406 Mr. W. L. Distant on a new Species o/'Cicadidtr. 



XLVI. — Description of a neio Species of the Homopterous 

 Family Cicadidge. By W. L. Distant. 



Fam. Cicadidse. 



Subfam. Cicabin^. 



Cicada timorensts, sp. n. 



^ . Body above castaneous. Head with a central spot to 

 front, the anterior angles of the vertex and a spot on base at 

 inner margins of the eyes pale ochraceous ; ocelli dark shining 

 ochraceous; a small dark spot on the anterior angles of the 

 vertex just above the insertion of the antennge and a similar 

 spot on the ochraceous area at the inner margins of the eyes ; 

 eyes olivaceous or castaneous. Pronotum with the anterior, 

 lateral, and posterior margins ochraceous, its disk much 

 varied with the same hue and with a pale central longitudinal 

 fascia, widened posteriorly, where it contains two distinct 

 castaneous spots ; posterior margin inwardly castaneous. 

 Mesonotura ochraceous, with five large castaneous spots, four 

 obconical (of which the two central are smallest) starting 

 from the anterior margin, the fifth basal and triangularly 

 produced across disk. Metanotum and cruciform elevation 

 ochraceous, the last with its anterior angles dark castaneous. 

 Abdomen castaneous, the basal segmental margins palely 

 tomentose. Head beneath, sternum, legs, rostrum, and 

 opercula pale ochraceous ; face with a triangular spot at 

 base and a central fascia castaneous ; abdomen with the poste- 

 rior segmental margins and the anal appendage ochraceous. 



Tegmina and wings pale hyaline, their extreme bases 

 ochraceous, each with two small dark spots ; the venation 

 dark ochraceous or castaneous ; tegmina with the costal 

 membrane ochraceous. 



The rostrum extends to the posterior coxae ; the opercula 

 are about half the length of the abdomen, their inner margins 

 straight and contiguous, their apices broadly convex, their 

 outer margins moderately concavely sinuate. 



The face is very strongly transversely striate. 



Long., excl. tegm,, (J 26 millim. ; exp. tegm. 80 millim. 



Ilab. Malayan Archipelago ; Timor. 



This species is nearest allied to C. coronata, Dist., from 

 which it differs by the different colour-markings, the opercula 

 not overlapping at their inner margins, &c. 



