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29. Genus CRYPTOTYMPANA, Stal 



Cryptotympana. Stal, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (4), Vol. 1, p. 6i3 (1861); Hem. Afr. Vol. 4. p. 6 (1S66); 

 Distant, Mon. Orient. Cicad. p. S3 (1S91); Faun. B. I. Riiynch. Vol. 3, p. 80 (1906). 



Characters. — Head broad, more or less transversely truncate between the eyes, including 

 which it is a little broader than the base of mesonotum, its length only slightly more than half the 

 breadth between eyes, ocelli about twice the distance from eyes as from each other, front slightly 

 prominent; pronotum about as long as mesonotum, its lateral margins oblique, the posterior angles a 

 little ampliate ; abdomen in male about as long as space between apex of head and base of cruciform 

 elevation, the tympanal orificies concealed by the tympanal coverings ; opercula in male well developed, 

 varying in shape and size; metasternum elevated at middle and furnished with a posterior process directed 

 backward; anterior femora strongly spined beneath; tegmina hyaline or semi-opaque, basal cell longer 

 than broad ; apical areas eight. 



Type. — O. pustulata, Fabricius. 



Geographical distribution of species. — Oriental Region, Malayan Archipelago (probably 

 not extending eastward beyond the Philippines), and the extreme eastern portion of the Palseartic Region. 



A. Tegmina pale hyaline. 



a. Tegmina with about basal third opaque, black. 



1. C. pustulata. Malayan, Archipelago, Chi - 



Tettigonia pustulata. Fabricius, Mant. Ins. Vol. 2, p. 266, 11 (17S7). na, Japan, Australia? 



Tettigotua atrata. Fabricius. ibidem, p. 267, 22 (1787). 

 Cicada nigra. Olivier, Enc. Meth. Vol. 5, p. 75o, 17 (1790). 

 Cicada atra. Signoret, Rev. Mag. Zool. (1849), p. 406, t. 10, f. 1. 

 Fidicina bubo, Walker. List Horn. Vol. 1, p. S2 (i85o). 



Cryptotympana pustulata, Distant, Mon. Orient. Cicad. p. 86, t. n, f. 10a. b 

 (1891); Stoll. Cig. f. 118. 



a' Tegmina with about basal third and costal area opaque, black. 



2. C. aquila. Malaya, Corea. 



Fidicina aquila. Walker, List Horn. Vol. 1, p. 84 (i85o). 



Cryptotympana aquila. Distant, Mon. Orient. Cicad. p. 85, t. II, f. 90,6(1891 ). 



b. Tegmina with less than basal fourth opaque, black. 



3. C. corvus. India. 



Fidicina corvus. Walker, List Horn. Vol. 1, p. 86 (i85o). 



Cryptotympana corvus, Distant, Mon. Orient. Cicad. p. 87, t. io,f , na, 6(1891), 



Fidicina invar ians, Walker, Ins. Saund., Horn. p. 11 (i858). 



4. C. viridipennis. Sumatra. 



Cryptotympana viridipennis, Distant, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8), Vol. 8, 

 p. i33 (191 1). 



c. Tegmina with the dark opaque coloration scarcely extending beyond basal cell. 



5. C. intermedia. India, Malaya. 



Cicada intermedia, Signoret, Rev. Mag. Zool. p. 407, t. 10, f. 2 (1849). 

 Cryptotympana intermedia, Distant, Mon. Orient. Cicad. p. 88, t. 11, f. ia.li 



(1891). 

 Fidicina immaculata, Walker (nee Olivier) List Horn. Vol. 1, p. 90 (i85o). 



6. C. suluensis. Sulu, Celebes. 



Cryptotympana suluensis. Distant, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. Vol. i,p. 148 (1906). 



