MELAMPSALTA, 171 



the costal membrane of the first pale testaceous ; rostrum reaching 

 the intermediate coxae. 



Length excl. tegm., J , 30 ; exp. tegm. 72 millim. 



Hah. Burma; Teinzo (Fm). 



1 have seen only one specimen of this species, which is now 

 contained in the Genoa Museum. 



Division MELAMPSALTABIA. 

 Melampsaltaria, Dist. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi, p. 269 (1905). 



This division is very easily recognised by the distinct venation 

 of the tegmina, in which the upper vein of the lower ulnar area 

 is more or less fused with the lower vein to the radial area, this 

 union being continued for some distance from the apex of the basal 

 cell. 



Two genera are found in British India. 



Synopsis of Genera. 



A. Wings with six apical areas Melampsalta, p. 171. 



B. Wings with five apical areas Pauuopsalta, p. 174. 



Genus MELAMPSALTA. 



Melampsalta, Kolenat. Mel. Ent. vii, p. 27 (1857) ; Bull Soc. Naf. 



Mosc. XXX, p. 42o (1857); StSl, Hem. Aft: iv. p. 42 (1806); 



Karsc/i, Bed. ent. Zeit. xxxv, pp. 112 & 123 (1890). 

 Melampsalta (Melampsalta), Amyot, Ann, Soc. Ent. Fr. 1847, p. 155 



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Cicadetta, Kolenat. Mel. Ent. vii, p. 19 (1857) ; Bull. Soc. Isat. 



Mosc. XXX, p. 417 (1825). 



Cicadetta (Cigalette), Amyot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1847, p. 156 [352]. 



Tettigetta, Kolenat. Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. xxx, p. 422 (1825). 



Tettigetta (Tettigette), Amijot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1847, p. 156 



[352]. 



Type, M. musiva, Germ. 



Distribution. Of almost universal distribution, but apparently 

 not found in the Neotropical Kegion. 



Considerable difficulty appertains to the nomenclature of this 

 genus. It was first named by Amyot (scarcely described) suj^ra, 

 and takes precedence of the name Cicadetta which he nsed in a 

 succeeding page. Kolenati described the genus, but had previously 

 also described Cicadetta, which, if we take Kolenati as the real 

 founder, must have priority. However, I follow Stfd, Karsch, antl 

 other writers in giving the name Melampsalta precedence, as given 

 by Amyot. I have failed to separate Cicadetta from Melampsalta : 

 if we compare the type oi the first, the Cicada montana, tScop., 

 with the type of Melampsalta (supra) a difference appears in the 

 position of emergence of the upper vein of the lower ulnar area ; 

 but much as I endeavoured to thus break up a congested genus, 



