. Arcana entomologica, or, Illustrations of new, rare, and interesting insects. 97 PLATE XXV. ON THE OPAQUE-WINGED SPECIES OF CICADA. Having in the description of the preceding plate shortly noticedthe generic distribution of the family Cicadidae, I shall here confinemyself to those species of Cicada which have the fore wings opaqueand coloured, with the base more coriaceous. These species formthe second section of the genus as proposed by Dr. Germar, in hisMemoir in the second volume of Silbermanns Revue Entomo-logiquer * Dr. Burmeister comprises them in his sub-section b, ofhis first divisio
. Arcana entomologica, or, Illustrations of new, rare, and interesting insects. 97 PLATE XXV. ON THE OPAQUE-WINGED SPECIES OF CICADA. Having in the description of the preceding plate shortly noticedthe generic distribution of the family Cicadidae, I shall here confinemyself to those species of Cicada which have the fore wings opaqueand coloured, with the base more coriaceous. These species formthe second section of the genus as proposed by Dr. Germar, in hisMemoir in the second volume of Silbermanns Revue Entomo-logiquer * Dr. Burmeister comprises them in his sub-section b, ofhis first division of the genus. The beautiful species of this group hitherto described are thefollowing : all being natives of Asia, or the islands of the IndianArchipelago. Species I C. speciosa, Illig. (Wied. Arch. 1, p. 145 ; pi. 2. Fabricius. Westw. iu Donov. Ins. Ind. 2d Edit. Lap. and Blanch. Hist. nat. ans. art.)Syn. C. Indica, Donov. Ins. Ind. 1st II.—, Fahr. Stoll. Cig. tab. 4, fig. III.—C. inaculata, Drury, vol. 2, App. pi. 37, fig. 1. Fabrici
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