184 On undescrihed Species of Cic;ulida?. 



ppgniciit cretaceous white ; tympanal covprings piceous ; head 

 beneath, sternum, legs, and opercula dull greenish ochra- 

 ceous ; lateral carinations to face, a spot on each side of 

 clypeus, apex of rostrum, narrow basal and apical suffusions 

 to femora and tibije, and tlie abdomen benc^ath piceous or 

 black, tlie latter with the segmental margins and a lateral 

 spot on each side near base olivaceous green ; tcgmina and 

 wings hyaline with a bronzy tint, the venation testaceous or 

 fuscous ; tegmina with the costal membrane greenish ochra- 

 ccous, a round fuscous spot on the transverse veins at bases 

 of second, tliird, fifth, seventh, and eighth apical areas, and 

 a fuscous spot at apices of longitudinal veins to aj)ical areas; 

 wings with the outer n)argin and a basal streak to anal area 

 fuscous; opercula transveise, their inner margins black but 

 not meeting, iheir posterior margins broadly rounded ; head 

 (including eyes) narrower than base of mesonotum. 



Long., excl. tegm., (J ? 20 mm. ; exp. tegm.^ cJ 77, 

 ? 83 mm. 



JJab. N.W. India ; Mussooree {Mahoni). 



Mr. Maekiinion has asked me to name this species after his 

 chief collector J\lahoni, who captured the specimens. 



Allied to 0. melaiioptera, Dist., from which it may be at 

 once separated, apart from other characters, by its much 

 narrower head. 



Subfam Gmai^inm. 



Division C I C A D A T R A R i A. 



Cicadatra raja, sp. n. 



Head and pronotum castaneous ; tiie ocelli sometimes 

 margined with piceous; pronotum with the posterior margin 

 ochraceous or greenish ochraceous, and sometimes with a 

 central longitudinal ochraceous fascia, broadened anteriorly 

 and posteriorly, two small piceous si)0ts at centre of posterior 

 margin ; mesonotum brownish ochraceous, with four obconical 

 piceous or castaneous spots, the two central ones short and 

 s.)mewhat wide apart, two spots of the same colour in front 

 cf the cruciform elevation (sometimes absent) ; abdomen 

 above brownish or castaneous, palely pilose, with the seg- 

 mental margins piceous or darker in hue; body beneath 

 palely pilose; tegmina and wings hyaline, the first with 

 the venation fuscous, the costal membiane and some of the 

 basal veins virescent, a distinct small piceous spot at apex 

 of upj)er apical area ; wings with the venation, inner broad 

 anal margin (enclosing a small pale spot at apex), and the 



