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each side of which is an irregular and inwardly notched fascia, and the basal cruciform elevation, pale castaneous. Abdomen black, the lateral margins fringed with pale castaneous pile. Body beneath very pale castaneous; the face, anterior margin of head between face and eyes, and basal abdominal patch, black. Anterior legs black, the femera streaked with pale castaneous ; intermediate legs with the femora black streaked with pale castaneous, the tibis pale castaneous with their bases and apices black ; posterior legs pale castaneous, the bases and apices of femora and tibiee black.
Tegmina and wing pale hyaline ; tegmina with the venation and the costal membrane pale castaneous, the extreme basal margin of the last black ; basal third (excluding venation) and the subcostal area to apex, blackish ; wings with about basal half obliquely black.
The body is robust, but moderately elongate ; the opercula do not overlap at their basal margins, and at a short distance from base become widely divergent and narrowed to apices, their outer margins slightly concavely sinuate and in length they extend a little beyond the middle of the abdomen. Long. excl. tegm. $ , 40 to 45 millim. Exp. tegm. 115 to 120 millim.
Hab. — Malay Peninsula : Province Wellesley (coll. Dist.) ; Perak (Doherty — coll. Dist.). Malayan Archipelago : Sumatra (Ludeking — Leyden Mus. ; Forbes — coll. Dist.) ; Preanger & Sumedang (Bruss. Mus.). Borneo, Elopura (Pryer — coll. Dist.) ; Kina Balu Mt. (Whitehead — coll. Dist.). Cokba (Belcher — Brit.Mus.).
6. Cryptotympana mandarina, n. sp. (Tab. XI., fig. 7, a, h.)
Fidicina operculata, Carreno (M.S. ?'?); Walk. List Hom. i. p. 90, n. 19 (1850). (? . Body above black ; eyes fuscous ; anal segment of the abdomen with an ochraceous spot on each side. Body beneath and legs black ; a spot at anterior margin of face, two marginal spots between face and eyes, lateral margins of face, femoral streaks, posterior tibite (excluding bases and apices), margins of opercula, segmental margins (excluding disk), and apex of terminal segment, dark ochraceous. Tegmina and wings hyaline, the venation fuscous ; tegmina with the costal membrane castaneous, its extreme costal edge blackish, the post-costal area blackish ; basal cell black ; about basal third of tegmina and the subcostal area to ax^es pale castaneous. Wings with about basal half irregularly very dark castaneous.
The opercula extend to about half the length of the abdomen, slightly overlap at basal margin, somewhat concavely and obliquely sinuate at outer margins, and inwardly beyond base widely divergent to apices, which are narrowly and obtusely convex.
Long. excl. tegm. ^ , 40 millim. Exp. tegm. 115 millim.
Hab.—China (coll. Dist.)
Mr. Atkinson* states that "the Indian Museum possesses a specimen" of G. operculata, Carreno, but this is probably erroneous, as he writes that the species was recorded from N. India, though Walker — perhaps the greatest obscurantist who has yet appeared in entomology — gave no locality to the specimens he identified under Carreno's name, without any reference to the place or manner of their description.
C. Tegmina with about basal third alone black.
7. Cryptotympana pustulata. (Tab. XI., fig. 10, a, b.)
TetU(jimia pustulata, Fabricius, Mant. Ins. ii. p. 2G6, n. 11 (1787); Ent. Syst. iv. p. 20, n. 15 (1794); Syst. Ebyug. p. 37, n. 21 (1808).
Tetti<jonia utrata, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. p. 267, n. 22 (1787); Ent. Syst. iv. p. 24, u. 28 (1794); Syst. Ehyng. p. 42, n. 44 (1803).
*J.A.S.Beng.vol.liii.p.231(1885).
ORIENTAL CICADIDM. 87 Cicada atrata, Oliv. Enc. Mcth. v. p. 755, u. 40 (1790).
Cicada ni'jra, Oliv. Enc. Mc'tli. v. p. 750, n. 17 (1790).
Cicada pustitlata, Oliv. Enc. Moth. v. p. 750, n. IH (1790); Walk. List Horn. i. p. 118, n. 39 (1850). Cicada atra, Sign. Rev. k Mag. Zool. 18-19, p. 406, n. 1, tab. 10, fig. 1. Fidicina atrata. Walk. List Horn. i. p. 89, n. 16 (1850).
Fidivina Inibo, Walk. List Horn. i. p. 82, n. 7 (1850).
Cryptotijmpanabubo,Stal,Ofv.Vet.-Ak.Forh.1862,p.483.
Cnii>toli/mpana atrata, Still, Ann. Soo. Ent. Fr. S(5r. 4, vol. i. p. 013 (1861). Crijptutijmpana niijra, Sttll, Hem. Fabr. ii. p. G, n. 1 (18G9); Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Forb. 1870, p. 714, n. 1. Stoll, Cig. fig. 118.
S ■ Body above black; eyes ochraceous; mesonotum with two obscure central linear pale castaneous obconieal spots, the cruciform elevation also castaneous. Body beneath black; head with the central sulcation, apex and lateral margins of face, the outer and posterior margins of opercula, margins of abdommal segments, and some scattered sternal spots, ochraceous. Legs ochraceous, femoral streaks and basesandapicesoftibiseblack.
Tegmina and wings pale hyaline, the venation ochraceous and fuscous; tegmina with the costal membrane ochraceous, its extreme basal costal edge black, the post-costal area black; less than basal third of tegmina (excluding venation) black ; basal cell black, with an ochraceous spot. Wings with less than basal half black.
Body robust, but moderately elongate ; opercula not half the length of the body, their outer margins oblique and slightly convex, their inner margins strongly oblique to apices, which are broadly and obtusely angulated.
Long. excl. tegm. 3 , 44 millim. Exp. tegm. 125 millim.
Hab.— Malayan Aeohipelago : Philippine Isles (Semper — Stockh. Mus.). China (Calc. Mus., Bruss. Mus., coll. Sign., and coll. Dist.) ; Hong Kong (Bowi-ing — Brit. Mus.). Japan (coll. Dist.)- Considerable confusion has hitherto existed in the synonymy of this species. The late Dr. Stal was the first in his endeavour to clear its position, and in his ' Hemiptera Fabriciana ' he placed the species under the name of C. nigra, Oliv., with the Tett. pustulatu, Fabr., as a synonym. This was owing to his not going behind the ' Eutomologia Systematica, ic.,' of Fabricius, bearing the date 1794, but as the species was described in the * Mantissa Insectorum, &c.,' of 1787, it clearly has priority over Olivier's description. Stul also correctly writes " T. pustulatce America meridionalem incorrecte citat Fabricius." Under the name of Cicada atra, the late Dr. Signoret recorded this species as from Java,* a locality that at present must be accepted with some doubt.
D. Tc'ijmina with less than basal fourth opaque and blackish.
8. Cryptotympana corvus. (Tab. X., fig. 11, a, b.)
Fidicina cornts, Walker, List Horn. i. p. 86, n. 11 (1850); Atkins. J. A. S. Beug. vol. liii. p. 231, n. 82 (188.5). Cryptotympanacorvm,Stsil,Ofv.Vet.-Ak.Forh.1862,p.483.
Fidicina invariam. Walk. Ins. Saund., llom. p. 11 (1858).
<? . Body above black ; eyes ochraceous ; lateral margins of the abdomen fringed with ochraceous pile. Body beneath black; a spot at basal margin of face, anterior femora (excluding bases and apices), intermediatuandposteriorfemoraandtibia'^excludingbasesandapices),opercula(excludingbasalmargins or some basal streaks), and a broad sublateral fascia on each side of abdomen, ochraceous. *Rev.&Mag.Zool.1849,p.407.
«8 vniESTAL CICADID^.
Tegmina and wings hyaline, the venation ochraceous and fuscous. Tegmina with the costal membrane ochraceous, its costal edge blackish ; postcostal area blackish ; basal cell and less than onefourth of tegmina at base (excluding venation) blackish. Wings with rather less than basal third blackish. The opercula are about half as long as the abdomen, their outer margins oblique inwardly, their inner margins outwardly and slightly concavely oblique to apices, which are obtusely angulated ; basal marginsslightlyoverlapping.
Long. excl. tegm. <? , 45 to 47 millim. Exp. tegm. 117 to 130 millim. Hab. — Continental India: Sikkim (coll. Dist. & Calc. Mas.) ; Darjeeling (Stockh. Mus.) ; Assam (Calc. Mus.) ; Sylhet (Sowerby — Brit. Mus.) ; Naga Hills (Doherty — coll. Dist.) ; Neelgiri Hills, southern slopes (Hampson—coll. Dist.).
F. Tegmina ivith the dark opaque coloration, scarcely extending beyond basal cell. 9. Cryptotympana intermedia. (Tab. XI., fig. 1, a, b.)
Cicada intermedia, Signoret, Eev. & Mag. Zool. 1849, p. 407, t. 10, f. 2. Cryptotympana intermedia, Stal, Ann. See. Ent. Fr. ser. 4, i. p. 613 (1861) ; Atkins. J. A. S. Bang. vol. liii. p.231,n.80(1885).
Fidicinti imm.aculata, Walk. (nee. Oliv.), List Horn. i. p. 90, n. 21 (1850). <? . Body above black or very dark castaneous ; eyes ochraceous. Mesonotum with two obscure central obconical spots and the basal cruciform elevation castaneous ; tympanal coverings dark castaneous. Body beneath black, somewhat thickly clothed with griseous pile ; femoral and tibial streaks, posterior tibiae (excluding bases and apices), and the opercula, ochraceous.
Tegmina and wings hyaline, the venation ochraceous ; tegmina with the costal membrane and postcostal area ochraceous, extreme basal costal edge blackish ; basal cell and basal patch (excluding venation) ochraceous. Wings with about basal fifth dark castaneous. The opercula are about half as long as the abdomen, centrally overlapping on their basal halves and then oblique to apices, which are obtusely angulated, outer margins slightly oblique and reflexed. Long. excl. tegm. 3' , 44 millim. Exp. tegm. 127 millim.
Hab. — Continental India: "North East District" (coll. Dist.) ; North Bengal (Miss Campbell — Brit. Mus.). Ceylon (coll. Dist.). Malayan Archipelago: Java (Sign.). 10. Cryptotympana acuta. (Tab. XI., fig. 8, a, b.)
Cicada acuta, Signoret, Rev. & Mag. Zool. 1849, p. 409, u. 4, t. 10, f. 3a. Cicada vicinri. Sign. Rev. & Mag. Zool. 1849, p. 410, n. 5, t. 10, f. 4. Fidicina nivifera, Walk. List Hom. i. p. 80, n. 4 (1850); ib. iv. t. 1, f. 2 (1852). Fidicina acuta. Walk. List Hom. i. p. 81, n. 5 (1850).
Fidicina Ucolor, Walk. List Hom. iv. p. 1121, n. 85 (1852).
Cryptotympana acuta. Still, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. ser. 4, i. p. 613 (1861); Ofv. Vet.-Ak. FOrb. 18G2, p. 483. Cryptotympana vicina, Stal, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. ser. 4, i. p. 613 (1861); Atkins. J. A. S. Beug. vol. liii. p. 280, n.78(1885).
Fidicina timorica, Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc. ,vol. x. p. 91, n. 19 (1867). Body above dark castaneous or black ; eyes and ocelli ochraceous. Pronotum with some obscure and subobsolete darker markings. Mesonotum with two central dark obconical spots, on each side of which is a longer dark fascia and a curved fascia in front of the anterior angles of the basal cruciform elevation, black. Abdomen with a large lateral greyish-white fascia on each side occupying three basal segments behind the tympana. Body beneath dark castaneous ; the sternum thickly clothed with greyishpile ; the opercula ochraceous, apical segment of the abdomen and anal appendage — excepting a dark centralspottoeach—ochraceous.
ORIENTAL CICADID.E. 89 Tef^raina and winpis hyaline, the venation ochraceous and fuscous. Tegmina with the costal membriino ochraceous, the postcostal area blackish ; the base, as far as extremity of basal cell (excluding venation), irregularly blackish ; transverse veins at bases of second and third apical areas infuscated (in the specimen figured the upper apical area is practically wanting), and a pale fuscous outer marginal fascia. Wings with less than basal third (excluding venation) blackish. Opercula more than half the length of the body, overlapping at their basal margins, the outer margins slightly concavely sinuate, the inner margins concavely and obliquely sinuate to apices, which aresubacutelyangulated.
Long. excl. tcgm. J , 36 to 43 millim. Exp. tcgm. 102 to 130 millim.
Hab.— Continental India: " Uhutan Duars" * (Calc. Mus.). Malayan Archipelago: Java (coll. Sign. ; Argent— Brit. Mus.) ; Kederi (von Hiigel— coll. Dist.) ; Borneo, Sandakan (Fryer— coll. Dist.) ; Philippine Isles (Semper — Stockh. Mus.) ; Palawan (coll. Dist.) ; Timor (Wallace— Brit. Mus.). I have examined a typical specimen of C. vicina, Sign., which was kindly forwarded to me by my late friend Dr. Signoret, and I found it impossible to separate it from the figure of C. <inita given by the same author. The opercula of C vicina shown by another figure are apparently not correctly pourtrayed, if the specimen forwarded to me as typical could be relied on, which coming from its describer should surely be the case. Under these circumstances I have felt no hesitation in placing C. vicina, Sign., as a synonym of C. acuta, Sign. Dr. Signoret's figure of C. acuta is also much more brightly coloured than any specimen that has come under my observation.
11. Cryptotympana demissitia, u. sp. (Tab. XIII., fig. 11, a, h.)
$ . Body above very dark castaneous, abdomen almost black ; eyes ochraceous ; pronotum with the posterior and lateral margins paler ; mesonotum with six obscure obconical spots on anterior margin, the two central plainest, and a curved fascia between anterior angles of the basal cruciform elevation black. Body beneath dull, dark ochraceous ; sternum thickly clothed with ochraceous pile ; face, space between face and eyes, the anterior tibiae and the rostrum blackish ; intermediate tibiae with the bases and apices blackish.
Tegmina and wings hyaline with a very slight fuscous tinge, the venation dark, dull ochraceous; tegmina with the costal membrane ochraceous, the postcostal area blackish, the transverse veins at the bases of the second and third apical areas infuscated ; the base as far as extremity of basal cell (excluding venation) blackish. Wings with the base very narrowly blackish.
Opercula very long, extending to the apical segment of the abdomen, slender, divergent, with their apices subacute.
Long. excl. tegm. ^ , 42 millim. Exp. tegm. 115 millim.
Hab. — Malayan Archipelago : Sumatra (coll. Dist.).
The great length and peculiar structure of the opercula render this species very distinct. 12. Cryptotympana recta. (Tab. X., iig. 10, a, h.)
Fiilicinti iictd. Walker, List Horn. i. p. 79, n. 3 (1850).
Cryptoti/iiqiaiia nctii, Stiil, Ufv. Vet.-Ak. Forh. 1802, p. 488 ; Atkins. J.A.S. Beug. vol. liii. p. 230, ii.77 (1885). <? . Body above black, sparingly clothed with ochraceous pile ; eyes castaneous ; mesonotum with two very obscure and subobsolete central obconical spots; body beneath black, the sternum thickly clothed with greyish pile ; legs blackish, intermediate tibia3 and posterior femora and tibiw castaneous, streaked with black; opercula ochraceous; abdomen with a broad lateral fascia of ochraceous pile on each side. •■•'ThislocalityisgivenontheauthorityofMr..\tkinson(J..\.S.Bong.vol.liii.p.230.1885).
90 ORIENTAL CICADIDM.
Tegmiua and wings bj-aline, the venation ochraceous or fuscous ; tegmina with the costal membrane ochraceous, its extreme basal costal edge black ; postcostal area black ; transverse veins at the bases of the second and third apical areas darkly iufuscated ; base of tegmina scarcely or only slightly passing basal cell (excluding venation) black ; wings with less than basal third black. The opercula are about half the length of the abdomen, with their outer margins concavely sinuate, their inner basal margins overlapping, and from thence concavely and obliquely divergent to the apices, whicharesubacute.
Long. excl. tegm. <? , 41 inillim. Exp. tegm. 110 millim.
Hab. — Continental India : Sylhet (Sowerby — Brit. Mus.) ; North Khasi Hills (Chennell — coll. Dist.) ; Neelgiri Hills, South Slopes (Hampson — coll. Dist.).
This species has considerable resemblance to C. corvus, Walk., also found in the same locality. C. recta, however, is smaller, the costal membrane of the tegmina has only its extreme basal edge black, and the basal black patch to the tegmina and wings is somewhat smaller than in C. corvus ; the colour of the legs, the shape and absence of black markings to the opercula are also different, 13. Cryptotympana facialis. (Tab. XI., fig. 11, a, h.)
Cicada facialis. Walker, List Hom., Suppl. p. 30 (1858).
Cryptotympana facialis, Stal, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Forh. 1862, p. 183.
Fidicina nigrofuscata, Motsch. BuU. Soc. Nat. Mosc. xxxix. p. 185 (1866). 3^ . Body above black, sparingly and finely pilose ; tympana castaneous, basal abdominal segment narrowly margined with greyish-white pile, especially at the lateral margins ; eyes dull obscure ochraceous. Body beneath thickly clothed with greyish-white pile ; head, prosternum, lateral margins and a broad central fascia to abdomen, dull olivaceous ; anterior and intermediate legs dull olivaceous streaked with ochraceous, posterior legs ochraceous, femoral streaks and apices of tibiae olivaceous ; opercula bright ochraceous ; face with a central longitudinal fascia and the margins of head between face and eyes dull ochraceous.
Tegmina and wings hyaline, the venation olivaceous and fuscous ; tegmina with the costal membrane olivaceous, the postcostal area blackish; transverse veins at the bases of the second and third apical areas slightly infuscated ; base of tegmina not extending beyond basal cell (excluding venation) blackish ; vein beneath lower ulnar area reddish ochraceous ; wings with less than basal half blackish. The opercula are about half the length of the body, subovate, overlapping at their central basal margins, and their apices broadly and convexly rounded.
Long. excl. tegm. <? , 45 to 49 millim. Exp. tegm. 120 to 124 millim.
Hab.— SiAM (Bowring— Brit. Mus.). China: Shantung (coll. Dist.). Japan (Pryer— coll. Dist.) ; Eyukyu (coll. Dist.).
11. Cryptotympana sinensis. (Tab. XI., fig. 6, a, h.)
Cryptotympana sinensis, Distant, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. xs. p. 415 (1887). S . Head ochraceous ; front with the margins (but not meeting at apex) broadly castaneous ; eyes olivaceous; ocelli reddish-ochraceous, with their surrounding area castaneous. Pronotum castaneous, the margins and a central fascia, which is much widened and amphated at base, ochraceous. Mesonotum ochraceous, with two large obconical castaneous spots near each lateral margin and two large, central, very obscure obconical spots, which are only visible by their slightly darker margins ; basal cruciform elevation pale olivaceous. Abdomen above ochraceous, the posterior segmental margins castaneous. Body beneath and legs ochraceous ; face with the lateral carinse castaneous ; apices of the tibite and tarsi castaneous.
OniESTAL CICAJ)1]>.E. 91 Tegmina pale liyaline, the venation ocbraceous, the costal membrane pale greenish, and the basal third of the tegrainal area tinged with pale ocbraceous. Wings pale bj'aline, the venation ocbraceous, and the base narrowly tinged with pale ocbraceous. The face is tumid, the lateral carina robust and slightly waved ; the rostrum extends to the intermediate coxfe ; the opercula are somewhat short, with their lateral margins slightly concave and their posterior margins oblique, they overlap at the centre, and their apices extend to about the second abdominal segment.
Long. excl. tegm. J , 40 millim. Exp. tegm. 118 millim. Hab. — China: Shantung (coll. Dist.).
15. Cryptotympana insularis. (Tab. XI., fig. 2, a, h.) Cri/plutympanii insularis, Distant, Arm. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. v. vol. xx. p. 416 (1887). Head, pronotum, and mcsonotum dark olivaceous ; eyes ocbraceous, front with some basal Idack carina; on each side of lateral margins; ocelli shining ocbraceous. Pronotum with a pale central longitudinal impression with some short transverse carinas at base, and with two oblique linear incisions on each lateral half. Mesonotum with two dark central obconical spots starting from anterior margin, and on each side of these spots is a smaller and more obscure spot ; a dark castaneous spot in front of the basal cruciform elevation, which is pale ohvaceous. Abdomen above dark shining brownish olivaceous, the segments more or less clothed with pale pilosity. Body beneath olivaceous; face with a central, longitudinal, levigate, ocbraceous fascia, which is somewhat obliterated near centre; rostrum pitchy and almost reaching the posterior coxa3; abdomen beneath brownish ocbraceous; legs with the anterior femora dark ochraeous, their apices and the anterior tibiie and tarsi pitchy ; intermediate and posterior I'umora brownish, the trochanters pitchy, the tibias ocbraceous, their apices and the tarsi pitchy, the posterior tarsi with a centralocbraceousannulation.
Tegmina pale hyaline, with a very slight fuscous tinge ; venation and the costal membrane ohvaceous, the first more brownish on basal half, and the transverse veins at the apices of the two upper ulnar areas infuscated. Wings resembling tegmina, both narrowly very dark fuscous at base. The body is short and broad, giving the species much the appearance of the American genus Fidicina. The opercula slightly overlap at the centre, and are obtusely and broadly angulated at the apices, which do not pass the broad basal segment of the abdomen. Anterior femora armed beneath with two strong spines, one near base and one near apex. Long. excl. tegm. ^ , 36 millim. Exp. tegm. 115 millim. Hab. — Andaman Isles : Port Blair (Meldola — coll. Dist.). This is one of the insects seciuecl by my friend Prof. Meklohi during the •■British Echpse Expedition," of v^^hich he was a member.* IG. Cryptotympana limborgi.f (Tab. X., fig. 7, a, h.) Cnjittoti/iiipann limbonii. Distant, Auu. & Mag. Nat. Hist. scr. G, vol. i. p. 296 (1888); Ann. Mus. Civ. Genoa, ser. 2a, vol. vi. p. 457 (1888).
Cryptotympana recta, Dist. (uec. Walk.), .J. A. S. Beng. vol. slviii. p. 40, 1.11, fig. 4 (1879). ^ . Body above olivaceous-brown. Head with the lateral striations to front and a transverse fascia between the eyes black. Pronotum with two central, oblique, discal, black fasciae ; the posterior margin ■WehaveduringtheInstfewyearshadaveryconsiderableaccessiontoourknowledgeoftheNaturalHistnryofthese islands.Comuienciiif;withMankind,wohavetheexhaustiveandexcellentethnologicaltreatisesbyMr.E.H.Man(Journ. Anthrop.Instit.vols.xi.p.2(')8,xii.p.09,andxiv.p.253).Theornithologyhasbeenwellstudied,atandsincethetimeofthe Hume expedition, and the Rhopalocera have been enumerated and described by Mr.
Moore (Proc.
Zool.
Soc.
1877, p.
580), and Messrs.Wood-MasonanddeNiccvillo(J.A.S.Beng.vol.xlix.p.223,andvol.1.p.243). tNamedafteritsdiscoverer,Mr.OssianLimborg,whomadeacollectingexpeditioninthedistricteastofMouUuein, Tenasscrim Provinces.
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olivaceous, witb its inner border and the anterior margin narrowly black. Mesonotum ^yitb two central, obconical, black fasciae on anterior margin, between which is a very narrow and indistinct dark line ; on each side of the obconical spots is a smaller spot and a short oblique, discal, black faseiate line on each side near base. Abdominal segmental margins and inner area of tympana blackish ; abdomen laterally clothed with greyish pile. Body beneath olivaceous-brown ; anterior tibiae and tarsi, apices of intermediate and posterior tibias and the tarsi blackish. Opercula olivaceous, with their inner margins blackish ; abdomen beneath dark castaneous, the lateral margins broadly covered with ochraceous pile. Tegmina and wings pale hyaline, their bases blackish, the venation ochraceous or fuscous ; tegmina with the costal membrane olivaceous, the postcostal area blackish ; transverse veins at the bases of second and third apical areas infuscated.
The opercula are short and suboval, their inner margins straight at base and then obliquely deflected to apices, which do not extend beyond the basal abdominal segment ; their outer margins are slightly obliqueandconvexlydeflectedatapices.
Long. excl. tegm. ,? , 32 millim. Exp. tegm. 95 millim.
Hab. — Tenasserim (Limborg — Calc. Mus.) ; Myitta (Doherty — coll. Dist.). When describing the Eliyncliota collected by Mr. Limborg in Upper Tenasserim the typical female, Crijtotijmpana recta, Walk., was alone known to me, and I then opined that the species I afterwards described as C. Umhorgi might prove to be the male of C. recta. But when both sexes of Walker's species had been received, further doubt was impossible. Species hnown to the ivriter hy the female sex only.
17. Cryptotympana exalbida, n. sp. (Tab. XIII., fig. 12, a, h.)
2 . Head, pronotum and mesonotum castaneous. Abdomen black. Front of the head, with the lateral striations black, vertex black ; eyes ochraceous. Pronotum with two central black fascias anteriorly ■widened, a transverse linear mark at front of anterior margin, hinder edge of posterior margin and a short central transverse fascia to same, black ; anterior half of lateral margins white. Mesonotum with two central obconical spots, on each side of which is a longer spot and with a lateral fascia, black ; a black triangular spot in front of basal cruciform elevation with a slender prolongation extending to anterior margin. Abdomen sparingly clothed with fine griseous pile. Body beneath black ; sternum thickly clothed with griseous pile and a lateral fascia of grey pile on each side of abdomen; face castaneous, the transverse striations and the longitudinal sulcation, black ; space between face and eyes, and spots to coxae, black ; legs castaneous, anterior and intermediate tibiae and tarsi black, intermediate tibite with a sub-basal castaneous annulation, apex of posterior tibije and base of posterior tarsi, black ; anal appendage with an ochraceousspotoneachside.
Tegmina and wings pale hyaline, the venation ochraceous and fuscous ; tegmina with the costal membrane ochraceous, the postcostal area blackish ; basal cell ochraceous, with its upper half black ; extreme base of tegmina and a broad short streak on base of inner margin, black. Wings narrowly black at base.
The face is convexly tumid and the rostrum only just passes the intermediate coxae. Long. excl. tegm. 2 , 32 millim. Exp. tegm. 95 millim.
Hab. — Continental India: Neelgiri Hills, northern slopes, 3500 feet (Hampson — coll. Dist.). I am indebted to Mr. G. F. Hampson for four female specimens of this species, which I have hitherto refrained from describing, with the desire of firstly acquiring a male example.
OniESTAL CICADIIkE. 03 Having, however, now described the genus, it becomes necessary to incorporate this species, which is very distinct, even in the female sex, by its small size, and by the white lateral margins to the pronotum.
18. Cryptotympana tondana. (Tab. XIII., fig. 13, a, b.)
Fidicina tondmm, Walker, Joum. Linn. Soc, Zool. vol. x. p. 92, n. 20 (18C7). " Female. Green, very stout. Head nearly :is broad as the thorax ; an irregular and much excavated black band between the eyes ; some transverse black streaks on each side in front, the intermediate space tawny and longitudinally striated ; some black dots near the hind border, which is also black. First segment of the prothorax mostly black-bordered, with a black stripe whicli does not extend to the hind border, and is between two u-regular black stripes ; these are imited on the hind border and are much recurved ; hind segment with a black triangular spot, which rests on the fore border. Mesothorax with four large obconical black spots, which rest on the fore border, the outer paii* much longer than the inner pair. Abdomen black above. Legs piceous ; knees green ; fore femora much incrassated." " Wings hyaline, slightly cinereous ; veins black."
" Length of the body 16 lines ; of the wings 60 lines."
Hab. — Malayan Archipelago: Celebes, Tondano (Wallace — Brit. Mus.). This species is only known to the writer by the female typical specimen contained in the National Collection ; the usual course of figuring that specimen and reproducing the original description is therefore again followed.
Species nnk>wicn to the writer.
19. Cryptotympana immaculata.
fjV«(/a inniuiiuhitii, Olivier, Euc. Meth. v. p. 752, n. 29, t. 112, f. 7 (1790); Sign. Rev. & Mag. Zool. 1819, p.410,n.G.
Cryptottjm)iana immuculatu, St;il, Auu. Soc. Ent. Fr. ser. 4, vol. i. p. 613 (18G1); Atkins. J. A. S. Beug. vol. liii. p.231,n.79(1885).
This species seems to be most nearly allied to C. intermedia, Sign., but differs by the clear and unspotted tegmina and wings. It was recorded as from Java ; Mr. Atkinson inchukd it in his list of Indian Homoptera through an erroneous identification by Walker. Genus CICADA.* Cicada, Liunrcus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 704 (17GG); Amyot & Serville, Hist, des Hem. p. 473, n. 874 (ISIS); Still, Ann. Soc. Ent. de Fr. ser. 4, vol. i. p. 614 (18G1) ; Hem. Afr. iv. p. 6 (1866) ; Dist. Biol. Centr. Am. Ebynch. Horn. p. G (1881).
Subgen.Chrcmistien,Stiil,Ofv.Vet.-Ak.Fiirh.1870,p.714.
Subgen. Macrotristria, Still, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Forb. 1870, p. 714.
Subgen.Diceroprocta,Stul,Ofv.Vet.-Ak.Forli.1870,p.714.
*"Theword'Cicada'hasbeenderivedfromciccum,athinskin,andalsofromcito,quickly,andcadere,tofall, acompomidsiijiKestiveoftheirbeingshort-lived;whileaStiv,tosing,isstatedtosignifyintrinsicallyasoun1producedby motionofapelUcle.ACicadainancientdayswastheemblemofmnsicamongtheEgyptiansandGreiks,andaccordingto Polybius,itseffigywasstruckonthecoinsofraceswhoclamiedsuperiorityinthatai-t,astheMosseuiansinAicaiUa,and LocriansinItaly"(A.H.Swinton,'InsectVariety,'p.24).
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