10 ORIENTAL CICADID.E. 



basal cruciform elevation ; abdomen black, with the posterior segmental margins narrowly castaneous ; 

 head beneath, rostrum, sternum, opercula and legs ochraceous ; head with the central sulcation and a 

 large spot on each side of anterior margin of face and a broad fascia between face and eyes black; 

 abdomen beneath castaneous, with the posterior segmental margins paler. 



Tegmina with about basal third opaque, remainder hyaline; base, a subbasal oblique fascia and 

 a shorter transverse fascia at about centre brownish, the space between base and the subbasal fascia 

 •obscure creamy white, the costal membrane ochraceous, its anterior edge minutely spotted with brown, 

 venation brownish-ochraceous, the apical margins of the ulnar areas infuscated, and some elongate spots 

 on the apices of the longitudinal veins to apical areas of the same colour; wings dark brownish with 

 a central obscure creamy fascia not reaching posterior margin, the apical margin and a spot on posterior 

 margin creamy white. 



The transverse striations of the face are coarse and profound, the rostrum reaches the interior angles 

 of the opercula, which have their posterior and lateral margins oblique. 



Long. excl. tegm. <? , 28 millim. Exp. tegm. 75 millim. Exp. pronot. angl. 14 millim. 



Hab.— Continental India— no locality— (coll. Dist.). Ceylon; Colombo (Calc. Mus.). 



This is another scarce species in collections. Walker's type is unlocaHsed. I possess 

 a specimen simply labelled "India," and the Indian Museum contains an example from 

 Colombo. The Cicadidce of Ceylon have still to be collected.* 



9. Poecilopsaltria octoguttata. (Tab. I., fig. 5, a, b.) 



Tettiyonia 8-guUata, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. Suppl. p. 516, 22-23 (1798) ; Syst. Ebyng. p. 39, 83 (1803). 

 Tettlgonia octoguttata, Coqueb. 111. Icon. Ins. i. p. 34, t. 9, f. 1 (1799). 



Oxypleura sanguiJJua, Walk. List Hem. i. p. 24, n. 6 (1850); Ins. Sauud. Horn. p. 2 (1858). 

 Pmilopsaltria octoguttata, StiU, Berl. Ent. Zeit. x. p. 168, n. 1 (1860). 



Platypleura octoguttata, Butl. Cist. Ent. i. p. 192, n. 85 (1874) ; Atkins. J. A. S. Beug. vol. liii. p. 210, n. 13, 

 (1885) ; ibid. Iv. p. 148, n. 8 (1886). 



Head and eyes ochraceous ; front, a transverse fascia between the eyes, and a spot behind the eyes 

 black ; pronotum castaneous, the posterior and lateral margins ochraceous, two spots on anterior edge of 

 posterior margin and the area of the lateral margins black ; mesonotum ochraceous, with five large black 

 spots, four obconical on anterior margin — the central two shortest- and one large discal, narrowed and pointed 

 anteriorly and widened and dilated posteriorly, and a black spot on each side of the cruciform elevation. 

 Abdomen blackish, clothed with greyish pile; tympanal coverings anteriorly dull ochraceous. Head 

 beneath, sternum, legs and opercula dull ochraceous ; a transverse fascia between the eyes— containing 

 a small ochraceous spot at centre and each side of face — central sulcation and posterior margins of face, 

 some sternal spots, basal margins of opercula and apex of rostrum black ; tibiae more or less castaneous ; 

 abdomen beneath black. 



Tegmina with about basal half opaque, remainder hyaline, costal membrane ochraceous, with two 

 dark brown spots, venation ochraceous, a basal patch, a broad transverse fascia at about one-third from 

 base, a waved fascia united to the previous fascia at apex of radial area and apex of lower ulnar area, 

 which is again united to a narrow waved fascia at bases of first five apical areas, and a double series of 

 small spots near apices of longitudinal veins to apical areas, dark chocolate-brown ; between these basal 

 fasciffi are a narrow transverse fascia, and a spot near apex of radial area, which are creamy opaque-white ; 

 •wings dark chocolate-brown with basal sanguineous rays, and the outer margin — not extending to anal 

 angle — pale white hyaline. 



* One wishes that an entomologist could be sent to this island with instructions somewhat similar to those given 

 by Prof. Ward to Mr. Hornaday— " Plunder Ceylon. Rake the island over as with a fine-toothed comb ; catch everything you 

 can m three months' time, and send me the best of it."— Hornaday, W. J., ' Two Years in the Jungle,' p. 248. 



