Three New African Cicadaf^. 17 



Eyva l)r(i\\ii. I'rointt mii brownish oehruL-eous, iinmacvilate. 

 Mf'sdiiot mil . Idownish ochvaceous, with four sti-oiifrly dcfiiuMl 

 black ulvdiiiial spots, the inner pair shorter, brownish spots at 

 anterior angles of and on centre of disc of cruciform elevation. 

 Abdomen V)lack, shading at lateral edges and tip to an obscure 

 castaneous. Body beneath brownish ochraceous. Ttgmina all grey- 

 ish fuscous and oj^aque, except for a hyaline fascia across bases of 

 apical areas, and another, including upper discoidal area and 

 portion of second. SjDot behind costa. small spots in apices of apical 

 areas, and margin, also hyaline. Wiiif/s Avith basal third and anal 

 area yellow, central third deep fuscous, and apical margin, Avhicii 

 is very broad, hyaline. Head equal in width to mesonotum. short, 

 obtusely convex, front not prominent, pronotal margins narrow and 

 not produced laterally; head, pronotum and mesonotum about equal 

 in length to abdomen. Face flattened, rostrum just reaching hind 

 coxae. Opercula, broadly rounded posteriorly, not quite meeting 

 centrally. Seven males in Coll. H. A. 



Le/if/t/i. — 13-15 mm. ; exp. teg., 37-40 mm. 



I/ah. — Central Africa. Sikumba. 



Platypi.euha longirostris, n. sp. 



Head, dull ochraceous. base of front in two bright yellow spots, 

 followed by a fine black fascia. Black fascia between eyes, includ- 

 ing area of ocelli and broken between ocelli and eyes, and surround 

 a dull ochraceous spot. Eyes brown. Pronotum dull ochraceous, 

 incisures and spot before posterior margin blackish. Spot on 

 anterior angles of pronotal lateral margins, which are fairly ampli- 

 ate and rounded, black. Mesonotum ochraceous, two central obconi- 

 cal spots, on each side a longer fascia extending over almost whole 

 of lateral areas, between the two central spots a fine line joining 

 with a large black area before the cruciform elevation ; all black, 

 cruciform elevation shining yellow. Abdomen black, tympanal 

 coverings dull castaneous. penultimate segment of abdomen above 

 covered, except for central dorsal line, with white tomentum. 

 Tegmiiia warm fuscous, marked with several white spots, of whiel 

 the most prominent are. two in radial area, one in third discoidal 

 area, one in eighth apical area, and one at apex of fifth apical area. 

 Wings reddish yellow, evenly margined with piceous, white spot 

 on margin just outside anal area, which is all yellow. Body beneath 

 almost uniformly dull brown, central sulcus to face, tip of rostrum. 



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