51-2 CICADIDAB 



Two others species of this curious primitive genus are 

 found in Madagascar and another in the Phihppines. 



In a collection such as this, particularly that part of it which 

 is the result of Dr. E. Mjoberg's work during his prolonged 

 stay on Mt. Murud, the absence of certain species is often 

 just as interesting as the presence of other species. 



In the Mt. Murud collection for instance, one would have 

 hoped to see PoDiponia graecina, a mountain spev-^ies confined 

 to Borneo. Ane of the two rare species of NahaJiia, at present 

 only known (in Borneo) from Mt. Kinabalu might be expected 

 to occur there, especially as one of them (A^. mascula) occurs 

 on Mt. Ophir in the Malay Peninsula. The genera Purana, 

 Maua and Cryptotympnna are unrepresented, although collect- 

 ing on other Bornean mountains usually results in the capture 

 of one or more species of these genera. The absence of any 

 species of Huechys, brightly coloured little Cicadas, and of 

 Mogannia which has four species from Borneo, chiefly from 

 mountain parts, is remarkable and would suggest perhaps that 

 Mt. Murud, although the home of one or two extremely 

 interesting species, has nevertheless rather a scanty Cicadid 

 fauna. 



