FAM. CICADIDiE 3 9 



o'. Abdomen in cf short, about as long as space between apex of head 

 and base of cruciform elevation. 

 p''. Tympanal coverings of normal shape and size .... 16. Genus Aola. 

 p" ' . Tympanal coverings very globose and projecting beyond 



the lateral margins of the abdomen 17. Genus Oncotympana. 



p"". Tympanal coverings with their outer margins 

 sinuate, the posterior angles only projecting 

 beyond the lateral margins of the abdomen . 18. Genus Mata. 

 n'. Head (including eyes) considerably 'wider than base of mesonotum ; 



abdomen long; length of head equal to space between eyes. . 19. Genus Champaka. 



31. Genus LEPTOPSALTRIA, Stal 



Leptopsaltria. Stal (part.), Hem. Afr. Vol 4, p. 5(iS66); (part.), Berl. Ent. Zeitschr. Vol. 10, p. 170 

 (1886): Atkinson, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. Vol. 53, p. 227(1885); Vol. 55, p. 07 (1886); Distant, 

 (part ), Mon. Orient. Cicad. p. 3i (1889); Faun. B. I. Rhynch. Vol. 3, p. 89 (1906). 



Characters. — Head (including eyes), considerably narrower than base of mesonotum, ocelli 

 not quite twice the distance from eyes as from each other, front somewhat conical and subprominent ; 

 pronotum with the lateral margins moderately ampliated and more or less distinctly toothed or angu- 

 lated; genie internally at apex near base of loras furnished with a tubercle or tumescence; abdomen 

 moderately long and robust; anterior femora distinctly and robustly spined; rostrum extending beyond 

 the posterior coxae; tympana covered; opercula short; second and third abdominal segments in the 

 male furnished with a well-developed tubercle near each lateral margin; tegmina and wings hyaline, 

 venation normal, tegminal apical areas eight in number. 



Type. — L. tuberosa. Signoret. 



Geographical distribution of species. — Oriental and extreme eastern portion of the 

 Palasartic Region. 



a. Opercula in male small, wide apart, longitudinal, their apices broadl}* convex. 



1. L. tuberosa. PI. 5, Figs. 3 1a, b, c. India, Java, Japan. 



Cicada tuberosa, Signoret, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (2), Vol. V, p. 299 (1847). 

 Leptopsaltria tuberosa, Distant, Mon. Orient. Cicad. p. 34, t. 8, f. ja,b (1889). 



b. Opercula in male small, moderately separated, subtrans verse, their apices obliquely subtrun- 

 cate. 



2. L. mascula. Borneo. 



Leptopsaltria mascula, Distant, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6), Vol. 3, p. 420 

 (1889); Mon. Orient. Cicad. p. 32, t. 10, f. ia,b (1889). 



3. L. samia. India. 



Dundubia samia, Walker, List Horn. Vol. 1, p. 77 (18S0). 



Leptopsaltria samia, Distant, Mon. Orient. Cicad. p. 32, t. 8, f. 11 a.b (1889). 



c. Opercula in male wide apart, oblique, their apical margins obliquely subtruncate. 



4. L. andamanensis. Andaman, Irlands. 



Leptopsaltria andamanensis, Distant. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6), Vol. 1, 

 p. 370 (1888); Mon. Orient. Cicad. p. 34, t. 10, f. 12a. b (1889). 



5. L. taipinensis . Formosa. 



Leptopsaltria taipinensis, Matsumura, Ann. Zool. Japan (1907), p. 95. 



