Mr. W. L. Distant on new Cicadidfe. 375 



Tegmina and wings pale hyaline, their bases dull reddish, 

 the venation blackish ; the costal membrane of tegmina 

 ochraceous. 



The face is large, but laterally compressed and strongly 

 striated, with a profound central longitudinal sulcation. The 

 rostrum about reaches the intermediate coxae ; the legs are 

 robust and the anterior femora have a strong spine beneath 

 at apex and a similar spine near base. 



Long. excl. tegm., $ 35 millim., exp. tegm. 90 millim. 



Hah. Cashmere Valley, 6300 feet {Leech). Coll. Dist. 



Cicadetta continuata, n. sp. 



? . Head and thorax above dull blackish, sparingly 

 covered with short grey pilosity. Head with the anterior 

 margin, the ocelli, and a central, linear, longitudinal fascia 

 continued across the pronotum, where it is widened, dull 

 ochraceous, the pronotal margins of the same colour. Meso- 

 notura with two longitudinal discal fascia, the lateral margins 

 and basal cruciform elevation dull ochraceous, tlie last with 

 its centre blackish. Abdomen above pale castaneous, grey- 

 ishly pilose, the posterior segmental margins paler in hue and 

 with an obscure, central, narrow, longitudinal, blackish fascia. 

 Body beneath and legs dull reddish ochraceous ; head beneath 

 and the discal area of face blackish. 



Tegmina and wings pale hyaline, their bases narrowly 

 reddish ochraceous, the venation more or less olivaceous. The 

 rostrum about reaches the intermediate coxee, and the face is 

 very broad and tumid. 



Long. excl. tegm., ? 15-18 millim., exp. tegm. 38-45 

 millim. 



Hah. Quetta. Calc. Mus. 



Cicadetta Uterata^ n. sp. 



$ . Head and pronotum dull blackish, somewhat palely 

 pilose, both crossed by a narrow, obscure, longitudinal, ochra- 

 ceous line ; ocelli red, eyes black and shining. Pronotum 

 shining black, with the lateral margins and a large, discal, 

 " letter H "-shaped spot ochraceous. Abdomen above dull 

 blackish, the posterior segmental margins narrowly and ob- 

 scurely dull reddish. Body beneath ochraceous, the sternum 

 much shaded with dull blackish. Abdomen with a central 

 longitudinal row of blackish spots ; legs ochraceous, femora 

 and tibia3 streaked with blackish. 



