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14. Gen. Cosmopsaltria Stiil. 



22. Cosmopsaltria inermis Stal. 



Cosiiii>j^sa!tiui iiicnnis ^i:\\, Ocfr. Vet-Akad. l-^irh. ji. 708 (1870); 

 Di-st., Mon. Orient. Cicad. p. 49, t. 6, f. i 5 a, b (1890). 

 Mr. W. Di.stant liaii enumerated this .species as li\'ino- in Japan in the "Genera 

 Insectoruiii,'' Family Cicadidae, p. 44 (1913), but I think it may bj a mistake. 

 This species was originall)' described from the Philipjune Islands. 



23. Cosmopsaltria multivocalis n. sp. 



Head antl thorax abo\'e, olivaceous; a transverse spot to front, a central 

 stripe to face, ujipcr facial striations, tlic area of ocelli, a zigzag spot on vertex 

 at the inner sides of e_\-es, a lateral fascia at the front of e\'es, black. Pronotum 

 with 2 central black lines, lateral spots and incisures, brownish ; incsonotuni with 

 5 black stripes, of which the middle 3 united in the middle ; on the anterior 

 margin at the inner sides of the outer lateral stripes each with a small black spot ; 

 before cruciform-elevation with 2 black spots; opercula ochraceous, long, reaching 

 to the fifth abdominal segment, at the basal half on the inner sides nearly straight 

 and touching each other, then obliquely truncated, and at the apex conically 

 broadly pointed ; abdomen short, above black, each hind margin of the segments 

 olivaceous, which becoming broader towards the sides ; venter dark yellow and 

 nearly coloured as that of Mcimiina o/fali/cni W'k,; tegmina nearly twice as long 

 as the abdomen and thorax taken together, hyaline, on the first and second apical 

 cross-veins infuscated; legs ochraceous, an indistinct stripe to femora, tibiae at the 

 apices and tarsi except bases, fuscous. 



Length — excl. tegm. 26 mm.; e.xp. tegm 81 mm. 



Hab. — Formosa (Hoppo) ; i J specimen collected by the late K. W'atana- 

 be ; according to his information this insect is very difficult to catch and 

 [jroduces three or four different sounds. 



15. Gen. Platylomia Sti^il. 



24. Platylomia spinosa F. 



'I cttigjiiia spinosa F., Mant. Ins. Vol. 2, p. 266, n. 6 (1787). 

 Cosmopsallria spinosa Dist., Mon. Orient. Cicad. p. 52, t. 4, f. 7 a, b 

 (1S90). 



