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



lateral caringe castaneous ; apices of the tibise and tarsi cas- 

 taneous. Tegmina pale hyaline, the venation ochraceous, 

 the costal membrane pale greenish, and the basal third of 

 the tegminal area tinged with pale ochraceous. Wings pale 

 hyaline, the venation ochraceous, and the base narrowly 

 tinged with pale ochraceous. 



The face is tumid, the lateral carinee robust and slightly 

 waved ; the rostrum extends to the intermediate coxge ; the 

 opercula are somewhat short, with their lateral margins 

 slightly concave and their posterior margins oblique; they 

 overlap at the centre and their apices extend to the second 

 abdominal segment. 



Long. excl. tegm., ^ 40 millim., exp. tegm. 118 millim. 



Hah. Shantung, North China. 



Cryptotympana insularis, n. sp. 



Head, pronotum, and mesonotum dark olivaceous ; eyes 

 ochraceous, front with some basal black carinse on each side 

 of lateral margin ; ocelli shining ochraceous. Pronotum with 

 a pale central longitudinal impression with some short trans- 

 verse caringe at base, and with two oblique linear incisions on 

 each lateral half. Mesonotum with two dark central obconical 

 spots starting from anterior margin, and on each side of these 

 spots is a smaller and more obscure spot ; a dark castaneous 

 spot in front of the basal cruciform elevation, which is pale 

 olivaceous. Abdomen above dark shining brownish oliva- 

 ceous, the segments more or less clothed with pale pilosity. 

 Body beneath olivaceous ; face with a central, longitudinal^, 

 levigate, ochraceous fascia, which is somewhat obliterated 

 near centre ; rostrum pitchy and almost reaching the posterior 

 coxai ; abdomen beneath brownish ochraceous ; legs with the 

 anterior femora dark ochraceous, their apices and the anterior 

 tibia" and tarsi pitchy ; intermediate and posterior femora 

 brownish, the trochanters pitchy, the tibige ochraceous, their 

 apices and the tarsi pitchy, the posterior tarsi with a central 

 ochraceous annulation. Tegmina pale hyaline, with a very 

 slight fuscous tinge ; venation and the costal membrane oliva- 

 ceous, the first more brownish on basal half, and the trans- 

 verse veins at the apices of the two upper ulnar areas infus- 

 cated. Wings resembling tegmina, both narrowly very dark 

 fuscous at bases. 



The body is short and broad, giving the species much the 

 appearance of the American genus Fidicina. The opercula 

 slightly overlap at the centre, and are obtusely and broadly 



