very slender brown band 

 across the middle ; lirst and second cross-veins and the space between 

 them clouded with very dark brown ; veins and fore membranes pale 

 tawny, the former darker towards the tips; hind-wings colourless, 

 very slightly tinged with brown towards the base ; veins yellow ; 

 flaps colourless, whitish at the base and along part of the fore border: 

 Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 17 lines. 

 a ? From Mr. Shuckard's collection. 



