THE ENTOMOLOGIST 



Vol. XXXVIII.] 



MAY, 1905 



[No. 504. 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF CICADID^E. 

 By W. L. Distant. 



Subfani. G^anin^e. 



Div. GiEANARIA. 



Gaana vestita, sp. n. 



$ . Body and legs black ; head with an oblique spot on each side 

 of vertex at inner margins of eyes, mesonotum with a curved trans- 

 verse series of four spots, and two central spots to cruciform elevation 

 golden yellow ; posterior abdominal segmental margins narrowly 

 luteous ; abdomen beneath with two discal spots on second, third, 

 fourth, and fifth segments and an apical lateral spot on each side, 

 stramineous ; tegmina black on basal, dark fuscous on apical area 

 with the venation black ; radial area, large elongate spots in the two 

 lower ulnar and claval areas, and a broad transverse fascia near 

 middle, stramineous ; wings with more than basal half stramineous, 



ENTOM. — MAY, 1905. L 



