294 Mr. W. L. Distant on new Cicadidge. 



irregular fascia, and a spot in front of each anterior angle of tlie 

 basal cruciform elevation. Abdomen purplish red, the pos- 

 terior segmental margins ochraceoas, excepting those near 

 apex, which are piceous, and with a central discal piceous 

 spot near base. Head beneath with the anterior margin 

 black and a central piceous spot near apex of face. Opercula 

 ochraceous, with apices and inner margins broadly black ; 

 apex of abdomen beneath black. Tegmina and wings pale 

 hyaline, the venation more or less fuscous ; tegmina with the 

 costal membrane castaneous, the transverse veins at the bases 

 of the second and third apical areas infuscated. 



The face is convex, with a central longitudinal incision, 

 which neither reaches base nor apex. The opercula are long 

 and broad, concavely sinuated on their outer margins near 

 base, their apices obtusely rounded and about reaching the 

 apical abdominal segment. Rostrum mutilated. 



Long. excl. tegm. 35 millim., exp. tegm. 102 millim. 



Hab. Poutianak (West Coast, Borneo). Brussels Mus. 



Cosmopsaltria minahasoe^ n. sp. 



(J . Body above pale obscure olivaceous, more or less 

 covered with pale ochraceous pile. Head with the front an- 

 teriorly striated and with two apical, black, central spots ; 

 vertex with some scattered black spots, the ocelli reddish. 

 Pronotum with a central, longitudinal, ochraceous fascia, 

 bordered with black and with an irregularly rounded black 

 linear spot near each lateral margin. Mesonotum with seven 

 black spots, three central and two near each lateral margin, and 

 a black spot in front of anterior angles of cruciform elevation. 

 Tympana with grey pilosity ; abdomen above also much shaded 

 with greyish pile. Body beneath greyish, with an olivaceous 

 tinge ; apical portion of the face black ; apices of the femora 

 and tibise and the tarsi dark fuscous ; apical abdominal seg- 

 ment infuscated, anal appendage with a central fuscous fascia. 

 Tegmina and wings pale hyaline, venation brownish, ochra- 

 ceous at the base of upper ulnar area, and the transverse veins 

 at the bases of the second and third apical areas broadly infus- 

 cated. 



The opercula are pale olivaceous, somewhat gradually 

 narrowing towards apices, which are obtusely angulated and 

 reaching the apex of the fourth abdominal segment ; rostrum 

 reaching the second abdominal segment, its apex fuscous. 



Long. excl. tegm. 35 millim., exp. tegm. 100 millim. 



Hab. Celebes, Menado (coll. Dist.), Ceram (Brit. Mus.). 



A specimen of this species from Ceram was identified by 



