«8 vniESTAL CICADID^. 



Tegmina and wings hyaline, the venation ochraceous and fuscous. Tegmina with the costal 

 membrane ochraceous, its costal edge blackish ; postcostal area blackish ; basal cell and less than one- 

 fourth of tegmina at base (excluding venation) blackish. Wings with rather less than basal third blackish. 



The opercula are about half as long as the abdomen, their outer margins oblique inwardly, their 

 inner margins outwardly and slightly concavely oblique to apices, which are obtusely angulated ; basal 

 margins slightly overlapping. 



Long. excl. tegm. <? , 45 to 47 millim. Exp. tegm. 117 to 130 millim. 



Hab. — Continental India: Sikkim (coll. Dist. & Calc. Mas.) ; Darjeeling (Stockh. Mus.) ; Assam 

 (Calc. Mus.) ; Sylhet (Sowerby — Brit. Mus.) ; Naga Hills (Doherty — coll. Dist.) ; Neelgiri Hills, southern 

 slopes (Hampson — coll. Dist.). 



F. Tegmina ivith the dark opaque coloration, scarcely extending beyond basal cell. 

 9. Cryptotympana intermedia. (Tab. XI., fig. 1, a, b.) 



Cicada intermedia, Signoret, Eev. & Mag. Zool. 1849, p. 407, t. 10, f. 2. 



Cryptotympana intermedia, Stal, Ann. See. Ent. Fr. ser. 4, i. p. 613 (1861) ; Atkins. J. A. S. Bang. vol. liii. 



p. 231, n. 80 (1885). 

 Fidicinti imm.aculata, Walk. (nee. Oliv.), List Horn. i. p. 90, n. 21 (1850). 



<? . Body above black or very dark castaneous ; eyes ochraceous. Mesonotum with two obscure 

 central obconical spots and the basal cruciform elevation castaneous ; tympanal coverings dark castaneous. 

 Body beneath black, somewhat thickly clothed with griseous pile ; femoral and tibial streaks, posterior 

 tibiae (excluding bases and apices), and the opercula, ochraceous. 



Tegmina and wings hyaline, the venation ochraceous ; tegmina with the costal membrane and 

 postcostal area ochraceous, extreme basal costal edge blackish ; basal cell and basal patch (excluding 

 venation) ochraceous. Wings with about basal fifth dark castaneous. 



The opercula are about half as long as the abdomen, centrally overlapping on their basal halves and 

 then oblique to apices, which are obtusely angulated, outer margins slightly oblique and reflexed. 



Long. excl. tegm. 3' , 44 millim. Exp. tegm. 127 millim. 



Hab. — Continental India: "North East District" (coll. Dist.) ; North Bengal (Miss Campbell — 

 Brit. Mus.). Ceylon (coll. Dist.). Malayan Archipelago: Java (Sign.). 



10. Cryptotympana acuta. (Tab. XI., fig. 8, a, b.) 



Cicada acuta, Signoret, Rev. & Mag. Zool. 1849, p. 409, u. 4, t. 10, f. 3a. 



Cicada vicinri. Sign. Rev. & Mag. Zool. 1849, p. 410, n. 5, t. 10, f. 4. 



Fidicina nivifera, Walk. List Hom. i. p. 80, n. 4 (1850) ; ib. iv. t. 1, f. 2 (1852). 



Fidicina acuta. Walk. List Hom. i. p. 81, n. 5 (1850). 



Fidicina Ucolor, Walk. List Hom. iv. p. 1121, n. 85 (1852). 



Cryptotympana acuta. Still, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. ser. 4, i. p. 613 (1861); Ofv. Vet.-Ak. FOrb. 18G2, p. 483. 



Cryptotympana vicina, Stal, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. ser. 4, i. p. 613 (1861); Atkins. J. A. S. Beug. vol. liii. p. 280, 



n. 78 (1885). 

 Fidicina timorica, Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc. ,vol. x. p. 91, n. 19 (1867). 



Body above dark castaneous or black ; eyes and ocelli ochraceous. Pronotum with some obscure 

 and subobsolete darker markings. Mesonotum with two central dark obconical spots, on each side of 

 which is a longer dark fascia and a curved fascia in front of the anterior angles of the basal cruciform 

 elevation, black. Abdomen with a large lateral greyish-white fascia on each side occupying three basal 

 segments behind the tympana. Body beneath dark castaneous ; the sternum thickly clothed with greyish- 

 pile ; the opercula ochraceous, apical segment of the abdomen and anal appendage — excepting a dark 

 central spot to each — ochraceous. 



