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the flaps a little broader than long; rostrum just passing the posterior coxse ; opercula long, their apices 

 broad ; tegmina and wings hyaline, their greatest width more than one third of their length ; anterior 

 femora tuberculouslv spined beneath; anal abdominal segment in male apically acutely dentate on each 

 side. 



Type. — S. mimica, Distant. 



Geographical distribution of species. — Papuan Islands. Fiji, 

 i. S. gestroi. — PI. 6, Figs. 38a, b, c. N. Guinea. 



Saw&a Gtstriti, Distant, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), Vol. i5, p. 63 (1905). 



2. S. froggatti. Aru Islands. 



Sawda froggatti. Distant, Ann. Mag-. Nat. Hist. (8), Vol. 8. p. 3go (1911). 



3. S. mimica. X. Guinea. 



Cosmopsaltria mimica, Distant, Ann. Mils. Stor. Xat. Genova (2a), Vol. 17, 

 p.379fiS 9 7). 



4. 5. pratti. Brit. N. Guinea. 



Sawia Pratti, Distant, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), Vol. 16, p. 556 (igo5). 



5. S. sharpi. Brit. X. Guinea. 



Sawda Sharpi, Distant, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), Vol. 16, p. 557(1905). 



6. S. ? vitiensis. Fiji. 



Sawia ? vitiensis. Distant, Entomologist (1906), p. 12. 



39. Genus AYESHA, Distant 



Ayesha. Distant, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), Vol. t5, p. 63 (igo5). 



Characters. — Head (including eyes) as wide or a little wider than base of mesonotum, much 

 shorter than breadth between eyes, lateral margins obliquely continuous to face or very slightly sinuate, 

 eyes large and oblique; pronotum shorter than mesonotum, its lateral margins angulated anteriorly; 

 mesonotum moderately convexly tumid; abdomen short, not longer than space between apex of head 

 and base of cruciform elevation; tympanal coverings about as long as broad; rostrum reaching the 

 intermediate coxae; opercula in male long, about twice as broad at apex as at base, inner margins 

 concave, widening to basal area, outer margins sinuate near centre, their apices broad overlapping: 

 tegmina and wings hyaline, greatest width of tegmina about one third their length. 



Type. — A. spatltulata, Stal. 



Geographical distribution of species. — Malayan Archipelago, Corea. 



1. A. spathulata. — PI. 5, Figs. 39a, b, c. Philippines, Borneo, Ce- 



Cosmopsaltria (Cosmopsaltria) spathulata, Stal. Oefv. Vet.-Akad. Forh. (1870), lebes. 



P- 7°9- 

 Cosmopsaltria spathulata, Distant, Mon. Orient. Cicad. p. 61, t.6, f. 3a,A(i8go). 

 Cicada elopurina, Q, Distant, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 16), Vol. 1, p. 297(1888) : 



Mon. Orient. Cicad. p. 98, t. 12, f. 5a, b (1892). 

 Duniubia lelita, Kirkaldy, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. Vol. 14, p. 54 



(1902). 

 Cosmopsaltria vomerigsra, Breddin, Hem. Celebes, p. io5 (1901). 



2. A. serva. Corea. 



Dundubia serva. Walker, List Horn. Vol. 1, p. 60 (i85oj. 



Cosmopsaltria serva. Distant, Mon. Orient. Cicad. p. 60, t. 9, f. 3a, b (1890). 



3. A. opercirfissima. Borneo. 



Cosmopsaltria operculissima, Distant, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (1881I, p. 641 ; 

 Mon. Orient. Cicad. p. 61, t. 5, f. 5a, b (1890). 



