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1647. Gaeana sulpliurea, Hope (Cicada) in Roijle's Illustr. Bot. 



Himal, Introd. p. liv, t. x, f. 2 (1839) ; Atkins. (Gfeaua) 

 J.A.S. Benxj. liii, p. 2i^3 (1885); Bist. Mon. Orient, dead. 

 p. 105, t. iii, f. 22, «, h (1892). 

 Cicada pulchella, Westw. Arc. Ent. \\, p. 34, t. Ivii, f. 1 (1842). 



Body black ; lateral margins of vertex of head continued beyond 

 inner margins of eyes, two oblique discal spots on each side of 

 pronotum, a transverse series of four linear spots to mesonotum, 

 and the margins of anal appendage ochraceous or reddish-ochra- 

 ceous ; body beneath and legs black ; a fascia on each side of face, 

 sternal streaks, a spot near base of tegmiua, posterior abdominal 

 segmental margins (obliterated centrally), and the anal appendage 

 ochraceous ; tegmina and wings sulphur-yellow ; tegmina with 

 the inner margin of costal membrane, a curved and inwardly 

 angulated fascia crossing near middle, and the whole apical area 

 (including the upper ulnar area) piceous, costal membrane yellow ; 

 wings with the apical area (broadly, and narrowing to anal angle) 

 piceous ; rostrum reaching tlie posterior coxae. 



Length excl. tegm., (5,35 to 37, 5 25; exp. tegm., J & 

 $ , 76 to 92 millira. 



Hah. Sikhim {hid. 2Ius.). Nepal (Coll. Dist.). Mussooree 

 (Maclcinnon). Darjiliug (Stochh. Mus.). 



1648. Gaeana atkinsoni, Dist. A.M.N. H. (0) iii, p. 49 (1889); id. 



Moil. Orient. Cicad. p. 107, t. ix, f. 10, a,b (1892). 



Head, pronotum, and mesonotum black; a transverse fascia 

 between eyes, posterior margin of pronotum, the margins of two 

 anterior obconical spots and lateral margins to mesonotum, and 

 the cruciform elevation ochraceous ; abdomen above and beneath 

 ochraceous ; head beneath, sternum, and legs black ; apical half 

 of face, a transverse spot between face and eyes, and disk and 

 margins of sternum ochraceous ; opercula black, their base and 

 outer margin ochraceous ; tegmina black, the venation, a narrow, 

 oblique, transverse fascia near base, a straighter and wider trans- 

 verse fascia near middle pale ochraceous, two subapical spots and 

 a spot in the sixth apical area reddish-oehraceous (these spots are 

 inconstant) ; wings bright carmine-red, apical and posterior 

 margins and a subapical transverse fasciate spot black ; rostrum 

 reaching the posterior coxse. 



Length excl. tegm., S 35, $ 30 ; exp. tegm., J & $ , 80 

 to 85 millim. 



Hah. Karwar {Coll. Dist.). Travancore {Coll. Dist.). 



1649. Gaeana festiva, Fahr. (Tettig-onia) Si/st. Rhyng. p. 4L 42 (1803) ; 

 Sttd (Gseaua), i>e;'Z. ent. Zeit. x, p. 170 (1866); Dist. Mon. 

 Orient. Cicad. p. 106, t. iii, f. 18, a, b (1892). 

 Cicada thalassiiia, Guer. ^- Perch. Gen. Ins., Hem. t. 2 (1834). 

 Cicada perclieroni, Giicr. Ic. Rhjn. An., hist. p. 3.55 (1838). 



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