Matsiimura : A List of the Japanese and Fokmosan Cicadidae, wirit Description mi 



Heati with ej'cs always broader 

 than the base of the pronotuni. 

 Pronotuni on tlie sides always with 

 narrow black margin; black band 

 near the hind margin always not 

 interrupted in the middle, immedi- 

 ately before it provided with large 

 black triangular spot, inclosing 2 

 ochraceous spots. 



Head with e)'cs alwaj's as broad as 

 the base of the ijronotum. 

 Pronotum on the sides not with 

 black margin on the anterior half; 

 black band near the hind margin 

 always interrupted in the middle, 

 immediiitcly before it provided 

 with 2 small black spots, instead 

 of a triangular black spot. 



4. Ochraceous W-spot of the mesono- 4. Ochraceous W-spot of the mesono- 



tum alwajs broader, lateral stripes 

 fulvous pubescent. 



5. Veins to the tegmina afways robust- 

 er, dark brown or black, olivaceous 

 yellow at the basal half; first apical 

 vein opens near the base and not 

 brownish suffused ; the third and 

 fourth cross-veins nearly alwaj's 

 infuscated (rarely in J not suffus- 

 ed). 



6. Abdmen always black on the back. 



tum narrower, laterial stripes white 

 pulverous. 



5. Veins to the tegmina slender, red- 

 dish ochroceous to the tip ; first 

 apical cross-vein opens nearly in 

 r/3 of the first apical area, which is 

 nearly yellow brownish suffused ; 

 the fourth and fifth nearly always 

 not infuscated (rarely suffused in 



. the $). 



6. Abdomen very often reddish och- 



raceous on the back. 

 7. Opercula longer, always reaching 7. Opercula short, always reaching 

 to the third ventral segment, emar- only to the base of the abdomen, not 



ginated on the lateral margins. emarginated on the lateral margins. 



It is probable that Mr. Distant has not seen any specimen of C. pyropa from 

 Japan. Mr. V>. Oshanin reports in his catalague that this species lives also in 

 Askold Island near Wladivostok. 



7. Cryptotympana Stäl. 



11. Cryptotympana pustulata F. 



Tcttigonia pustulata F., Mant. Ins. Vol. 2, p. 266, n. 11 (1787). 



