12 ORIENTAL CICADIDM. 



11. PcEcilopsaltria coelebs. (Tab. I., tig. 12, a, h.) 



I'latxjpleuia ca-lebs, Stai, Trans. Eut. Soc. Loud. ser. 3, vol. i. p. 573 (1863) ; Butl. Cist. Entom. vol. i. p. 188, 

 n. 23 (1874) ; Atkins. J. A. S. Beug. vol. liii. p. 213, n. 7 (1885) ; ibid. Iv. p. 146 (1886). 



Head ochraceous ; front, excluding a central spot, margins of vertex between front and eyes, and 

 a transverse fascia between the eyes black ; pronotum pale castaneous, the posterior and lateral margins 

 ochraceous; mesouotum castaneous, with four large obcouical black spots on anterior margin, the central 

 two smallest, a central discal elongate black spot and a small black spot in front of each anterior angle of 

 the basal cruciform elevation; abdomen black, the tympanal coverings, and the posterior segmental 

 margins ochraceous. Head beneath, sternum, legs, rostrum and opercula ochraceous ; a transverse fascia 

 between the eyes — enclosing a pale spot on face — inner margins of eyes, posterior margin of face and apex 

 of rostrum black : abdomen beneath castaneous, with the posterior segmental margins and the apes 

 ochraceous. 



Tegmina with about the basal half creamy opaque, shaded with pale fuscous, and more or less outwardly 

 defined by an indistinct curved pale fuscous fascia, remaining area hyaline, costal membrane and venation 

 dark ochraceous, the transverse veins at the bases of the second, third, fourth, fifth and seventh apical 

 areas slightly infuscated ; wings stramineous for about two-thirds their area from base, this coloration 

 outwardly margined with fuscous, remaining area pale hyaline, the venation diirk ochraceous. 



The rostrum extends a little beyond the inner angles of the opercula, which are somewhat well 

 separated. 



Long. excl. tegm. 22 to 23 millim. Exp. tegm. 64 to 68 millim. Exp. pronot. angl. 11 millim. 



Hab. — Continental India: Dekhan (coll. Dist.). China: Chusan (Calc. Mus.). 



Three specimens are contained in the British Museum, but they are only labelled "East 

 India." The species is probably widely distributed, but appears to be scarce in collections. 



12. Poecilopsaltria nicobarica. (Tab. I., fig. 3, a, b.) 



riatijideiua nicobarica, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. iv. vol. xix. p. 311 (1877) ; Atkins. J. A. S. Beng. 

 vol. liii. p. 213, n. 5 (1885) ; ibid. Iv. p. 147, n. 6 (1886). 



$ . Head and pronotum brownish-ochraceous ; anterior margin of front, a broad fascia between the 

 eyes and the edges of the lateral dilated margins of the pronotum black ; mesonotum with four obconical 

 black spots on anterior margin, the central two shortest, a central narrow lanceolate spot and a small 

 spot in front of each anterior angle of the cruciform elevation, black ; abdomen blackish, the posterior 

 segmental margins ochraceous. Head beneath, sternum, legs and rostrum ochraceous ; a narrow fascia 

 between the eyes extending across anterior margin of face, central sulcation and posterior margin of face, 

 black ; abdomen beneath very dark castaneous, the posterior segmental margins ochraceous. 



Tegmina with about the basal half ochraceous and opaque, with two spots on costal membrane, 

 a spot in basal cell, and two in radial area dark brownish ; remaining area of tegmina pale hyaline ; 

 a pale brown fascia not quite crossing tegmina a little beyond the opaque area, an oblique brownish fascia 

 extending across the apices of the upper three ulnar areas, and an irregular double series of brown spots 

 near the apices of the longitudinal veins to apical areas ; wings ochraceous, the outer margins and a 

 transverse discal fascia near apex dark brownish, a spot on outer margin a little before inner angle 

 creamy white. 



Var. a. (Tab. I., fig. 17.) 



Plati/jjleura distincta, Atkinson, J. A. S. Beng. vol. liii. p. 233 (1885). 



Differing from typical examples by the somewhat smaller and less intense black markings on the upper 

 side of head and thorax, and by the wings having the subapical discal fascia fused with the outer margin. 



