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10. Cryptotympana pxistulata (fig. 11, a, b). 



Tetligonia pustulata, Fabr. liant. 1ns. 1737. 

 Tettigonia atrata, Fabr. Mant. Ins 1787. 

 Cicadn atrata, Oliv. Eue. Meth. 1790. 

 Cicada nigra, Oliv. Enc. Meth. 1790. 

 Cicada pustulata, Oliv. Enc. Meth. 1790. 

 Cicada atrata, Sign. Rev. and Ma^. Zool. 181-9. 

 Fidicina atrata, Walk. List. Horn. 1850 

 Fidicina bubo. Walk. List. Horn. 1850. 

 Cryptotympana bubo, Stài. Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Kern. 1872. 

 Cryptotympana atrata, Stia. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1801 

 Cryptotympana nigra, Stài. Hemp. Fabr. 18G9. 



" Body above black; eyes ocbraceous; mesonotum with 

 obscure central linear pale castaneous obconical spots, the cruciform 

 elevation also castaneous. Bocby beneath black ; head with the central 

 sulcation, apex and lateral margins of face, the outer and posterior 

 margins of opercula, margins of abdominal segments, and some scattered 

 sternal spots, ocbraceous. Legs ocbraceous, femoral streaks and bases 

 and apices of tibia) black. 



" Tegmina and wings pale hyaline, the venation ochraceous and 

 fuscous, tegmina with the costal membrane ochraceous, its extreme 

 basal costal edge black, the post-costal area black ; less than basal third 

 of tegmina (excluding venation) black ; basal cell black, with an ochrace- 

 ous spot. Wings with less than basal half black. Body robust, but 

 moderately elongate ; opercula not half the length of the body, their 

 outer margins oblique and slightly convex, their inner margins strongly 

 oblique to apices, which are broadly and obtusely angulated. 



" Long. excl. tegm. J 1 44 mm. Exp. tegm. 125 mm." 



This large insect seems to be quite a tropical form, being found also 

 in the Malay Archipelago, Philippine Islands, Hongkong, and China ; 

 in south Japan it is very common, but is not found in Hokkaido and the 

 northern parts of the Main Island. It cries only in the morning, but not 

 in the afternoon, making clamorous and deafening noise somewhat resem- 

 bling the sound of ska-ska. Like the preceding species, it is easily 

 distinguished from any other by its opercula being bright yellow. Mr. 

 Nawa found that it deposits its eggs in the half dead branches of 



