A NEW SPECIES OF CICADIDiE 



W. L. DISTANT, LONDON, ENGLAND 



Rihana Bakeri n. sp. 



Head with the front black and a small ochraceous spot at apex, vertex 

 ochraceous with a large transverse black maculate fascia ; ocelli red ; pronotum 

 ochraceous, a central longitudinal fascia angularly dilated anteriorly and pos- 

 teriorly, and the furrows, black ; the anterior margin narrowly and the posterior 

 margin broadly, pale ochraceous ; mesonotum ochraceous, with a large central 

 quadrate spot united to a long obconical spot on each lateral area, black, the central 

 spot is marked by a looped ochraceous line, and each lateral spot is outwardly 

 ochraceous, the central spot is also narrowly longitudinally united with the basal 

 cruciform elevation, before the anterior angles of which is a small black spot; 

 abdomen above black, the segmental margins testaceous ; body beneath and legs 

 ochraceous, basal margin of face black with a central ochraceous spot ; tegmlna and 

 wings hyaline ; tegmina with the costal membrane, postcostal area, and basal half 

 of venation ochraceous, a longitudinal streak to basal cell, about apical half of 

 venation and suffusions to the bases of the first, second, third, fourth and fifth 

 apical areas, black; wings witli the venation greenish-ochraceous, the veins to the 

 apical areas mostly black, tlie anal area outwardly and inwardly broadly 

 ochraceous ; length of head more than half the breadth of space between eyes ; 

 length of abdomen in male about as long as head and pronotum together; face 

 moderately prominent, centrally longitudinally black, the lateral areas obliquely 

 transversely striate ; opercula in male short, oblique, apically rounded, not extend- 

 ing beyond base of abdomen, tlieir internal angles almost meeting. 



I^ong. excl. tegm. male 17, female 18 mm. Exp. tegm. male 55 mm., female 

 57 mm. 



Habitat. — Cuernavaca, Mexico. (Coll. Pomona College and Coll. Distant). 



By the markings of the tegmina, allied to R. swalei Dist. This species was 

 collected bv Mr. D. I^. Crawford. 



