Matsimura : A List ok the Japanksü and FokiMosan Cicadidae, with Uescuu-iion 20 ^ 



the third abdominal segment on each lateral side witli a wart-like projection ; 

 penultimate abdominal segment conical and abruptly truncated as that of Teyp- 

 nosia; venation to tegmina slender, radial area much narrower than the middle 

 ulnar ; ovipositor of the female very long. 



This genus is quite easily distinguishable by the presence of tiic lateral 

 tubercles to the third abdominal segment; female with a very long ovipositor. 

 Genotype — Euterpnosia chibciisis n. sp. 



39. Euterpnosia chibensis n. sp. 



Body olivaceous yellow; head with the ocellar region, a zigzag spot on each 

 side of \ertex, a transverse band to the upper part of gena, 2 longitudinal stripes 

 and some short lateral striations to front and face, black; pronotum with a central 

 black stripe, converging posteriorly, a crescent spot on each side of these stripes, 

 incisures and 2 spots near each hind angle, brownish ; mesonotum with a central 

 lanceolate stripe, an obconical spot on each side of the stripe, the other very small 

 conical spot on its outer side, a lateral stripe somewhat curved, 2 round spots 

 before cruciform-elevation, black; abdomen ochraceous, becoming brownish to- 

 wards the apex, on each lateral side with a row of bro\vnish spots, lateral tuber- 

 cles of the third segment concolorous; ovipositor of the female more than one 

 half the length of the abdomen; legs ochraceous or olivaceous yellow; a short 

 stripe near each apex of femur, a spot near the base of tibia, the base as well as 

 tip of tarsus, brownish ; opercula ochraceous, on the lateral sides rounded ; tegmina 

 hyaline, veins olivaceous yellow, the first und second apical transverse veins scarce- 

 ly infuscated. 



Length — excl. tegm. J 24-^ 27 mm.; exp. tegm. J 60-? 68 mm. 

 Hab.— Honshu (Mt. Yawata in the Prov. Chiba); 8 (3 J, 5 ?) specimens 

 in my collection; recently one J specimen was presented to our Univer- 

 sity by the son of the late l?aron Yoshio Tanaka, who had collected it 

 also in the same place. 



var. daitoensis n. 



Differs from the type as follows : — 



Face with a broad longitudinal black stripe, on its apex inclosing a small 

 ochraceous spot ; 2 central black stripes becoming broader posteriorly; 2 obconical 



