76 CICADID.li. 



A. Tefjmina and tvings o/)ctque. 

 a. Tcgmlna tinifonnh/ blacl- ; wings reddisli-ocliraceous. 



1556. Tosena mearesiana, Westic. (Cicada) Arc. Ent. i, p. 9S, t. xxv, 



f. 1 (1842); Amy. Sf Serv. (Tosena) Hem. p. 463 (1843); 

 Atkins. J. A. S. Bemj. liii, p. 217 (1885) ; Bist. Mon. Orient, 

 dead. p. 26, t. ii, f. 3, a, b (1889). 



Body and legs black or dark fuscous ; ocelli and ejes pale cas- 

 taueous ; posterior margins of pi'onoturn and mesonotmn, posterior 

 lateral margins of metanotum, usually a small spot ou each side of 

 face, and a large spot on posterior lateral margins of presternum 

 ochraceous ; tegmiua black, opaque ; wings reddisli-ochraceous, 

 the venation, posterior margins, and anal areas fuscous ; rostrum 

 extending to between the inner margins of the opercula in male, 

 A\"hich are broad and widely separated. 



Length excl. tegm., S ^''^ to 5S, $ 40 to 43 ; exp. tegm., S 132 

 to 142, 2 130 to 133 millim. 



Hah. tSikhim {Ind. Mus. cj- Coll. Bist.). 



Westwood only gave the habitat " Himalaya "' in his original 

 description. 



aa. Tegmina more or less blacl-, crossed hij a tvhite fascia. 

 b. Wings hlaclc. 



1557. Tosena melanoptera, White (Cicada (T.)), A. M. N. H. xvii, 



p. 331 (1846) ; Atkins. (Tosena) J. A. S. Benrj. liii, p. 217 

 (^1885) ; Bist. Mon. Orient. Cicad. p. 27, t. ii, f. 5, a, b (1889). 

 Var. albata, Bist. (Tosena) Tr. E. S. 1878, p. 175; id, 3Ion. 

 Orient. Cicad. p. 27, t. ii, f. 4, a, b (1889). 



Head, pronotum, mesouotum, sternum, legs, and opercula 

 black ; posterior margins of pronotum and mesonotum, posterior 

 lateral margins of metanotum, abdomen above and. beneath, including 

 tympanal coverings, ochraceous ; base of abdomen above, a spot 

 OJi second segment, and base and a double segmental series of 

 spots to abdomen beneath, black; tegmina and wings black, opaque, 

 the first crossed by a broad transverse white fascia. 



Var. a. Apices of femora ochraceous ; margins of tympanal 

 coverings black. 



Var. b. Tympanal coverings wholly black. 



Var. c. albata, Dist. Tegmina and ^^ings with greyish ray-like 

 longitudinal fasciae. 



Length excl. tegm., d 58 to 62, $ 43 ; exp. tegm., S 140 to 

 155, 5 130 millim. 



Hab. N.W. Himalaya (C'o?Z.2)isg. Slkhim {Ind. 21 as.). Dar- 

 jiling (StockJi. J]Ius.). Assam; JS". Khasi Hills (ChenneU). Syl- 

 het {Brit. Mus.). Seehsagav {Ind. Mus.). Burma; Bhamo (Fm). 



