148 CICADID^. 



G^eana consobrina, White, MS. 



Var. a. Did. Mon. Orient. Cicad. p. 107 (1892). 



Var. b. Dist. torn. cit. t. iii, f. 19, a, b. 



Body above black ; ocelli aud abroad fascia behind eyesreddish- 

 ochraceoiis ; margins of proiiotum, four discal fasciiB (of which 

 the two central ones are angnlated) to mesonotum, and margins of 

 nietanotum greenish-ochraceous ; body beneath and legs black ; 

 apical half of face and a spot betv\ een face and eyes reddish- 

 ochraceous ; tegmina greenish-ochraceous, the radial area, a 

 transverse fascia crossing centre from apex of radial area (near 

 Avhieh is a large triangular spot), apex and outer and inner 

 mai'gius, and two small spots near base piceous or black, the 

 black area at apex is more or less broken and sometimes includes 

 a small greenish-ochraceous spot ; wings pale bluish-green, the 

 apex broadly black and containing a pale bluish spot, the margins 

 more narrowly black towards anal angle ; rostrum reaching the 

 posterior coxse. 



Yar. a. Pronotum with a distinct central pale longitudinal 

 fascia. 



Var. h. Tegmina and wings A\ith the black coloration much 

 incx-eased ; tegmina only exhibiting three irregular and angnlated 

 greenish spots, sometimes a small subapical one ; wings with more 

 than the apical half black, enclosing three pale bluish spots. 



Length excl. tegm., <S 30, $ 26 ; exp. tegm., S & ? , 76 to 

 78 millim. 



Hab. Sikhim {Ind. Mus.). Assam ; south of Brahmaputra 

 (CJiennell). Darjiling (StocJch. Mus.). — Sumatra. Amboina. 



Genus BALINTA. 

 Baliuta, Dist. A.M.N.H. (7) xv, p. 383 (1905). 



Type, B. octonotata, Westw. 



Distribution. Oriental Region. 



Head (including eyes) about as wide as base of mesonotum and 

 as long as pronotum, obliquely depressed in front of eyes ; 

 pronotum about as long as mesonotum, its lateral margins sinuate, 

 the posterior angles moderatel)' dilated ; abdomen in male much 

 longer than space between apex of head and base of cruciform 

 elevation ; tympanal coverings both shorter and narrower than 

 the tympanal orifices, vv'hich are most exposed inwardly ; opercula 

 in male small and transverse, widely separated, and not extending 

 beyond base of abdomen ; rostrum reaching posterior coxae ; 

 anterior femora strongly spiued beneath ; tegmina and wings 

 opaque ; tegmina with their greatest breadth about one-third their 

 length and with eight apical ai'eas. 



1650. Balinta octonotata, Westiv. (Cicada) Arc. Ent. ii, p. 34, t. Ivii. 

 f. 2 (1842) ; Atkins. (Gasaua) J. A. S. Benq. liii, p. 221 (1885) ; 

 Dist. Mon. Orient. C'lcad. p. 107, t. iii, f. 12, a, h (1892). 



