CICAIJATRA. 



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imterior and posterior margins (divided by a pale ochraceous line), 

 black ; mesonotum and basal cruciform elevation black, the first with 

 lateral margins and two anterior obconical spots only delineated by 

 their margins ochraceous ; abdomen castaneous, greyishly pilose, 



Fig. 57. — Cicadatra sankana. 



the base and a central longitudinal fascia black ; head beneath, 

 sternum, and legs ochraceous ; abdomen beneath castaneous ; 

 tegmina and wings hyaline, the venation fuscous or ochraceous, 

 their bases narrowly ochraceous ; wings with a small fuscous 

 marginal spot near abdominal area ; rostrum scarcely extending 

 beyond the anterior coxae. 



$ . Body much darker in hue than in S ; lateral margins of 

 abdomen beneath obscurely piceous. 



Length excl. tegm,, S 18, § 20 ; exp. tegm., S -17, $ 52 

 millim. 



Hah, Chamasari, 5000 ft. {MacKinnon). — Baluchistan, Ormarah 

 {Gumming, Brit. 3Ius.). 



B. Tegmina more or less maculate. 

 a. Transverse veins at bases of second and third aj'ical areas of 



tegmina infuscated. 



1631. 



Cicadatra xantes, Walk. (Cicada) List Horn. I, p. 198 (18o0) ; 



Atkins. J. A. S. Beng. liii, p. 230 (1885) ; Stdl (Cicadatra), Ofv. 



Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1862, p. 485 ; Dist. Man. Orient. Cicad. p. 135, 



t. XV, f. l,a,b (1892). 

 Cicada subvenosa, Walk. Ins. Saund., Horn. p. 18 (1858). 



Body above ochraceous, rather thickly and shortly pilose ; head 

 with the front castaneous, and with an irregular black spot near 

 the inner margins of eyes ; pronotum with two central longitudinal 

 fasciae, on each side of which is a small spot, and a small central 

 spot on posterior margin black ; mesonotum with four obconical 

 black spots, the outer ones longest and sublateral ; abdomen very 

 thickly greyishly pilose ; body beneath and legs ochraceous ; 

 tegmina and wings hyaline and somewhat talc-like in appearance, 

 the venation ochraceous ; tegmina with the costal membrane and 

 extreme base ochraceous, the transverse veins at bases of second 

 and third apical areas palely infuscated. 



Length excl. tegm., c?, 17 ; exp. tegm. 50 millim. 



Hah. "North India" {Warwich, Brit. Mus.). Peshawur {Wat- 

 son). " Ind. orient." {Coll. Dist.). 



