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40. Genus HAPHSA, Distant 



Haphsa. Distant, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), Vol. 10, p. 64 (1900). 



Characters. — Head (including eyes) about as broad as mesonotum, considerably shorter than 

 breadth between eyes, lateral margins obliquely sinuate from eyes to apex; pronotum distinctly shorter 

 than mesonotum, subacutely toothed before middle of lateral margins; abdomen short, not longer than 

 space between head and base of cruciform elevation; tympana covered, tympanal flaps about as long as 

 broad: rostrum reaching or passing the posterior coxa?; opercula in male broad, their inner margins 

 contiguous, nearly equally broad throughout, their apices convex, their outer margins very obsoletely 

 sinuate; tegmina and wings hyaline. 



Type. — H . nicomache, Walker. 



Geographical distribution of species. — Oriental Region, Yunnan and New Guinea. 



1. H. nicomache. India. 



Dundubia nicomache, Walker, List Horn. Vol. i, p. 67 (i85o). 

 Cicada delineata. Walker, Ins. Saund. Horn. p. 17 (i85S). 

 Cosmopsaltria nicomache, Distant, Mon. Orient. Cicad. p. 07, 4, f. 12a, b 

 (1890). 



2. H. velitaris. Burma. 



Cosmopsaltria velitaris, Distant, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6), Vol. 20, p. 18 (1897). 

 Haphsa velitaris, Distant, Faun. Brit. Ind. Rhynch. Vol. 3, p. 100 (1906). 



3. H. crassa. Yun-nan. 



Haphsa crassa. Distant, Ann. Mag - . Nat. Hist. (7), Vol. i5, p. 64 (igo5). 



4. H. meehi. — PI. 7, Figs. 40a, b, c. New Guinea. 



Haphsa meeki, Distant. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. Vol. 5o, p. 149 (1906). 



41. Genus PLATYLOMIA, Stal 



Platylomia. Stal (mow. nee descript.), Oefv. Vet.-Akad. Forh. (1870), p. 708, note; Distant, Ann. Mag. 

 Nat. Hist. (7), Vol. i5, p. 65 (igo5). 



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

 about or almost as long as breadth between eyes; pronotum centrally about or almost as long as meso- 

 notum (excluding basal cruciform elevation), its lateral margins always distinctly, sometimes strongly, 

 and generally acutely toothed; abdomen considerably longer than space between apex of head and 

 base of cruciform elevation; tympana completely covered; rostrum reaching or passing the posterior 

 coxa?; opercula more or less elongate, concavely sinuate on each side of basal area, their apices rounded 

 or subacute, occupying lateral abdominal areas, always well separated and seldom reaching disk; 

 tegmina and wings hyaline, the venation sometimes fuscously spotted. 



I use Stal's name for this genus, as the type he proposed (Cic. flavida, Guer.) is included in it. 

 His description, however, cannot be accepted, as, evidently referring to Guerin's figure only, he states, 

 « ramo venae ulnaris interioris recto vel leviter curvato », a character given by that artist and not found 

 in the species. 



Type. — P. spinosa, Fabricius. 



