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lateral area, and a transverse spot on eacli side of the lateral 

 angles to cruciform elevation; cruciform elevation dull 

 castaneou.^, its disk and a spot on its anterior angles black ; 

 abdomen above black, the tympanal coverings dull ochraceous, 

 the posterior basal segmental margins testaceous ; sternum 

 and opercula greyish ochraceous; legs and abdomen beneath 

 brownish ochraceous ; apices of anterior femora, anterior 

 tibiae (excluding two longitudinal streaks), apical areas of 

 intermediate tibise, apex of posterior tibite, anterior tarsi, 

 intermediate tarsi (excluding base), and obscure lateral spots 

 to abdomen, black ; spiracular spots to abdomen cretaceous ; 

 tegmina and wings moderately infuscate, the venation fuscous, 

 in parts dull ochraceous ; tegmina with the costal membrane 

 testaceous, the transverse veins at the apices of the second, 

 third, fifth, and seventh apical areas moderately infuscate ; 

 rostrum passing the posterior coxee ; opercula in male broad, 

 convex, and overlapping, reaching the base of the second 

 abdominal segment. 



Long., excl. tegm., ^ 33 ; exp. tegm. 108 mm. 



Hah. North China (Paris Mus.). 



Allied to O. maculaticollis, Motsch., from which, apart from 

 the different coloration, it may be distinguished by the 

 narrower tegmina and the broader cruciform elevation. 



Oncotympana stratoria, sp. n. 



Body and legs brownish ochraceous ; head with lateral 

 stria3 to front, two spots on each lateral margin of vertex, 

 area of ocelli, and inner margin of eyes black ; pronotum 

 with the lateral margins, incisures, two central longitudinal 

 fascite (ampliated anteriorly, and united posteriorly) black; 

 mesonotum with four broken and subobsolete obconical spots, 

 the two central ones smaller and oidy denoted by their 

 margins, a small marginal spot before the lateral spots, and 

 two rounded spots in front of the cruciform elevation black; 

 abdomen above with two large spots on basal, and the greater 

 part of the remaining segments, black; a broad central 

 fascia to face, apices of anterior and intermediate femora, bases 

 and apical areas of anterior and intermediate tibife, apex 

 of rostrum, and lateral abdominal marginal spots, black ; 

 tegmina and wings hyaline ; tegmina witli the venation 

 mostly purplish red on basal half, becoming fuscous towards 

 apex, a somewhat large fuscous spot on transverse veins to 

 second, third, fifth, and seventh apical areas, and a marginal 

 series of minute pale fuscous spots near apices of longitudinal 

 veins to a[)ical areas; venation of wings mostly fuscous browMi ; 



