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five fegments are betwixt brown and yellow co- 
loured, their hind margins a little paler, and the 
Second has a black girth near the fore margin ; hairs 
go out near the fore fegment as rays ; in the fe- 
cond only three, and they fhorter than the abdo- 
men, efpecially the fide ones ; in the third, fourth 
and fifth fegments, there are four or five long 
hairs longer than the body, and feveral fhorter onea, 
efpecially underneath where there are no longer 
ones ; the fixth fegment is terminated with a long 
hair. 
All thefe hairs are of a light brown colour, feem to 
be ffiff, but their ends are quite foft like papilla-:, 
and from thence thicker. 
The wings are fhorter than the abdomen ; the upper 
ones folded. 
The legs are black, except the thighs which are yel- 
low ; at their joints there are fhort hair like rays, 
whofe ends are likewile fhort and thickened.. 
II. Rhombea Cicada thorace comprefio membra- 
naceo foliaceo fubrhombeo poftico latiore. 
The thorax is like a leaf that is raifed perpendicularly 
from the body it is three times as broad as the 
body, but the fame length. This leaf is very near 
of a rhomboid figure,, a little broader, or rather 
higher over the back ; it is membranaceous, pro- 
bably brownifh, (when alive) half pellucid, with 
two Spots that are more pellucid, or transparent; 
the larger one is very near the middle, but the 
Smaller lower; the margins are waved, efpecially 
towards the hind angle ; over the forepart of the 
body the leaf is double. 
The.’ 
