66 CICADID^. 



and two small spots in front of the cruciform elevation black ; abdo- 

 men black, with the posterior segmental margin castaneous, tympanal 

 coverings brownish-ochraceous ; body beneath, rostrum, sternum, 

 opercula, and legs ochraceous ; central sulcation to face, and an 

 irregular fascia between eyes, blaclv ; abdomen beneath castaneous, 

 the posterior segmental margins paler ; tegmina hyaline, with about 

 basal third opaque, base, a subbasal oblique fascia, and a shorter 

 transverse fascia near middle umber-brown, space between these 

 fasciae obscure creamy-white, veins and costal membrane brownish- 

 ochraceous, transverse veins at bases of apical areas infuscated, and 

 some elongate spots on apices of longitudinal veins to apical areas 

 fuscous ; wings dark umber-brown, with a central obscure creamy 

 fascia not reaching posterior margin, apical margin, and a spot on 

 posterior margin creamy-white. 



Length excl. tegm, 28 ; exp. tegm. 75 ; breadth between pronotal 

 angles 14 millim. 



Hah. " [Southern India "' {Coll. Dist.). Cejdon; Colombo (Leivis). 



1545. Platypleura hanipsoni, Bist. (Poscilopsaltria) A. M. N. H. 



(5) XX, p. 226 (1887) ; id. Mon. Orient. Cicad. p. 11, tab. i, 

 f. 8, a, b (1889). 



2 . Head pale ochraceous, front with basal and linear black 

 markings, vertex Avith a transverse fascia between eyes and a 

 linear spot near its anterior angles ; pronotum greenish-ochraceous, 

 its lateral and posterior margins reddish-ochraceous, a central 

 longitudinal fascia (widened anteriorly and posteriorly), the inci- 

 sures, and outer borders of lateral marginal ai'eas black ; meso- 

 notum greenish-ochraceous, with four obconical spots (the central 

 two smallest), a central lanceolate spot, and two rounded spots in 

 front of cruciform elevation black ; abdomen above and beneath 

 black ; face black, the transverse striations ochraceous, a black 

 fascia between face and eyes ; sternum ochraceously pilose ; abdo- 

 minal segmental margins and anal appendage ochraceous ; legs 

 castaneous, streaked or spotted wiVa piceous and ochraceous ; 

 tegmina hyaline, venation brown, basal third opaque, with darker 

 transverse markings and a black streak in basal cell, a double 

 irregular series of spots crossing at near middle, a fascia at bases 

 of upper apical ai^eas, and a few small subapical and marginal spots 

 dark brown ; wings brownish-ochraceous, paler at apex and very 

 pale across centre, with a white marginal spot near anal angle ; 

 veins brown. 



Length excl. tegm. 23 ; exp. tegm. 70 ; breadth between pronotal 

 angles 13 millim. 



Hab. Nilgiri Hills, northern slopes, 3500 and 5000 feet 

 {Hampson). 



1546. Platypleura affinis, Fahr. (Tettigonia) Syst. Rhyng. p. 37. 22 



(1803) ; Germ. (Cicada) in Thon, Ent. Arch, ii, 2, p. 1 (1830) : 

 Stdl (Poecilopsaltria), Mem. Fabr. ii, p. 4 (18G9) ; Atkins. 



