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DESCRIPTIONS OF FOUR NEW SPECIES OF CICADID^E 

 CONTAINED IN THE BRUSSELS MUSEUM 



t>y "W. L<. Distant. 



Fœcilopsaltria Stormsi n. sp. 



9- Body above brownish ochraceous or pale castaneous. Head 

 with an undulating black fascia between the eyes and a black 

 fascia near anterior angles of vertex ; eyes golden yellow. Pronotum 

 with the latéral and posterior margins ochraceous, the edges of 

 the latéral margins broadly black and a black spot at centre of 

 inner edge of posterior margin. Mesonotum with four faintly 

 marked basai spots, the central pair of which are largest ; basai 

 cruciform élévation olivaceous. Abdomen very dark castaneous, 

 posterior segmentai margins ochraceous. Head beneath, sternum 

 and opercula dull greyish ; apex of face and area between face and 

 eyes black; pronotal angles as above; legs pale castaneous, the 

 tarsi piceous; abdomen beneath ochraceous. 



Tegmina pale hyaline, the venation brownish ochraceous; the 

 base as far as extremity of basai cell, base of upper ulnar area, 

 an irregular fascia extending from costa to apex of third ulnar 

 area, apex of fourth ulnar area, a double séries of outer marginal 

 spots situate near the apices of the longitudinal veins to apical 

 areas and a spot at base and apex of upper apical area, dark 

 fuscous. Wings pale ochraceous, the base, claval and inner apical 

 margins dark fuscous, outer margin pale hyaline. 



The opercula are broad and slightly overlap at centre ; the 

 rostrum reaches the posterior coxae ; the latéral margins of the 

 pronotum are very prominent and angularly produced, the apices 

 slightly directed backwardly. 



Long. excl. tegm. 30 millim. Exp. pronot. angl. 23 millim. 

 Exp. tegm. 95 millim. 



Hab. : East Africa « Reg. du Tanganika » (Capt. Storms). 



A very distinctly marked species. 



Pœcilopsaltria Severini n. sp. 



Body above brownish-ochraceous. Head with a fascia on front, 

 a curved fascia between the eyes and a transverse spot at anterior 

 angles of vertex, black. Pronotum with the anterior margin, a 

 central longitudinal fascia, the fissures and the latéral angular mar- 

 gins — excluding extrême edge — black. Mesonotum with four 

 obconical spots on anterior margin of which the central pair are 



