DESCRIPTIONS OF THREE NEW SPECIES OF CICADID^. 207 



centre transverse, keeled, the sides of the metathorax rounded at the 

 apex. The third joint of the antennse is as long as the scape, and fully 

 one-quarter longer than the fourth. Metanotum short, sliarply oblique, 

 its centre without a distinct furrow. Head closely, the thorax more 

 strongly, but not so closely punctured ; the pubescence dense, longer 

 on the head than on the thorax. There is a small tooth on either 

 side of the apex of the first abdominal segment on the ventral side ; 

 the apex above is transverse and is not narrowed. <? . Total length 

 21 mm. 



Kuching, Borneo, July (John Hewitt). 



There are no distinct grooves on the mesonotum nor on the scutel- 

 lum ; down the middle of the latter is a fine keel. The base of the 

 metapleurae is smooth, the base and apex of this part with a crenu- 

 lated border. Palpi pale testaceous. There is a smooth, shining, 

 triangular space on the sides of the metanotum at the base. The 

 front is raised and transverse above the antennae. The furrow 

 separating the scutellums is narrow and moderately deep. 



Allied to Z. hero, de Haan, and Z. dolosus, Bing. 



This fine species is dedicated to my late housekeeper, Mary 

 Etchells, in grateful remembrance of many years' faithful 

 service. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF THREE NEW SPECIES OF 

 CICADWJE. . 



By W. L. Distant. 1/1 O^i 



Rihana atra, sp. n. 



(^ . Body and legs black ; eyes, coxal spots, basal joint of rostrum, 

 and extreme apices of femora and bases of tibiae ochraceous ; ocelli 

 and a central spot to clypeus (sometimes absent) sanguineous ; 

 tegmina hyaline, costal membrane black, venation piceous, basal cell 

 hyaline with its upper half piceous, a basal claval streak pale 

 emerald-green ; wings hyaline, extreme base black and spotted with 

 emerald-green, a streak of the same colour occupying the greater 

 part of the inner or anal cell ; head longer than half the breadth 

 between eyes, including eyes broader than base of mesonotum ; face 

 moderately prominent, the transverse striations robust, centrally 

 longitudinally finely sulcate ; opercula not quite reaching basal joint 

 of abdomen, moderately convex, their outer magins reflexed, their 

 inner margins contiguous for about one-third from base and then 

 obliquely directed to apices which are rounded, their surface coarsely 

 wrinkled ; posterior lateral margin of the metasternum brownish- 

 ochraceous or piceous brown ; posterior tibige with two slender spines 

 beyond middle. 



? . Body beneath and legs paler, more, or less brownish-ochra- 

 ceous or piceous-brown ; basal segment of abdomen above distinctly 



