126 “BORNEAN CICADIDAE. 
But Mr. Distant goes on to say :—° I think it more than pro- 
bable that a mistake has been made with this habitat, and I 
have refrained from adding it to the localities given above.” 
In his Synonymic Catalogue (1906) Mr. Distant treats 
fuscangults as a synonym of kempferv. 
The species inhabits China and Japan. 
3. Platypleura Ridleyana, Dist. 
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) xvi. p. 670 (1905). 
Id. Syn. Cat. Hom. p. 11 (1906). 
North Borneo and the island of Banguey (coll. C. 
Noualhier—Paris Mus.) 
The species also occurs in Malacca. 
Genus 2. Tacua, Amy. and Serv. 
4. Tacua speciosa, Illig. 
in Wied. Arch. Zool. i. p. 145, 38, t. 2 (800). 
Dist. Mon. Orient. Cicad. p. 24, t. 11. f. 9, a, 6, and 
var. f. 10, a, 6 (1889). 
Id. Syn. Cat. Hom. p. 23 (1906). 
Cicada andica, Donov.. Ins. Ind, Hem. t.1i9 ieee 
(1800-3). 
Mt. Kina Balu, 4150 ft. and Kiou, 2400 ft., (coll. 
Hanitsch—Rafiles Mus., Singapore); Mt. Kina Balu 
(Whitehead—coll. Distant); Sarawak (Wallace; Beccari 
—Genoa Mus.); Limbang, Baram and Kuching (Sar. 
Mus.); Bidi (coll. C. J. Brooks); Pontianak (coll. R. 
Oberthur, 1898—Paris Mus.). 
The series in the Sarawak Museum was taken during 
the months of February to July and September; Mr. C. J. 
Brooks records it in January. 
General distribution : Malaya. 
Java, Sumatra and Penang. 
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