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Genus Huechys, Amyot & Serville. 

 Am. & Serv., Tlist. Nat. Ins. Hem. p. 4G4 (1843) : Stal, Hem. Afric. iv, p. 4 (1866). 



22. Huechys phil^mata. 



Tettigonia philoemata, Fabricius, Syst. Rhyn. p. 42 (1803) ; Stoll, Cig. p. 53, 

 t. 13, f. 62 (1788). 



Cicada philannata, Germar in Thon's Archiv. ii, fasc. 2, p. 26 (1830) ; in Silber- 

 mann's Eev. Ent. ii, p. 75, n. 52 (1834) ; Burmeister, Handb. Ent. ii, (i) p. 180 (1835). 



Cicada sanguinea, Guerin, Voyage La Favorite, v, p. 155 (1839) ; Mag. Zool. 

 p. 75 (1839). 



Huechys philcemata, Am. & Serv., Hist. Nat. Ins. Hem. p. 465 (1843) ; Walker, 

 List Horn. B. M. i. p. 251 (1850). 



Guerin (1. c.) unites tliis species with tlie foHowing and keeps 

 .E". sanguinolenta, Fabr., whicli lie had not seen, distinct, but he is not 

 followed in this arrangement by later writers. 



Body above black with the frons, two quadrate patches on mesothorax, 

 and abdomen sanguineous : tegmina brown, wings cindery-grey and 

 Bubhyaline. Body long 22 millims. 



Reported from Philippine Islands, N. Bengal, and Silhat. The 

 Indian Museum possesses specimens from the Naga Hills, N". India, and 

 Tenasserim. 



23. Huechys sanguinea. 



Cicada sanguinea, De Geer, Ins. iii, 221, t. 33, f. 17 (1773) ; Gmelin Ed. Syst. 

 Nat. i, 3, 2098 (1782) ; Westwood in Donovan's Ins. China, t. 16, f. 1 (1842). 



Tettigonia sanguinolenta, Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 681 (1775) ; Spec. Ins. ii, p. 

 321 (1781) ; Mant. Ins. ii, p. 267 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. iv, p. 25 (1794) ; Syst. Rhyn. 

 p. 42 (1803). 



Cicada sanguinolenta, Olivier, Enc. Meth. v, p. 756 (1790) ; Germar in Thon's 

 Archiv, ii, fasc. 2, p. 3 (1830), in Silbormann's Rev. Ent. ii, p. 75 (1834) ; Blanchard, 

 Hist. Nat. Ins. iii, p. 165 (1840-41) ; Guerin, Yoyage La Favorite, v, p, 155, t. 45, f . 1 

 (1839) ; Mag. Zool. p. 76, t. 237, f. 1 (1839). 



Huechys sanguinea, Am. & Serv., Hist. Nat. Ins. Hem. p. 465 (1843) ; Walker, 

 List Hom. B. M. i, p. 251 (1850) ; J. L. S. Zool. i, p. 84 (1856) ; ibid., x, p. 95 

 (1867) : Distant, J. A. S. B. xlviii, (2) p. 38 (1879). 



Guerin separates 'sanguinolenta, Fabricius' and unites ' philamata' with 

 'sanguinea'. H. incarnata, Germar, Silb. Rev. Ent. ii, p. 75, (1834), and Brulle 

 Hist. Nat. Ins. Hem. ii, t. 3. f. 2, is probably only a variety of H. sanguinea. 



Head, thorax, and feet black : frons, two great spots on the meso- 

 thorax, and abdomen sanguineous : tegmina black : wings fuscous. Body 

 long 18 ; exp. teg. 41| millims. 



Reported from India, Singapore, China, and the Eastern Archipe- 

 lago. Specimens exist in the Indian Museum from Sikkim, Sibsagar, 

 Calcutta, and Tenasserim. 



