414 Mr. W. L. Distant on Homoptera. 



black ; face ocliraceous, with a central discal spot, the cheeks, 

 and clypeus black, a large irregular spot at inner margin of 

 each eye and a longitudinal line to clypeus ochraceous ; pro- 

 notum ochraceous, the lateral and posterior margins, anterior 

 margin (centrally interrupted), and the furrows black; meso- 

 notum ochraceous, with two large anterior, central, obconical 

 spots, on each side of which is a smaller obconical spot, two 

 spots in front of the basal cruciform elevation, and the poste- 

 rior lateral margins black ; abdomen above ochraceous, with 

 a basal, central, greyish spot, the margins of the segment, two 

 oblique, longitudinal, central fascia on the apical and anal 

 segments, and a sublateral series of spots, black ; body 

 beneath black ; legs, transverse abdominal fasciae, and lateral 

 marginal spots ochraceous ; coxae, apical spots to anterior and 

 intermediate femora beneath, and tarsal claws, black ; tegraina 

 hyaline, talc-like, the venation ochraceous, much darker on 

 apical area, base of costal area and the postcostal area black, 

 basal area tinged with pale sanguineous; wings subhyaline, 

 the venation ochraceous, basal area tinged with pale san- 

 guineous ; vertex with three central longitudinal furrows ; 

 face centrally smooth, laterally transversely striate, pronotura 

 with the lateral furrows behind the eyes broadly foveately 

 excavate ; opercula in male short, transverse, rounded poste- 

 riorly, scarcely extending over base of abdomen, not meeting 

 inwardly, black, with their posterior and lateral margins 

 narrowly and obscurely ochraceous; rostrum just passing the 

 posterior coxce. 



Long., excl. tegm., $ ^ 33 mm. ; exp. tegm. 101 mm. 



Hah. Fiji Islands (C. Knoivles, Brit. Mus.). 



Subf'ani. Gmanin^. 

 Division C I C A D A T U A R I A. 



Tainasa tristigma. 



Cicada tristigma, Germ, in Silb. Rev. Ent. ii. p. 69 (1834). 



Teftigia tristigma, Stal, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1861, p. 617. 



Tibicen kurandce, God. & Frogg. Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 1904, 



p. 605. 

 Tibicen Doddi, God. & Frogg. loc. cit. p. 602. 



A species very variable in size ; the British Museum now 

 possesses a fair series of specimens collected by Mr. Dodd in 

 Queensland, and I am indebted to the kindness of Mr. Froggatt 

 for cotypes of his species. 



