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Show 192 MR. W. L. DISTANT ON THE CICADID^. [Apr. 17, darker in hue; the rostrum has its apex pitchy, which about reaches the posterior coxae; and the anterior femora are armed beneath with three strong spines. Tegmina and wings pale hyaline, the venation of the first pale ochraceous, of the last more or less fuscous; first apical area of tbe tegmina about one third longer than the second. Long. 19 millim.; exp. tegm. 60 millim. Hab. Colombia. (Mus. Dresden.) CARINETA CINGENDA, n. sp. 8 • Head and thorax above greenish ochraceous. Head witb a lateral black margin to front, and vertex with the area of the ocelli marked with black; eyes fuscous. Pronotum with two looped oblique black lines on disk directed towards the eyes, followed beneath by two black toothed and curved lines, and with a narrow basal submarginal blackish fascia. Mesonotum with two short central obconical spots at anterior margin distinctly margined with black ; on each side of these is a longer, somewhat similarly shaped and fainter spot; two small fuscous spots in front of the basal cruciform elevation, on each side of which is a laterally curved fascia completely covered with long ochraceous pilosity. Abdomen above warm ochraceous, tbe segmental incisures regularly and narrowly margined with very dark fuscons. Body beneath and legs sparingly pilose; anterior femora armed beneath with three prominent and robust dark-coloured spines, one near base and two near apex; rostrum just passing intermediate coxae, its apex black; claws fuscous. Tegmina and wings pale hyaline ; the first with the costal membrane ochraceous ; the venation of both more or less fuscous. The head, including the outer margin of eyes, is about equal in width to tbe base of the mesonotum ; the opercula are small, imperfectly covering the orifices ; the first apical area of the tegmina is about one third longer than the second. Long. 8, 18-19 millim. ; exp. tegm. 52 millim. Hab. Madeira river, Amazons. (Coll. Dist.) This is a distinctly marked species, the black lines to the abdomen above being very characteristic. CARINETA APICALIS, n. sp. 2 • Head and thorax above greenish, tinged with ochraceous ; ocelli shining ochraceous, their are adull ochraceous; eyes pale or dark fuscous; mesonotum faintly marked at anterior margin with two obconical spots, tbe margins alone of which are ochraceous, its basal cruciform elevation pale ochraceous. Abdomen above dull ochraceous. Body beneath and legs ochraceous ; face, and margins of sternum greenish ; disk of abdomen castaneous. Tegmina and wings pale hyaline ; the veins variable in hue-greenish, ochraceous, and fuscous. Tegmina with the first apical area one third longer than the second. Anterior femora armed beneath with three strong spines. Rostrum reaching the intermediate coxae. Var. A. Abdomen beneath with the lateral margins greenish. Long. 18-19 millim.; exp. tegm. 48-54 millim. |