On a neiD Species of Cicadidae. 425 



llah. Natal; Durban (//. W. Simmonds, Coll. Dist.). 



A male specimen of this species was taken by Mr. 8imraonds, 

 of New Zealand, when on a recent visit to Natal. That 

 specimen is now in my collection, having been presented to 

 me by its discoverer. Mr. Bell Marley also tells me he took 

 another specimen at about the same time and locality. 1 

 liope to eventually figure the species in ray ' Insecta 

 Trans vaaliensia.' 



LIX. — Descriptiofi of a neto Species of Gicadidx frotn 

 East Africa. By W. L. Distant. 



Pycna Elliotti, sp. n. 



cJ . Head, pronotum, and mesonotum pale virescent, 

 thickly greyislily pilose ; some spots to front, area of the 

 ocelli, and inner margins of the eyes piceous ; pronotum with 

 two central longitudinal fascije, united into a broad fascia on 

 posterior half, and from the middle of which there proceeds on 

 each side an oblique line to eyes, the furrows, and a broad 

 oblique spot on each side of the posterior margin near tlie 

 outer angles, piceous ; mesonotum with two small obconical 

 spots on anterior margin, on each side an oblique lino 

 reaching middle, where it is inwardly recurved, a transverse 

 linear spot near each anterior angle of the cruciform elevation 

 and the lateral areas broadly (enclosing a large pale spot at 

 base and apex) piceous ; abdomen above piceous, the seg- 

 mental margins broadly and a central longitudinal fascia 

 virescent ; body beneath and legs pale ochraceous ; head 

 beneath (including face), large spots to femora, bases and 

 apices of tibiai and tarsi, apex of rostrum, basal abdominal 

 segment, and the segmental margins piceous or black; basal 

 margin of face, a basal transverse spot between face and eyes, 

 and the clypeus pale virescent ; tegmina with nearly basal 

 half opaque, greyish, with the veins virescent, two spots on 

 costal membrane, two in apical half of radial area, and a 

 transverse fascia at end of pale opaque area piceous, 

 remaining area of tegmina hyaline, the veins testaceous, witii 

 piceous spots, more particularly in transverse marginal and 

 submarginal apical series ; wings bright pale ochraceous, 

 opaque, and outwardly margined with piceous for more 

 than lialf their length, the apical area hyaline; rostrum 

 reacliing the second abdominal segment ; opercula short, 

 Ann. d) Mag. N. Hist. IScr. 7. Vol. xx. 28 



