CICADA STRIDULA. Villosa prasineo-fusca, nigro-maculata, abdomine nigro;
elytris griseis, maculis ovatis ante marginem posticum 7, hyalinis; alis
luteis versus apicem nigris, omnibus margine latiori hyalino. (Expans.
Alar. fere 3 unc.)
SYN. Cicada stridula, _Linn. Syst. Nat._ 1. 2. 706. 12. _Stoll. Cicada_,
_fig._ 15. _Germ. in Thons. Arch._ II. 2. 12. 19. _Silb. Rev. Ent._ II.
76. 54.
Cicada capensis, _Linn. Syst. N._ 1. 2. 706. 13.
Cicada Catenata, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2.
HABITAT: Cape of Good Hope.
Head short, thick, and of a yellowish brown, with a black stripe down the
middle. Eyes round, and projecting. Ocelli distinct. Thorax yellow brown.
Abdomen nearly black. Anterior wings yellow brown next the body, but
darker in the middle; the external edges being transparent; above which
is a row of transparent spots, placed between the tendons of the wings.
Posterior wings yellowish, having a transparent border along the external
edges, and a dark cloud placed at the upper corners. Legs yellow brown;
rostrum extending between them, to the middle of the abdomen.