426 Mr. W. L. Distant 07i Ilomopteia. 



almost equalling breadth at base of meso- 

 notum ; in front of eyes obliquely inclined, 



but net truncate Oria. 



II. Metasternum elevated at middle and furnished with 



a posterior process directed backward Cry2)totynip(ina. 



ElllANA, ffon. nov. 



Cicada, subfren. Chrcmistica, StSl (part.), CE:V. Vet.-A.k. Forh. 1870> 



p. 714. note. 

 Cicada, subpen. Cicada, StSl (part.), Inc. cif. 

 Cicada, subgen. Dicerojirocta, StSl (part.), loc. cit. 



Head distinctly lon<rer than half the breadth between eyes, 

 and including eyes wider than base of mesonotum; face more 

 or less prominent, its lateral margins in line with lateral 

 margins of vertex ; eyes oblique, longer than broad ; pro- 

 notum a little narrowed behind eyes, about or almost as long 

 as mesonotum in front of cruciform elevation ; abdomen not, 

 or scarcely, longer than length between apex of face and base 

 of cruciform elevation ; other characters generally as in 

 Cicada. 



Type, R. ochracea^ Walk. [Fidicinci). 



This genus includes a number of Oriental and American 

 species. 



Itihana virtjitlata, sp. n. 



Head black ; a spot at apex of face, an irregularly shaped 

 spot behind lateral margins of face, and a spot between ocelli 

 and eyes, all of which are ochraccous; pronotum brownish 

 ochraceous, anterior margin narrowly pale ochraceous, pos- 

 terior and lateral margins greenish ; a central discal fascia 

 widened anteriorly and posteriorly, on each side of which is 

 a short, discal, longitudinal line, and the incisures, black ; 

 mesonotum black, two linear, obconical, discal lines on anterior 

 area, lateral margins, the cruciform elevation, and a round 

 spot (containing a black centre) in front of each of its anterior 

 angles ochraceous ; abdomen })iceous ; face beneath with the 

 transverse ridges obscure castaneous ; sternum mostly ochra- 

 ceous; opercula pale dull ochraceous^ their inner areas black ; 

 tegmina and wings hj'aline ; tegmina with the costal mem- 

 brane greenish oclnaceous, the costal area fuscous, venation 

 mostly fuscous, the basal and longitudinal veins to the 

 apical areas somewhat broadly margined with fuscous ; claval 

 area to tegmina and abdominal area to wings pale brownish 

 ochraceous. 



Length of head more than half the breadth of space between 

 eyes, its breadth including eyes broader than base of meso- 

 notum ; tympanal coverings about as long as broad j rostrum 



