128 CICADID^. 



cr. Tympanal coverinr/s very small and rudimentary ; opercula in 

 male with their anterior and posterior margins convexly rounded. 



1622. Terpnosia confusa, Dist. A. M. N. H. (7) xv, p. 306 (1905). 



Body above castaneous-brown, finely greyish pilose ; pronotiira 

 with the centre o£ the posterior margin (excluding a medial spot), 

 the apices of the lateral margins, and two central curved fasciae 

 pale greenish ; mesonotum with the anterior lateral margins pale 

 greenish, the margins of two obscure anterior obconical spots and 

 the anterior angles of tlie cruciform elevation ochraceous ; posterior 

 maro-ins of the abdominal segments narrowly fuscous ; body 

 beneath considerably paler in hue than above ; opercula broad, 

 transverse, convexly rounded posteriorly, not quite reaching basal 

 segment of abdomen ; rostrum just reaching basal abdominal 

 segment. Tegmina and wings hyaline, the veins brown or brownish- 

 ochraceous ; tegmina with a slight greenish suffusion, a curved 

 series of about four small fuscous spots extending from base of 

 second ulnar area to inner margin, the bases of the two upper 

 apical areas a little infuscated, and a narrow elongate fuscous spot 

 at apices of the longitudinal veins to apical areas. Tympanal 

 covering very small, the greater part of the tympana being exposed. 



Length excl. tegm., d , 35 ; exp. tegm. 87 millim. 



Hah. "India" {Brit. Mas.); Sikhim (Coll. Dist.). 



This is the species figured in my Mon. Orient. Cicad. (tab. vii, 

 . 21) as 2\ psecas. Walk. 



a^. Tympanal coverings more than half us long as tympanal orifices ; 

 opercida in male ivith their lateral and j^osterior margins oblique ; 

 marginal spots to tegmina sometimes absent. 



1623. Terpnosia ransonetti, Dist. (Pompouia) A. M. N. H. (6) i, 



p. 37:^ (1888) ; id. Mon. Orient. Cicad. p. 72, t. vii, f. 20, a, 

 (1890). 

 Pomponia greeni, Kirby, J. Linn. Soc, Zool. xxiv, j). 129, t. v, 

 f. 11 (1891). 



Head and thorax above ochraceous ; head with two converging 

 lines to front, the anterior ai'ea of vertex (enclosing ocelli), the 

 hinder margins of eyes, and a small spot at that region black ; 

 pronotum with two central longitudinal lines united anteriorly 

 and posteriorly (on each side of which is a curved discal spot) and 

 the incisures black ; mesonotum with a central longitudinal fascia 

 widened at base into a large crescentic spot in front of basal 

 cruciform elevation, on each side of this at anterior margin is a 

 short curved fascia, followed by a marginal spot, a broad sublateral 

 fascia, and an oblique spot on each lateral margin, black ; abdomen 

 above brownish-ochraceous and pilose, the segmental margins 

 narrowly piceous ; head beneath, sternum, and legs ochraceous ; 

 an oval fascia on face, a transverse spot between face and eyes, 

 posterior margin of head, a transverse spot on mesosternum, apices 



