230 Mr. W. L. Distant on neio Cicadidse. 



fascia black ; vertex with three black fascia, one on each side 

 beliind the eyes, and one central containing the ocelli and a 

 small angulated black marginal spot near bases of antennae ; 

 ejes dull castaneous. Pronotum olivaceous green, with a 

 central longitudinal ochraceous fascia margined with black, 

 a black submarginal fascia, and the extreme margin ochra- 

 ceous. Mesonotum olivaceous green, with five longitudinal 

 black fascias all more or less margined with ochraceous, 

 situate one central and longest extending right across disk 

 and attenuated anteriorly, on each side of this is a shorter 

 fascia extending from anterior margin to about centre, followed 

 again by a long and broader fascia a little before each lateral 

 margin ; a small black spot in front of the anterior angles of 

 the cruciform elevation^ which is also more or less olivaceous. 

 Abdomen above piceous, more or less clothed with fine greyish 

 pilosity, the tympana and some lateral shadings olivaceous. 

 Head beneath and sternum olivaceous, frontal margin between 

 the eyes black ; sternum more or less greyishly pilose ; legs 

 olivaceous, an apical annulation to anterior femora, the under 

 surfaces of intermediate and posterior femora, more than apical 

 half of anterior tibia3, and about apical third of intermediate 

 and posterior tibiss and the tarsi black. Opercula olivaceous, 

 the inner margin and about apical two thirds (not quite 

 reaching outer margin) black. Abdomen beneath piceous, 

 more or less greyish pilose. Tegmina pale hyaline, narrowly 

 olivaceous at extreme base, the venation alternately brownish 

 olivaceous and piceous, the costal membrane olivaceous, two 

 subapical piceous spots situate on the transverse veins at bases 

 of the two upper apical areas, and some minute submarginal 

 piceous spots. Wings pale hyaline, narrowly olivaceous at 

 extreme base, the costal margin ochraceous for about half its 

 length. 



^ . Long. excl. tegm. 34 to 38 millim. ; exp. tegra. 94 to 

 103 millim. 



Hab. Penang {Rev. L. C. Biggs) . 



The opercula about, or almost, reach the base of the last 

 abdominal segment, are concavely narrowed near base, and 

 ampliated and rounded towards apex ; the face is narrowly 

 sulcated for about half its length and possesses strong trans- 

 verse ridges ; the anterior femora are armed with three spines 

 beneath, one near centre, two near apex, the apical one 

 smallest. 



JPomponia promiscua, n. sp. 



(^ . Body above greenish ochraceous. Head with two 

 small fuscous spots at apex of front and two wider apart at 



