Mr. W. L. Distant on new Cicadidge. 415 



all the wings golden oclireous, outer half greyish chocolate, 

 glossed with purple ; the silvery white spots on primaries 

 quite different, the first rather small, towards base of dorsal 

 margin, the second obliquely in front of it within the cell, 

 the third forming a transverse band (not invariably reaching 

 the costa) before the middle ; the fourth transverse, quadrate, 

 beyond the cell ; the fifth quadrate, bifid, costal, subapical ; 

 the sixth large, broad, its inner edge slightly arched, its outer 

 edge angulated, and its base on dorsal margin near external 

 angle j the seventh oval, small, subapical, halfway between 

 the last two spots and the outer margin ; a few other white 

 dots are scattered along the costa and between the outer spots : 

 head white, antennee brown, collar spotted with white behind ; 

 palpi with brownish terminal joint ; legs white, anterior pair 

 brownish in front; pectus white, with two brown spots on 

 each side, venter white, basal half of anal valves golden 

 ochreous, outer half smoky brown : wings below pale, as if 

 washed out. Expanse of wings 33 millira. 



S _? . Malay ta ( Woodford) . 



This species was also collected by Mr. Gervase Mathew 

 and is now in Lord Walsingham's collection, on which 

 account I should have preferred for his lordship to describe 

 the species ; but for various reasons he thought it better that 

 I should complete the series of descriptions of Mr. Woodford's 

 Lepidoptera, which I had begun. 



LX. — Descriptions of two new Species o/' Cicadidge. 

 By W. L. Distant. 



Cryptotyrnpana sinensis^ n. sp. 



^ . Head ochraceous ; front with the margins (but not 

 meeting at apex) broadly castaneous ; eyes olivaceous ; ocelli 

 reddish ochraceous, with their surrounding area castaneous. 

 Pronotum castaneous, the margins and a central fascia, which 

 is much widened and ampliated at base, ochraceous. Meso- 

 notum ochraceous, with two large obconical castaneous spots 

 near each lateral margin and two large, central, very obscure 

 obconical spots, which are only visible by their slightly darker 

 margins ; basal cruciform elevation pale olivaceous. Abdo- 

 men above ochraceous, the posterior segmental margins cas- 

 taneous. Body beneath and legs ochraceous ; face with the 



