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53. MELAMPSALTA VARIANS. 
Cicada varians, Germar in Silbermann’s Rey. Ent. ii, p. 59 (1834). 
Dundubia varians, Walker, List Hom. B. M. i, p. 48 (1850) ; iv, p. 1120 (1852) : 
Suppt. p. 6 (1858). 
Dundubia chlorogaster, Walker (nec Boisduval), 1. c. p. 47, @. 
Melampsalta varians, Stal, A. 8. E. F. (4 Sér.) i. p. 619 (1862). 
Reported from Silhat. 
Genus CosmopsautriA, Stal. 
Hem. Afric. iv, p. 5 (1866). 
In Ofvers. Kong. Vet. Aka. Férh. p. 708 (1870), Stal distributes 
this genus amongst three subgenera :—Platylomia to which OC. flavida, 
Guérin, belongs ; Cosmopsaltria to which C. spinosa, Fabr., belongs; and 
Diceropygia to which C. obtecta, Fabr., belongs. Cosmopsaltria is closely 
allied to Dundubia ; cheeks without a tubercle; rostrum reaching the 
base or most often the apex of the posterior coxe ; opercula long, ex- 
tending beyond the middle of the venter. 
54. CoSMOPSALTRIA OBTECTA. 
Tettigonia obtecta, Fabricius, Syst. Rhyn. p. 35 (1803). 
Cicada obtecta, Germar, in Thon’s Archiv, ii, fasc. 2, p. 5 (1830). 
Dundubia obtecta, Walker, List Hom. B. M. i, p. 47 (1850). 
Cosmopsaltria obtecta, Stal, Hem. Fabr. 2, p. 4 (1869). 
Reported from N. India, N. Bengal, Nepal and Assam. Body long 
25: exp. teg. 85 millims. 
Specimens in the Indian Museum are from Sikkim and Assam. 
55. COSMOPSALTRIA SITA. 
Cosmopsaltria sita, Distant, Trans. Ent. Soc. p. 636 (1881). 
Tt is difficult to separate this and the two following species from the 
genus Dundubia except by the length of the rostrum. They also resemble 
the ‘vibrans’ group of that genus. Body long 24: exp. teg. 73 millims. 
Reported from 8. India or Bombay. (Distant). 
56. CosSMOPSALTRIA DURGA. 
Cosmopsaltria durga, Distant, Trans. Ent. Soc. p. 637 (1881). 
This species in size and markings (excluding the spotted tegmina) 
much resembles -Dundubia tripurasura, Distant; the less produced 
frontal portion of the head and the length of the rostrum, however, place 
it in this genus (Distant). Body long 33: exp. teg. 98 millims. 
Reported from Assam. 
57. COSMOPSALTRIA ABDULLA. 
Cosmopsaltria abdulla, Distant, Trans. Ent. Soc. p. 639 (1881). 
This is a large and distinct species, near C. doryca, Boisd., from 
