NEW SPECIES OF CICADID^.. 24? 



bi-ood two mouths earlier than Mr. Tait succeeded in doing from 

 "wild "ova. 



The time taken from egg to imago was exactly nine weeks, as 

 Mr. Tait states in his notes. 



72. St. John's Park, Blacklieatli : Aug. 5th, 1901. 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF CICADID^ FROM 

 THE ISLAND OF HAINAN. 



By W. L. Distant. 



Cosmopsaltria hainanensis, sp. n. 



Head, pronotiim, and tympana olivaceous ; abdomen pale brownish. 

 Head with a central spot at apex of front and the anterior angles of 

 the vertex ochraceous ; area of the ocelli pale castaneous, and with a 

 small piceous spot at its base. Pronotum with a central pale longi- 

 tudinal fascia, margined with pale castaneous ; extreme posterior mar- 

 gin piceous, and two brown spots near each outer edge of the posterior 

 marginal area. Mesonotum with two obscure obconical spots at 

 anterior margin, outwardly and narrowly margined with black ; an 

 obscure marginal fascia on each side, and two central spots at base pale 

 castaneous ; cruciform elevation ochraceous, with a piceous spot near 

 each anterior angle. Abdomen above ochraceously pilose, and with 

 the posterior segmental margins ochraceous. Body beneath, legs, and 

 opercula pale olivaceous ; the anterior and intermediate tibiae and 

 tarsi piceous. Tegmiua and wings pale hyaline, the venation ochra- 

 ceous ; tegmina with the costal membrane ochraceous with a central 

 black line. Opercula reaching the apex of the abdomen, concave, and 

 margined with black on each side near base, then convexly widened, 

 their apices obtusely rounded. Long. excl. tegm. (? 43 millim. Exp. 

 tegm. 106 millim. 



Hah. Hainan— Five Finger Mountain (Whitehead, Brit. 

 Mus.). 



Allied to C.fece, Dist., from which it principally differs by the 

 longer opercula. 



Since this description was written my own collection contains 

 a second example, presented to me by Dr. Heath with some other 

 insects from Hainan Island. 



