1886.] E. T. AtkinBon— Notes o?^ Indian Rhynchota. 185 



portion, but becoming obscure and black towards the apical anastomoses : 

 abdomen black, margined yellow : opercula moderate, tumid, rounded, 

 blackish-brown bordered with yellow : feet black, varied with yellow. 

 Long. 47 : exp. teg. 134 millims. 



Reported from China, Java, but likely to be found in India. 



73. Cryptotympana acuta, Signoret. 



Cicada acuta, Sign., Rev. Mag. Zool. p. 409, t. 10, f . 3, 3 A (1849). 

 Fidicina acuta, Walker, List Horn. B. M. ii, p. 81 (1850). 

 Fidicina nivifera, Walker, 1. c. p. 80 (1850). 



Cryptotympana acuta, Stal, A. S. E. F. (4 ser.) i, p. 613 (1861) ; Ofvers. K. Y.- 

 A. Forh. p. 483 (1862) ; p. 714 (1870). 



Black : two reddish brown patches on the pronotum and a yellow 

 band on the posterior margin : mesonotum with six stripes, of which the 

 two median are small : scutellum reddish : metanotum reddish on each 

 side with two median patches : tegmina and wings brownish at the base, 

 the external cellules and the two first anastomoses only being slightly 

 smoky : abdomen with a large farinose patch on each side of the first 

 three segments, which is only feebly indicated on the fourth, beneath 

 black varied with red : opercula large, elongate, ending in a point and 

 sinuate on the margins, entirely yellow : feet black, varied with yellow. 

 Body long, 42 : exp. teg. 130 millims. 



Reported from Java, Philippines, likely to be found in India. 



74. Cryptotympana corvus. Walker. 



J. A. S. B. liii, (2) p. 231, no. 82 : liv (2), p. 117. 



? . Body black, short, broad, adorned here and there with patches 

 of bright tawny down : a tawny spot on the face : rostrum and antennae 

 black, the former reaching the hind cox^ : abdomen with a tawny spot 

 on each side of the tip beneath : legs black ; femora striped tawny, hind 

 tibiae tawny, black at the base and at the tips : first femora with two 

 long, black teeth : wings nearly colourless, with a slight pale brown 

 tinge at the tips, very dark brown towards the base, costal margin dark 

 brown, striped with green, veins black, greenish towards the base. 

 Body, long, 36 : exp. teg. 113 millims. 



75. Cryptotympana bubo, Walker. 

 J. A. S. B. liii, (2), p. 231, no. 81 : liv (2), p. 117. 

 S . Body black, short, broad, shining, partly clothed with tawny 

 down which forms patches on the thorax : head with five tawny spots in 

 front, the largest on the vertex ; rostrum and antennae, black : eyes 



