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b. Tcgmina clear and nnspottrd. 



17. Pomponia dohertyi, n. sp. (T;il). XIII. , fig. n, «, h.) 



Head, i)i-onotum ami mcsonotum dark ochraceous ; abdomen palo castaneous. Head with the eyes 

 fuscous, the area of the occlH and anterior margins of vertex infuscated. Pronotum with a subobsolete 

 central fascia, with a dark spot at base and apex, a short discal fuscous streak on each side; the 

 furrows and outer margins also infuscated. Mesonotum with two small central obconical spots, and some 

 subobsolete fasciie on each side, and with two small blackish spots situate near the anterior angles of the 

 basal cruciform elevation, the centre of which is dark fuscous. Body beneath and legs dark ochraceous ; 

 apex of rostrum and tarsal claws fuscous ; apical area of abdomen castaneous. 



Tegmina and wings pale hyaline and unspotted, with a slight bronzy tinge; the venation dark 

 ochraceous. 



The body is somewhat elongate ; the opercula tumid, convexly rounded and well separated ; rostrum 

 not quite reaching the posterior coxa}. 



Long. excl. tegm. $ , 27 millim. Exp. tegm. 75 millim. 



Hab. — Continental India: Upper Assam ; Margherita (Doherty — coll. Dist.). 



I have named this species after its discoverer, Mr. Wm. Doherty, to whom we are 

 indebted for the knowledge of many hitherto unknown Cicadidiv. 



B. Abdomen long; tympanal coverings largely developed. 



18. Pomponia nigristigma. (Tab. IX., fig. 7, a, h.) 



Dundubia nhjristiyma , Walker, List Horn. i. p. 57, u. 17 (1850). 



" Body dull tawny ; head much narrower than the fore-chest ; crown adorned with two black bands, 

 which are arranged in an elliptical form; face convex: mouth tawny with a black tip, reachmg the 

 hind-hips ; eyes prominent ; feelers black ; fore-chest broadest near the base of the fore-wings ; scutcheon 

 adorned with two black stripes, which are widened in front and with two black reversed C-shaped marks ; 

 furrows black ; hind-scutcheon narrow in the middle, much widened and slightly angular by the base of 

 each fore-wing, armed with two teeth on each side ; scutcheon of the middle-chest adorned with four black 

 stripes and on the hind border with four black dots ; middle stripes broad in front, united behind ; hind 

 border very slightly excavated ; abdomen obconical, much longer than the chest ; hind borders of the 

 segments adorned with black bands whose outlines are very irregular; disk beneath and tip black; 

 opercula* dull tawny, large, nearly meeting on the back; drums tawny, small, not extending beyond the 

 base of the abdomen ; legs tawny ; fore-shanks, fore-feet and tips of the shanks and of the feet black ; 

 claws black towards the tips; fore-thighs armed with two rather long black teeth." 



" Wings very slightly tinged with brown ; veins black, tawny along the fore border, with the 

 exception of the brand, which is black ; cross veins clouded with brown ; a row of very small brown spots 

 on the tips of the longitudinal veins of the marginal areolets ; flaps brown at the base." 



" Length of the body 10 lines ; of the wings 28 lines." 



Hab. — Malayan Archipelago: Philippine Isles (Cuming — Brit. Mus.). 



I only know this species by the typical specimen in the British Museum, which is here 

 figm-cd, and Walker's original description (with some irrelevant details omitted) reproduced. 

 P. nigristiijma represents a distinct section of the genus. 



* Tympanal coverings as understood in this Monograph. 



