ORIENTAL CICADID/E. 11"; 



Genus SCIEROPTERA. 



Scieroptera, Stfil, Hem. Afr. vol. iv. p. 4 (18G6); Atkins. J. A. S. Beng. vol. liii. p. 220 (1885); ihid. vol. Iv. 

 p. 155 (1886). 



General character of Ilucchijs, but diflfering from that genus by not having the face longitudinally 

 sulcated. 



Scieroptera is quite confined to our faunistic area, and is distributed throughout 

 Continental India, Burma, Tenasserim, and onwards through the Malayan Archipelago. 



1. Scieroptera splendidula. (Tab. XIV., tigs. 5, a, b.) 



Tettiijunia splendidida, Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 681 (1775) ; Sp. Ins. ii. p. 821, n. 20 (1781); Mant. Ins. ii. 



p. 267, n. 25 (1787) ; Syst. Rhyng. p. 42, n. 49 (1803). 

 Cicada splendidula, Gmel. Ed. Syst. Nat. i. 3, p. 2098, n. 83 (1782); Oliv. Enc. Meth. v. p. 756, n. 47 (1790); 



Germ. Tbon. Arcb. ii. p. 45, u. 102 (1830) ; Guer. Mag. Zool. p. 79, n. 9 (1838) ; Westw. in Donov. Ins. 



China, t. 10, f. 4 (1842). 

 Scieroptera spletididula, St;ll, Berl. Eut. Zeit. s. p. 109 (1800); Atkins. J. A. S. Beng. vol. bii. p. 220, n. 80 



(1885) ; ihid. vol.lv. p. 155, n. 25 (1886) ; Dist. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genoa, ser. 2a, vol. vi. p. 455 (1888 1. 



Body black ; margins and a central fascia to pronotum, margins and a central fascia to mesonotum, 

 ocbraceous ; cruciform elevation ocbraceous, its central area blackish ; lateral margins of sternum 

 ochraceous. Abdomen and femora — excluding apices — reddish-ochraceous ; abdomen frequently with a 

 central dorsal longitudinal black macular fascia. 



Tegmina very dark fuscous ; wings hyaline, slightly tinged with ochraceous. 



Long. excl. tegm. <? and 2 , 12 to 18 millim. Exp. tcgm. 35 to 44 millim. 



Hab.— Continental India: Margherita in Assam (Doherty— coll. Dist.). Tenasserim (coll. Dist.). 

 Malayan Archipelago, Sumatra (Bock — coll. Dist.). China (Westwood). 



Var. a, cuprea. 



Huechijs cuprea, Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool. vol. s. p. 95 (1807). 



Costal membrane of the tegmina ochraceous. 



Long. excl. tegm. 15 to 20 millim. Exp. tegm. 32 to 53 millim. 



Hab.— Continental India: Sikkim and Khasi Hills (coll. Dist.). Burma: Momeit (Doherty— coll. 

 Dist.) Malayan Archipelago, Borneo: Kina Balu Mt. (Whitehead— coll. Dist.). Celebes: Minahassa 

 (coll. Dist.) ; Tondano (Brit. Mus.). 



Var. h, trabeata. 



Cicada trahcata. Germ. Tbon. Arcbiv. ii. p. 3 (1830); Guer. Mag. Zool. p. 78, n. 7 (1838). 



Huechys trabeata, Atkins. J. A. S. Beng. vol. Uii. p. 219, n. 28 (1885). 



Tegmina paler than in far. a ; ground colour of pronotum purplish in place of black ; front of bead 

 marked with purplish. 



iiab. — Malayan Archipelago, Java (Forbes — coll. Dist.). 



Var. c. 



Tegmina as in lar. a, but legs and face uniformly ochraceous. 

 Hab.— Co.ntinental India : " North India " {sic) (coll. Dist.). 



