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53. Melampsalta varians. 



Cicada varians, Germar in Silbermann's Eev. Ent. ii, p. 59 (1834). 

 Dundulia varians, Walker, List Horn. B. M. i, p. 48 (1850) ; iv, p. 1120 (1852) : 

 Suppt.p. 6 (1858). 



Dunduhia chlorogaster, Walker (nee Boisdnval), 1. c. p. 47, 9* 

 Melampsalta varians, Stal, A. S. E. F. (4 S^r.) i. p. 619 (1862). 



Reported from Silhat. 



Genus COSMOPSALTRIA, Stal. 

 Hem. Afric. iv, p. 5 (1866). 



In Ofvers. Kong. Vet. Aka. Forh. p. 708 (1870), St§l distributes 

 this genus amongst three subgenera : — Platylomia to which G. flavida, 

 Guerin, belongs ; Cosmopsaltria to which G. spinosa, Fabr., belongs ; and 

 Dioeropijcjia to which G. ohtecta, Fabr., belongs. Gosmopsaltria is closely 

 allied to Dunduhia ; cheeks without a tubercle ; rostrum reaching the 

 base or most often the apex of the posterior coxae ; opercula long, ex- 

 tending beyond the middle of the venter. 



54. Cosmopsaltria obtecta. 



Tettigonia obtecta, Fabricins, Syst. Rhyn. p. 35 (1803). 

 Cicada ohtecta, Germar, in Thon's Archiv, ii, fasc. 2, p. 5 (1830). 

 Dunduhia ohtecta. Walker, List Horn. B. M. i, p. 47 (1850). 

 Cosmopsaltria ohtecta, Stal, Hem. Fabr. 2, p. 4 (1869). 



Reported from N. India, N. Bengal, Nepal and Assam. Body long 

 25 : exp. teg. H5 millims. 



Specimens in the Indian Museum are from Sikkim and Assam. 



55. Cosmopsaltria sita. 



Cosmopsaltria sita. Distant, Trans. Ent. Soc. p. 636 (1881). 

 It is difl&cult to separate this and the two following species from the 

 genus Dunduhia except by the length of the rostrum. They also resemble 

 the ' vihrans ' group of that genus. Body long 24 : exp. teg. 73 millims. 

 Reported from S. India or Bombay. {Distant). 



56. Cosmopsaltria durga. 



Cosmopsaltria durga. Distant, Trans. Ent. Soc. p. 637 (1881). 

 This species in size and markings (excluding the spotted tegmina) 

 much resembles Dunduhia tripurasura, Distant ; the less produced 

 frontal portion of the head and the length of the rostrum, however, place 

 it in this genus (Distant). Body long 33 : exp. teg. 98 millims. 

 Reported from Assam. 



57. Cosmopsaltria abdulla. 



Cosmopsaltria abdulla. Distant, Trans. Ent. Soc. p. 639 (1881). 

 This is a large and distinct species, near G. doryca, Boisd., from 



