Matsumxira : A List of the Japanese and Formosan Cicadidae, with Description igi 



2. Head with eyes always broader 

 than the base of the pronotuni. 



3. Pronotum on the sides always with 

 narrow black margin ; black band 

 near the hind margin always not 

 interrupted in the middle, immedi- 

 ately before it provided with large 

 black triangular spot, inclosing 2 

 ochraceous spots. 



4. Ochraceous W-spot of the mesono- 

 tum always broader, lateral stripes 

 fuh^ous pubescent. 



5. Veins to the tegmina afways I'obust- 

 er, dark brown or black, olivaceous 

 yellow at the basal half; first apical 

 v^ein opens near the base and not 

 brownish suffused ; the third and 

 fourth cross-veins nearly always 

 infuscated (rarely in J not suffus- 

 ed). 



6. Abdmen always black on the back. 



7. Opercula longer, always reaching 

 to the third ventral segment, emar- 

 ginated on the lateral margins. 



6. 



7- 



Head with eyes always as broad as 

 the base of the pronotum. 

 Pi'onotum on the sides not with 

 black margin on the anterior half; 

 black band near the hind margin 

 always interrupted in the middle, 

 immediately before it provided 

 with 2 small black spots, instead 

 of a triangular black spot. 

 Ochraceous W-spot of the mesono- 

 tum narrower, laterial stripes white 

 pulverous. 



Veins to the tegmina slender, red- 

 dish ochroceous to the tip ; first 

 apical cross-vein opens nearly in 

 r/3 of the first apical area, which is 

 nearly yellow brownish suffused ; 

 the fourth and fifth nearly always 

 not infuscated (rarely suffused in 

 the $). 



Abdomen very often reddish och- 

 raceous on the back. 

 Opercula short, always reaching 

 only to the base of the abdomen, not 

 emarginated on the lateral margins. 



It is probable that Mr. Distant has not seen any specimen of C. pyropa from 

 Japan. Mr. B. Oshanin reports in his catalague that this species lives also in 

 Askold Island near Wladivostok. 



7. Cryptotympana Stal. 



11. Cryptotympana pustulata F. 



Tettigonia pustulata F., Mant. Ins. Vol. 2, p. 266, n. 11 (1787). 



