ORIENTAL CICADID.K. Ill 



Genus LEMBEJA. 



Lembeja, Distant, ante, p. 103 (1892). 



Perissoneitni, Dist. (nom. preocc.) Proc. Zool. Soc. 1883, p. 189. 



2 . Head trianrjular, the froat protniueutlj' and subacutely produced ; the vertex with the lateral 

 margins slightly convex beliiud the eyes and prominently produced in front of the eyes. Pronotum at 

 posterior angles about twice as broad as anterior margin ; the posterior angles ampliated, deflexed to base 

 of tegmina, and broadly rounded at apices. Abdomen above distinctly and longitudinally raised and 

 carinate. Face very prominent, strongly compressed and wedge-shaped, concavely narrowing on its apical 

 half. Eostrum reaching the intermediate coxiB. Tegmina elongate ; the costa very slightly depressed 

 immediately beyond base, and then slightly raised and convex from about the apex of upper ulnar area ; 

 the interior ulnar area with the apes slightly but distinctly broader than base ; the space between the 

 apices of the postcostal vein and the postcostal ulnar ramus ampliated, and the costal margin very finely 

 hirsute ; apical areas eight, the eighth broadest and shortest ; an additional curved and rudimentary vein 

 conuectmg the base of the second and the apex of the fifth ulnar areas ; this vein is distmct and perfect 

 for a short distance from the base of the second and into the third ulnar areas, after which it is sub- 

 obsolete ; basal area almost twice as long as broad. 



^ . Abdomen inflated ; tegmina shorter than in female ; tympana totally uncovered ; opercula 

 rudimentary. 



Since I founded this genus on a Cclebesian species, two other species have been described 

 by Dr. Karsch, one from Port Moresby in New Guinea, and the other from Thursday Island in 

 Torres Straits. These habitats at present constitute our knowledge of the geogi-aphical 

 distribution of Lembeja, and two of the three species are included in our restricted fauna. 



1. Lembeja maculosa. (Tab. VII., ligs. 13, a, //.) 



I'eiisxoiiruia iiwculosti, Distant, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1883, p. 190, t. 25, figs. 3, </, h, J ; Karscb, Ent. Nacbricht 

 xvi. p. 190 (1890). 



2 . Pale ochraceous or greenish ; ocelli castaneous ; mesonotum with two central obconical dark 

 spots, the bases of which rest on anterior margin ; on each side of these is a much longer and more 

 acutely pointed spot, and a small round spot in front of each anterior branch of the cruciform basal 

 elevation, which is marked by two central darker lines ; abdomen above sparingly pilose, the apical 

 segmental margins paler. Body beneatli and legs pale ochraceous or greenish ; femora near apices, tibiro 

 ne-ir bases and at apices, and apices of tarsi, fuscous. Rostrum with the apex pitchy. 



Tegmina and wings pale hyaline, the first minutely spotted along all the veins anil more or less 

 across its apical half. 



Long. excl. tegm. 2 , 18 millim. Exp. tegm. 56 niillim. 



Hab.— Malayan Archipelago: Celebes (Meyer— Dresden Mus.) ; Kaudari (Beccari— Genoa Mus.). 



The male specimen figured was obtained by Dr. Beccari, and is in the Genoa Museum. 

 The female specimen on which the description is based formed part of the Celebesiau collection 

 of Dr. Meyer, and is contained in the Museum at Dresden. 



