APHANA.. 



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B. Wi)ir/s without a green or bluish-green basal area ; usually more 

 or less sanguineous at base and anal area. 



1713. Aphana atomaria, Wcher (Cicada), Obs. Ent. p. 113 (1801); 

 Fabr. (Lyytra) Si/d. lihyng. p. 57 (1803); Sjnn. (Aphsena) 

 Aym. ^'oc. Ent. Fr. 1839, p. 248; Stal (Aphana), Stett. ent. 

 Zeit. xxiv, p. 232 (1863) ; id. Hem. Fabr. ii, p. 87 (1869) ; 

 Atkins. J. A. S. Bemj. liv, p. 143 (1885). 

 Aphrena nigni-punctata, Guer. Voy. '■Coquille,' Zool. ii, 2, p. 185 

 (1830) ; Amy. S; Sen: Hem. p. 497 (1843). 



Head and pronotuia browiiish-ochraceous, mesonotum more or 

 less piceous ; abdomen above saiiguiDeous, its base piceous and 

 suifused with greyish-white ; body beneath and legs piceous ; 

 tegmina tawny, the basal area purplish, or uniformly tawny as in 



Fig. 88. — Aphana atomaria. 



specimens from British India, witli two prominent black spots on 

 costal area, one discal before the apical reticulated area, one on 

 claval area, and another more elongate spot at base, a few minute 

 pale subobsolete spots on apical area ; wings purplish-red, or pale 

 ochraceous with purplish base as in most specimens found in our 

 fauna, \^ith a cluster of black spots on basal area, and with a few 

 white ones before apical area, which is black with bluish dots, 

 posterior area fuscous. 



Length excl. tegm, 15 to 19 ; exp. tegm. 46 to 55 millim. 



Hab. Assam; Noa Dihing (Chennell). Panjab ; Marri (Ind. 

 jilus.). — Malay Peninsula. Sumatra. Java. China (Coll. Dist.). 



1714. Aphana pulchella, Guvr. (Aphsena) Voy. '■Coquille,' Zool. ii, 

 2, p. 186 (1830); Spin. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1839, p. 249; 

 StM (Aphana), Stett. ent. Zeit. xxiv, p. 232 (1863) ; Atkins. 

 J. A. S. Benq. liv, p. 144 (^1885). 



Aphana confucius. White, A. M. N. H. xviii, p. 24 (1846). 



Aphana io, Walk. List Horn, ii, p. 279 (1851). 



Aphana nigro-irrorata, Stdl, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Forh. 1854, p. 244. 



Head, pronotum, mesonotum, and sternum brownish-ochraceous; 

 abdomen above sanguineous, beneath with legs piceous, the latter 

 annulated with ochraceous ; tegmina pale brownish-ochraceous, 



