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



Arm-spines subequal. Under arm-plates very regular, ratlier 

 wider than long. 



The upper arm -plates are of a dark colour with a lighter 

 proximal margin ; the sjaines and the lower plates are much 

 paler. 



Hah. Itamaraca, Brazil. 



L. — Descriptions of neio Slides of Oriental Cicadidae. 

 Bj W. L. Distant. 



Leptopsaltria picturata^ n. sp. 



(J . Body above brownish ochraceous ; head, excluding 

 base, much suffused with piceous, the ocelli red, the eyes cas- 

 taneous. Pronotum with a central, longitudinal, fuscous 

 fascia, the margins of which are black, ampliated ante- 

 riorly and notched and narrowed posteriorly ; and an oblique 

 piceous fascia near each lateral margin. Mesonotum with a 

 central, longitudinal, linear fascia, on each side of which 

 is a curved, linear, discal fascia extending to anterior mar- 

 gin ; a broad fascia on each lateral area, and a spot at each 

 anterior angle of the cruciform basal elevation, piceous. Ab- 

 domen sparingly greyly pilose, with a double discal series 

 and a more continuous series of piceous spots on each lateral 

 margin ; base of anal segment also piceous. Body beneath 

 ochraceous ; bases of anterior femora, bases and apices of the 

 tibite, apices of the tarsi, abdominal tubercles, and anal seg- 

 ment of the abdomen piceous ; anal appendage luteous. Teg- 

 mina and wings pale hyaline, the venation fuscous ; the 

 tegmina with a small costal ochraceous and fuscous spot at 

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

 bases of the first^ second, and third apical areas infuscated. 



The rostrum has the apex piceous and just passing the pos- 

 terior coxa3, and the face is depressed and somewhat flattened. 



Long. excl. tegm. 15 millim., exp. tegm. 44 millim. 



Hab. Nilgiri Hills, northern slopes, 5000 feet {Hampson). 

 Coll. Dist. 



Lepto27sahria andamanensis, n. sp. 



^ . Body above reddish ochraceous, ocelli reddish. Pro- 

 notum with the centre of the anterior margin and the whole 

 of the posterior margin (widest at centre) blackish. Meso- 



