l->^ Mr. W. L. Distant on 



XX. — .1 few u))described Species of C'lcadidx. 

 13}' W. L. Distant. 



Subfam. CiCADixM. 



Division C I C A D A R i A. 



liihana operculissinia, sp. n. 



^ . Ili'ud and ]uonotum brownish ocliraceous ; mesonotum 

 castaneous ; head witli hiteiul striiB to front, a broad transverse 

 iascia between eyes which readies basal rnari>in at tiie area 

 of the ocelli, pronotum with a broad central fascia widened 

 anteriorly and posteriorly, on each side of which is a longitu- 

 dinal discal spot, the fissures and a spot on lateral margin, 

 mesonotum with four obconical spots, of which the two central 

 are shorter and better defined, a central line widening into a 

 large subtriangular spot in front of cruciform elevation, and a 

 spot on anterior angles of same, black ; margins of pronotum 

 pale ocliraceous ; abdomen above black ; face with the trans- 

 verse striations and apical two thirds of central area black, 

 inner margins of eyes and a transverse fascia between them 

 and face, black ; coxal streaks, anterior and intermediate tibice, 

 and the taisi more or less piceous ; abdomen beneath black, 

 somewhat ocliraceous towards lateral margins, opercula pale 

 ochraceous; tegmina and wings hyaline, the venation greenish 

 ochraceous on basal and piceous on apical area ; tegmina with 

 the costal membrane greenish ochraceous, the postcostal area 

 [•iceous brown between black veins. 



Opercula very long, reaching base of sixth abdominal 

 segment, the interior angles oveila])ping at base, where they 

 are margined with black, ajjiccs subacute and a little out- 

 wardly directed, outer margins posteriorly concavely sinuate ; 

 rostrum reaching the posterior coxas. 



Long., excl. tegm., (^ 34 mm. ; exp. tegm. 86 mm. 



Uab. Mexico, Ten it. de Te[)ic, Cerro San Juan [L. Diguct, 

 Paris Mus.). 



liihana Digued, sp. n. 



^ . llead above black, somewhat tiiickly ochraceouslj 

 pilose, ocelli purplish red ; pronotum castaneous, its margins 

 brownish ochraceous, with a central fascia, much widened 

 anterior!}' and posteriorly, on each side of wliich is a longi- 

 tudinal spot, the fissures, and a spot on lateral margins, 

 bhick ; mesonotum black, with four obconical spots only 



