110 CICADIDiE. 



spots and strige to front, an irregular transverse fascia across 

 vertex, and the posterior margins of the eyes black ; pronotum 

 with two central longitudinal fasciae with a curved linear discal 

 spot on each side and the incisures black, basal margin greenish ; 

 mesonotum with a central lanceolate longitudinal fascia, on each 

 side of which is a slightl}' oblique obconical spot, followed by a 

 small anterior spot, and again by a short broad spot, a long fasciate 

 spot on each lateral area, and two rounded spots in front of the 

 cruciform elevation, black ; abdomen above with the disk much 

 shaded with shining piceous, posterior segmental margins greenish ; 

 body beneath very pale olivaceous with a greyish tiuge ; face with 

 the apex and a central fascia black; apex of rostrum, apices of 

 anterior tibiae, anterior tarsi, and bases and apices of intermediate 

 and posterior tibiae fuscous ; tegmina and wiugs hyaline, venation 

 brownish ; tegmina with costal membrane and base of upper 

 ulnar area ochraceous, transverse veins at bases of second and 

 third apical areas iufuscated. 



Length excl. tegin. 28 ; exp. tegtn. 72 millim. 



Hah. 8ylhet. 



b'. Ojiercula reaching jjenultimatii ahdominal segment, suhtrlangular 



in sJuqje. 



]603. Meimuna microdon, Walk. (DunduWa) List Horn, i, p. 55 

 (1850) ; Atkins. J. A. S. Bern/, liii, p. 224 (1&85) ; Dist. (Cosmo- 

 psaltria) Mon. Orient. Cicad. p. 57, t. iv, f. 16, a, h (1890). 



Head and pronotum ochraceous tinged with olivaceous ; head 

 with an apical spot and anterior transverse striae to front, area of 

 •ocelli reaching base of head, two transverse fasciae on lateral areas 

 of vertex, two small spots near base, and broad posterior margins 

 of eyes black ; pronotum with two central longitudinal fasciae, on 

 each side of which is a short curved discal fascia, and the incisures 

 black ; mesonotum black, with two anterior, discal, oblique fasciae, 

 followed on each side by a broad, inwardly oblique, and anteriorly 

 notched fascia, posterior margin and cruciform elevation (ex- 

 cluding its anterior angles) ochraceously olivaceous ; abdomen 

 above black, segmental margins narrowly olivaceous ; body beneath 

 ochraceous tinged with olivaceous ; femora beneath, anterior tibiae 

 and tarsi, bases and apices of intermediate and posterior tibiae 

 and tarsi, striae to face, fascia between face and eyes, margins and 

 apex of opercula, and apex of abdomen, piceous or black ; teg- 

 mina and wings hyaline, the venation fuscous ; tegmina with the 

 transverse veins at bases of second and third apical areas 

 infuscated. 



Length excl. tegm., ^ , 30 ; exp. tegm. 90 millim. 

 Hah. "North India" (Wallich, Brit. Mus.). Sikhim (CoU. 

 Dist.). 



