148 ORIENTAL CICADID.E. 



Species known to the irriter hij description only. 

 2. Lembeja paradoxa. 



Pei-issoneuni partulo.vd, Karsch, Ent. Nacbricbt. xvi. p. 192 (1890). 



" Gelbbraun, unregelmassig dunkelfleckig ; die Deckfliigel byalin, beim <? schw;icker, beim 2 diehter 

 und dunkler braun betnpft, die Adeni gelblicli, beim 3 sehwacb, beim 2 deutlich duukel fleckig ; Hiuter- 

 fliigel glashell mit gelben Adern ; beide Fliigelpaare am freien Ende zugespitzt, die Spitze selbst stumpf, 

 der Hinterrand der Decken nach der Spitze zu gerundet, nicht gebuchtet." 



" Korperkiuge des <? 19 mill., des 2 18,8; Deckenlange des <? 24,5 mill., des 2 25 mill., hocbste 

 Deckenbreite beim <? 9,8 mill., beim 5 9 ; Deckenspaunung beim 2 54,6 mill." 



" Nach 9 iiliereinstimmenden ^ S und 1 einzelnen 2 ." 



Hab. — Malayan Archipelago : New Guinea, Port Moresby (Dr. 0. Finsch — Berlin Mns ). 



Genns BiETUEIA. 



B,nu,i,i, Still, Hem. Afr. iv. p. 9 (18GG); P.erl. Ent. Zeit. p. 172 (1866). 



Body robust. Abdomen distinctlj^ inflated in the male sex. Head including eyes narrower than the 

 base of the mesonotum ; ocelli about as wide apart from eyes as from each other ; eyes large, oblique, and 

 l^rominent ; front broad and obtusely convex. Pronotum with the lateral margins non-ampliated, the 

 posterior lateral angles ampliated and rounded. Metanotum distinctly produced and visible. Tympanal 

 coverings absent, the tympana entirely exposed and uncovered. Anterier femora robust and strongly 

 spined. Opercula short, somewhat rudimentary, not covering the sonorous cavities. Tegmina and wings 

 hyaline ; tegmina with eight apical areas, the seventh area longer than the eighth ; interior ulnar area 

 with the base and apex about equally broad, its anterior margin slightlj' convex ; basal cell considerably 

 longer than broad. 



The Malayan Archipelago is clearly the head-quarters of this genus, which is also probably 

 largely represented throughout the Pacific region. 



1. Baeturia conviva. (Tab. XIV., fig. 25, u, h.) 



Cicada conviva, Stal, Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1861, p. 152; tifv. Vet.-Ak. FOrh. 1863, p. 483. 



Tibicen conviva, Stal, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. ser. iv. vol. i. p. 618 (1861). 



Baturia comiva, Stal, Berl. Ent. Zeit. x. p. 172 (1866). 



Cicada quadrifida, "Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. vol. x. p. 93, n. 26 (1867). 



Cicada parallela, Walk. Journ. Lino. Soc, Zool. vol. x. p. 94, n. 27 (1807). 



(? . Body and legs pale ochraceous ; eyes brownish-ochraceous ; pronotum with four subobsolete 

 obcouical pale castaueous spots, the central pair shortest (these spots in some specimens are altogether 

 wanting) ; abdomen above with either a well defined or subobsolete series of central and lateral fuscous 

 spots ; abdomen beneath with the posterior segmental margins darker ochraceous. 



Tegmina and wings pale hyaline, the venation, costal membrane, and post-costal area of tegmina 

 ochraceous. 



The rostrum reaches the intermediate coxfe ; the face has a very distinct central longitudinal sulcation 

 and coarse transverse striations. 



Long. excl. tegni. c? , 15 to 18 milhm. ; 2 , 16 millim. Exp. tegm. ^ , 40 to 47 miUim. ; 2 , 47 milhm. 



