DESCRIPTIONS 



OF NEW SPECIES OF EASTERN CICADIDAE 



IN THE COLLECTION OF THE MUSEO CIVICO OF GENOA 



By W. L. DISTANT 



Huechys pingenda n. sp. 



</\ Head and thorax above black ; the front of the head, the 

 ocelli, and two large spots — situate on the basal margins of 

 the mesonotum — bright ochraceous. Abdomen above dull red- 

 dish , the base and dorsal area dull pitchy-black. Head and 

 thorax beneath , the legs rostrum and opercula pitchy-black ; 

 the face — excluding basal margin — bright ochraceous. Abdomen 

 beneath dull reddish with transverse pitchy segmental fasciae 

 and the apical half of anal appendage black. Tegmina opaque 

 milky-white slightly suffused with pale fuscous on the apical 

 area ; the venation , costal area , greater portion of basal cell 

 and a very small basal patch pitchy-black. Wings pale smoky 

 hyaline , the venation pitchy. 



The face is robust, laterally compressed, the transverse stmtions 

 distinct on basal half, and the longitudinal sulcation broadening 

 towards apex ; the rostrum reaches the intermediate coxae. 



Long. excl. tegm. 24 millim. Exp. tegm. 58 millim. 



Hab. Sumatra: M. 1 Singalang (0. Beccari). 



Huechys celebensis n. sp. 



Closely allied to H. pingenda Dist., but differing by the much 

 darker hue of the tegmina and by the greater length of the 

 second apical area to same , which has its base much nearer 

 to the base of first area than in H. pingenda; a waved fuscous 



