1884.] E. T. Afkinson— Notes on Indian Rliynchota. 217 



16. Platypleura cervina. 



Platypleura cervina, Walker, List Horn. B. M. i, p. 16 (1850) ? ; Butler, Cist. 

 Ent. i, p. 198 (1874). 



Plahjpleura straminea, Walker, 1. c. p. 17, 6 • 



Body long 17 : exp. teg. 50 millims. Reported from N. Bengal. 

 Genus Tacua, Amyot & Serville. 



Am. & Serv., Hist. Nat. Ins. Hem,, p. 461 (1843) : Stal, Hem. Afric. iv, p. 3. 

 (1860). 



17. Tacua speciosa. 



Tettigonia speciosa, Illiger in Wied. Zool. Arch, ii, 145, t. 2 ; Fabricius, Syst. 

 Ehyn. p. 33 (1803). 



Cicada indica, Donovan, Ins. Ind. Hem., t. 2, f. 3, (1800). 



Cicada speciosa, Blanchard, Hist. Nat. Ins. iii, 165 ; Hem. t. 9 (1840-41). 



Tacua speciosa, Am. et Serv., Hist. Nat. Ins. Hem. p. 462 (1843) ; Walker, List. 

 Hom. B. M. i, p. 46 (1850). J. A. S. Zool. i. p. 141 (1857). 



Body long 55 millims. Reported from Java, Bengal (Donovan). 

 Genus Tosena, Amyot & Serville. 



Am. & Serv., Hist. Nat. Ins. Hem. p. 462 (1843) : Stal, Hem. Afric. iv. p. 3. 

 (1866). 



18. Tosena melanoptera. 



Tosena melanoptera. White, A. & M. N. H. xvii, p. 331 (1846) ; Walker, List Hom. 

 B. M. i, p. 46 (1850). 



Body long 60 : exp. teg. 142 millims. Reported from Silhat, N. India. 

 The Indian Museum possesses specimens from Sibsagar and Sikkim. 



19. Tosena mearesiana. 



Cicada mearesiana, Westwood, Arc. Ent. i, p. 98, t. 25, f. 1 (1842). 

 Tosena mearesiana, Am. & Serv., Hist. Nat. Ins. Hem. p. 463 (1843) ; Walker, 

 List Hom. B. M. i, p. 46 (1850). 



Body long 44 : exp. teg. 130 millims. Reported from N. India. The 

 Indian Museum possesses specimens from Sikkim. 



20. Tosena albata. 



Tosena alhata. Distant, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1878, p. 175. 

 Body long 59 : exp. teg. 132 millims. Reported from N. India. 



21. Tosena splendida. 



Tosena splendida. Distant, Ent. Month. Mag. xv, p. 76 (1878). 

 $ . Body long 47 : exp. teg. 124 millims. 9 . Body long 49 ; exp. tog. 

 127. Reported from Assam, Mga Hills, Khasiya Hills. The India u 

 Museum possesses d" and ? from the Lushai country. 



