ORIENTAL CICADIDJE. lOT Var. a.
Pronotura with a distinct central pale longitudinal fascia. Hab. — Malayan Archipelago : Amboina, Suyckerbuyk (Bruss. Mu8.). Var. b. (Tab. III., figs. 19, a, h.)
Tegmina and wings with the black coloration much increased ; tegmina only exhibiting three irregular and angulated greenish spots (sometimes a small subapical one) ; wings with more than the apical half black, enclosing three pale bluish spots. Hab.—C0NTINENTA1+India : Assam, south of the Brahmapootra (Chennell—coll. Dist.). This species has apparently a very wide distribution ; and the locaHty, Amboina, is the most eastern record of any species of the genus with which I am acquainted. (). Gaeana atkinsoni.* (Tab. IX., figs. 10, a, h.) Gaana atkinsoni, Distant, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 6, vol. iii. p. 49 (1889). <7 . Head and thorax above black ; eyes and a transverse fascia between them, posterior margin of pronotum, two linear obconical spots on disk of anterior margin of mesonotum with its lateral margins, and the cruciform elevation, ochraceous ; abdomen above and below ochraceous. Head beneath, sternum and legs black ; apical half of face, a transverse spot between face and eyes, and disk and margins of sternum, ochraceous. Opercula black, their base and outer margin ochraceous. Tegmina black; the venation, a narrow, oblique, transverse fascia near base, and a straight and wider transverse fascia near centre completely crossing the tegmina, ochraceous ; two subapical spots and a similar spot in the sixth apical area reddish-ochraceous. Wings bright carmine-red ; apical and outer margins and a subapical transverse fasciate spot black. The rostrum reaches the posterior coxse, the anterior femora are armed with two strong spines, and the body is large and robust.
Long. escl. tegm. <? , 35 millim. Exp. tegm. 85 millim. Hab. — Continental India: Karwar (coll. Atkinson and coll. Dist.). To the present time I have no knowledge of G. atkinsoni from any other locality than the above, nor have I seen a specimen in any other of the numerous Indian collections I have been able to examine.
7. Gaeana octonotata. (Tab. III., figs. 12, a, b.) Cicddii S-mtiita, Westwood, Arc. Ent. ii. p. 34, t. 57, f. 2 (1843). Gwanu octonotata, Atkins. J. A. S. Beng. vol. liii. p. 221, n. 33 (1885); ibid. vol. Iv. p. 156. n. 27 (1886). Huechys picta. Walk. Ins. Saund. Horn. p. 28(1858); Atkins. J. A. S. Beng. vol. Iv. p. 155, n. 23 (1886). <? . Head, pronotum and mesonotum blackish ; head with the basal margin of front, basal margin of vertex, and the eyes, dull dark ochraceous ; basal margin and a transverse basal spot to pronotum, the lateral margins and two central angulated fasci.e to mesonotum,—connected posteriorly with the cruciform elevation,—and the anterior and posterior angles of the cruciform elevation, dull dark ochraceous. Abdomen reddish-ochraceous, with a central black longitudinal fascia. Head beneath, sternum and legs blackish ; margins of face and abdomen beneath ochraceous ; base, a lateral series of spots, and base of sixth abdominalsegment,blackish.
Tegmina dark, shining fuscous ; the costal membrane, postcostal area and venation ochraceous ; and with four pale ochraceous spots, situate one near base, two at centre, and one near costal apex. Wings sanguineous, with the apical and outer margins—not extending to anal area—fuscous. 'NamedaftermylateentomologicalfriendandcorrespondentMr.E.T.Atkinson,whotirstforwardedmespeoimcnRof the species, and whose subsequent death is much lamented as a great loss to Indian entomological science.
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The face has no central sulcation, but is strongly transversely striate. Long. excl. tegm. <? , 25 to 27 millim. Exp. tegm. 60 to 64 millim. Hab. — Continental India: Assam (coll. Sign.*) ; Sikkim (Calc. Mus. and coll. Dist.). Var. a.
Basal spot to tegmina obliterated.
Hab. — Continental India: Assam, Margherita (Doherty — coll. Dist.). Burma (Bingham — coll. Dist.). Var. b. (Tab. III., figs. 13, a, h.)
Basal spot to tegmina obliterated, and the two central spots replaced by a narrow transverse fascia. Hab.—Upper Burma (coll. Dist.).
8. Gseana tenebriscosa. (Tab. III., figs. 14, a, h.)
Gaann tenchriscosn. Distant, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genoa, ser. 2(7, vol. vi. p. 454, t. iv. fig. 2, a, b (1888). <? . Head and pronotum ochraceous. Head with the anterior margin and a basal spot to front, and a broad fascia across vertex between the eyes, black ; ocelli reddish ; eyes brownish-ochraceous. Pronotum with a broad central longitudinal fascia which is widened and angulated anteriorly and posteriorly, followed on each side by two spots, an oblique fascia, a patch at lateral margins, and a spot on each side of posterior margin, black. Mesonotum and abdomen black, the first crossed by two discal ochraceous fascise, and the anterior angles of the basal cruciform elevation also ochraceous. Body beneath and legs black ; margins of the face and under surface of the femora reddish-ochraceous ; a few obscure sternal spots ochraceous. Tegmina dark bronzy-brown ; the costal membrane, the venation, a costal spot at base of upper ulnar area, beneath which are two discal spots, and a subapieal spot, ochraceous. Wings bluish-black tinged with carmine ; bases of both wings and tegmina narrowly carmine-red.
The rostrum about reaches the posterior coxfe ; the face is broad, tumid and with a central sulcation near apex.
Long. excl. tegm. 3' , 22 millim. Exp. tegm. 54 millim.
Hab. — Burma : Teinzo on the Moolay Eiver (Fea — Genoa Mus.).
Var. a.—Tegmina possessing the lower discal spot only, the others obliterated. Hab.—Burma (Bingham—coll. Dist.).
9. Gaeana delinenda. (Tab. III., figs. 16, «, b.)
GcBana delinenda. Distant, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 6, vol. i. p. 291 (1888). Huechys octonotata. Walk, (nee Westw.) List Horn. i. p. 253, n. 10 (1851). $ . Body above brownish-ochraceous. Head with the apex of front and a transverse fascia in front of eyes, including area of ocelli, black. Pronotum with a central hour-glass-shaped fascia, and two large oblique spots on each side, black. Mesonotum with a central fascia (somewhat similar to that on pronotum) and a large spot on each lateral margin black; basal cruciform elevation blackish, its anterior angles ochraceous. Abdomen with the posterior segmental margins blackish. Body beneath and legs brownishochraceous ; disk of face and a spot before eyes blackish.
Tegmina pale brownish-ochraceous ; wings reddish-brown, with about basal third carmine-red. Long. excl. tegm. S , 19 millim. Exp. tegm. 47 milhm.
Hab. — Continental India: Cochin (coll. Dist.) ; Sylhet Brit. Mus.). By a strange oversight Walker placed this species in the British Museum collection under the name of Huechijs octonotata, Westw., and actually re-described that species under the name of H. incta (Ins. Saund. Horn. p. 28).
*ThelateDr.Signoret'scollectionofRlnjnclwtaisnowcontainedinthemagnificentHofmuseumatVienna.
ORIENTAL CICADIDM. 109 Genus TALAINGA.
Talainga, Distant, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. G, vol. v. p. 100 (1890). ? . Body somewhat elongate, the abdomen cylindrical. Head with the front globose and prominent, including outer margins of eyes, about as broad as base of mcsonotum ; ocelli about twice as far apart from eyes as from each other. Pronotum with the lateral margins ampliated at posterior lateral margins. Anterior femora robustly spined. Tegmina talc-like, semi-opaque, the whole apical area with the venation reticulate and forming a mass of small cell-like areas ; in some specimens the ulnar areas are also crossed hy transverse veins ; interior ulnar area about the same width at apex as at base ; basal cell about twice as long as broad. Wings with the outer margin deeply sinuate near abdominal area; apical areas six, in some specimens broken up by transverse veins into a more numerous and reticulated series. This diagnosis is fountled on two female specimens, the structure of the abdomen implying that the tympana are uncovered in the male sex, and thus locating the genus in the Tibiceniiuv.
Talainga is allied to Gaana, from which it is at once distinguished by the reticulated tegmina, kc.
1. Talainga binghami. (Tab. XIII., figs. 4, a, h.)
Talainga Bitii/haini, Distant, Anu. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. G, vol. v. p. 167 (1890). S . Body and legs black ; eyes ochraceous, their posterior margins pale sanguineous ; pronotum with the lateral margins and a curved spot on lateral areas behind the eyes pale sanguineous, posterior margin — excepting extreme centre — narrowly ochraceous. Abdomen above with the marginal segments more or less gre^-ishly pilose.
Tegmina talc-like, semi-opaque, very pale ochraceous, the venation black and margined with the same colour, the whole apical ajea being thus composed of numerous small, black-margined, cellular areas ; the costal membrane ochraceous, the basal coll shaded with black. "Wings pale bluish-green, the venation more or less concolorous, excepting that dcliminating the more or less reticulated apical areas ; posterior margin blackish from apex to the sinuation near abdominal area.
Long. excl. tegm. 2 , 23 to 26 millim. Exp. tegm. 70 to 77 millim.
Hab. — Burma : Karen Hills (Bingham — coll. Dist.).
This beautiful genus is a great acquisition to our knowledge of the Eastern ( 'iauliiltv. The tjrpe of coloration resembles that of Tosena xplriulida, Dist., which is also found in Burma, a country that has produced some of the handsomest insects to be found in the whole family. Burma is still likely to contain many Cicadan novelties.
Genus GRAPTOTETTIX.
Graptotcttlr, Stul, Hem. Afr. iv. p. 4 (18CC) ; Atkius. J. A. S. Beng. vol. liii. p. 221 (1885) ; i7././. vol. Iv. p.
15G (188G).
Body moderately long and robust. Head, including eyes, narrower than the base of mesonotum ; ocelli about equally wide apart from eyes as from each other ; rostrum extending to about the intermediati" coxa;. Pronotum a little narrower in front than behind, the posterior latoral angles ampliated, rounded, and somewhat posteriorly produced. Anterior femora robustly spined. Tympana completely exposed and 'If
110 ORIENTAL CICADIDM.
uncovered ; opercula short, broad, and basal. Tegmina more or less opaque ; apical areas usually ten, sometimes only nine ; basal cell much longer than broad. Wings more or less transparent. This genus is variable in the number of the apical cells to the tegmina, which were described by Stal as amounting to ten, but in some specimens of G. guttatus in my own collection there are only nine.
1. Graptotettix guttatus. (Tab. III., figs. 21, a, h.)
Graptotettix guttatus, Stal, Berl. Ent. Zeit. x. p. 170 (1866); Atkins. J. A. S. Bang. vol. liii. p. 221, n. 32 (1885). Head, pronotum and mesonotum black ; front of head, oceUi, and two large oblique spots—sometimes fused — on each lateral area of the pronotum, bright ochraceous ; mesonotum with two small central obconical spots and two much larger lateral spots very obscurely ochraceous. Abdomen above dull castaneous,—in some specimens, as the female here figured,—illuminated with ochraceous. Head beneath, sternum and legs black ; face bright ochraceous ; opercula and abdomen castaneous. Tegmina opaquely pale fuscous ; the venation, costal membrane and postcostal area brownishochraceous ; the base narrowly blackish. Wings bronzy, shining, and semi-opaque. Long. excl. tegm. <? , 30 millim. ; S , 27 millim. Exp. tegm. <? and 2 , 70 to 73 millim. Hab. — Continental India: Sikkim (Calc. Mus.) ; Naga Hills (coll. Dist.). China* (coll. Signoret). T'rtr. a.—Tegmina with pale streaks in the apical areas; abdomen ochraceous. Hab. — Continental India: Naga Hills (coll. Dist.).
This species, as above remarked, also varies in the number of the apical cells to the tegmina, which in some cases are only nine.
2. Graptotettix thoracicus.
Gi-dptotettLvthoracica,Distant,Auu.&Mag.Nat.Hist.ser.6,vol.ix.p.315(1892). S . Head, pronotum and mesonotum bright pale ochraceous ; abdomen pale sanguineous. Eyes fuscous. Pronotum with the posterior, lateral, and anterior (as far as behind eyes only) margins castaneous and with two narrow, jet-black central, discal, curved fasciae. Mesonotum with four pale castaneous obconical fasciiB, the central pair smallest. Abdomen above ochraceous near base. Body beneath and legs sanguineous ; head beneath, anterior coxte and lateral margins of sternum ochraceous ; spots on coxae black. (In the specimen described the apex of one posterior femur and its tibia is almost black ; the other posterior leg is uniformly sanguineous.)
Tegmina and wings pale hyaline, more or less completely tinged with castaneous (in the specimen described more so on one tegmina and wing than on the other), the venation ochraceous or castaneous. Long. excl. tegm. J , 28 millim. Exp. tegm. 75 millim.
Hab. — Burma: Momeit (Doherty — coll. Dist.).
This species is distinguished from G. guttatus, Stal, by the totally different colour and markings of the pronotum and the colour of the head ; the front of the head is also more angulated, and the face more angularly tumid.
■1=Thishabitatmustbetakenconditionally.MylatefriendDr.Signoretsubmittedaspecimenthuslocalisedtomefor identification;butsomeofhisspecimenshaderroneoushabitats,andalatevisittotheMuseumatViennahasconfirmedthat opinion.
ORIENTAL CWADIDM. Ill Genus HUECHYS.
liuechja, Amyot & Sorvillo, Hist, dcs Horn. p. 404, n. 863 (1843); SUl, Hem. Afr. iv. p. 4 (1800); Atkins. J. A. S. Beng. vol. Iv. p. 153 (1880).
Body of moderate size, somewhat slender. Head, including eyes, about equal in width to base of mesonotum. Ocelli about equally wide apart from eyes as from each other ; rostrum extending to or a little beyond the intermediate coxm. Pronotum witli the lateral margins more or less convex, narrower in front than behind, the posterior lateral angles in some species distinctly posteriorly produced. Anterior femora prominently spinous. Tympana completely exposed and uncovered. Opercula small. Face more or less longitudinally sulcated. Tegmina more or less opaquely coloured ; apical areas eight (sometimes nine or ten) ; basal cell much longer than broad. Wings either transparent or infuscated and partly opaque.
This genus is strictly confined to the limits of our fauna, and some of its species are not only widely distributed, but also very variable in tlieir coloration. The rule holds throughout the CicadidiiD that all mclanic species vary towards albinism, and Hmchys is no exception to the rule. Guided by this experience, I have been able to group as varieties many forms which were incomprehensible under distinct specific names.
a.Pronotum€i}ncol(iriiHS,almostinvariahUjnon-fasciatcd.
1. Huechys sanguinea. (Tab. III., figs. '1, n, h.)
Cicada sanguinea, DeGeer, Mem. iii. p. 221, u. 18, t. 33, f. 17 (1773); Gmel. Ed. Syst. Nat. i. 3, p. 2098, n. HI (1782).
Tettif/onia snmjuinolentn, F.ibr. Syst. Ent. p. 081, n. 15 (1775) ; Sp. Ins. ii. p. 321, u. IIJ (17S1); Mant. Ins. ii. p. 267, u. 24 (1787) ; Eut. Syst. iv. p. 25, n. 30 (1794) ; Syst. Rhyug. p. 42, n. 46 (1803). Cicada samjuinolenta, Oliv. Euc. Meth. v. p. 750, n. 45 (1790); Germ. Tlion. Arch. ii. p. 2. n. 25 (1830) ; Silb. Eev. Eut. ii. p. 75, u. 50 (1834) ; lilaucb. Hist. Nat. lus. iii. p. 105, n. 0 (1840-1 1 ; Guar. Mag. Zool. 1838, p. 70, n. 2, t. 237, f. 1.
Hueclii/s siDiiiiiiiii'a, Amy. & Serv. Hist, des Hem. p. 405, n. 1 (1843) ; Dist. .J. A. S. Beng. vol. xlviii. p. 38 (1879); Ann. Mus. Civ. Genoa, ser. 2a, vol. vi. p. 454 (1883); Atkins. J. A. S. Beng. vol. hii. p. 218, n. 23 (1885); ibid. vol. Iv. p. 154, u. 21 (1880).
Body and legs black ; front and face to head, two large spots to mesonotum — sometimes fused and covering the whole disk—and the abdomen, sanguineous; base of abdomen narrowly black. Tegmina black, opaque ; wings shining fuscous, sometimes almost black, interior of anal area always paler.
Eostrum passing the intermediate coxae ; face moderately compressed, and very coarsely striate. Long. excl. tegm. <y and 2 , 17 to 25 milliiu. Exp. tegm. 43 to 65 millim. Hab. — Continental India: Sikkim (Calc. Mus. and coll. Dist.); Assam (Chonnoll-coll. Dist.); Calcutta (Stockh. and Calc. Mus.). Burma: Ilangoon, Kakhien Hills (Fea — Genoa Mus.). Tenasskrim : Thagata (Fea — Genoa Mus.). Malayan Archipel.\go, Sumatra : Solok, Silago, Eawas, Sidjoen djoeng, Loeboe gedang (Sumtr. Exped.— Leyd. Mus.) ; Ajer Mantcior (Beccari — Genoa Mus.). Sumhawa (Viin Lausberg — Leyd. Mus.). Borneo: Lambas (Van Lansberg — Leyd. Mus.). Timor Laut (Leyd. Mus.). China* (Bruss. Mus. ; Norris — coll. Dist.).
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112 ORIENTAL CICADIDM.
Var. a. philaemata. (Tab. III., figs. 5, a, h.) Tettiffonia2)Iiilamata,Fabr.Syst.Rhyng.p.42,n.47(1803). Cicada philmmata, Germ. Tbon. Arch. ii. p. 2, n. 26 (1830) ; Silb. Rev. Ent. ii. p. 75, u. 52 (1834) ; Buim. Handb. Ent. ii. 1, p. 180, n. 2 (1835). Huechi/s philamata, Amy. & Serv. Hist, des Hem. p. 465, n. 2 (1843) ; Atkins. J. A. S. Bang. vol. liii. p. 218. n. 22 (1885); ibid., vol. Iv. p. 153, n. 20 (1886). Stoll.Cig.f.62.
Differs from the typical form of the species by having the tegmina fuscous,— not black, and by the ■wingsbeingpalerfuscousandmorehyaline. Hab. — Burma: Carin Ghecu and Catcin Cauri (Fea — Genoa Mus.). China (Bruss. Mus.). Var. b.
Tegmina black, with greyish-white streaks in the apical areas, and sometimes also in ulnar areas. Wings blackish, with greyish-white streaks. Hab. — Continental India: Assam (Chennell — coll. Dist.). Malayan Akchipelago, Sumatra (coll. Dist.).
Var. c. testacea.
Tettigonia testacea, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. p. 267, n. 23 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. iv. p. 24, n. 29 (1794); Syst. Rhyng. p.42,n.45(1803).
Cicada testacea, Oliv. Enc. Metb. v. p. 756, n. 43 (1790); Gmel. Ed. Syst. Nat. i. 3, p. 2098, n. 82 (1782); Germ. Tbon. Arcb. ii. p. 3, n. 27 (1830) ; Guar. Mag. Zool. 1838, p. 78, n. 6. Huechys testacea, Atkins. J. A. S. Bang. vol. liii. p. 219, n. 24 (1885). Stoll.Cig.fig.41,c.
Mesonotum unspotted, uniformly black. Tegmina more or less streaked with greyish-white. Hab. — Continental India: Calcutta (coll. Dist.). I do not possess, nor have I seen, a single specimen of H. sangiunea from the island of Java,* where it is apparently replaced by the following species. 2. Huechys incarnata. (Tab. III., figs. 4, a, h.) Huechys incarnata, Garmar, Silb. Rev. Ent. ii. p. 76, n. 51 (1834). Cicada samjidnolenta, Brull. Hist. Nat. Hem. ii. t. 5, f. 2 (1835); Guar. Mag. da Zool. 1838, p. 77, n. 3. Cicada Germari, Guar. Mag. de Zool. 1838, p. 78, n. 4, t. 237, f. 2. Huechys incarnata. Amy. & Serv. Hist, des Hem. p. 465, n. 3 (1843). Body and legs black ; front and face to head, two large spots on mesonotum, and the abdomen, sanguineous; anterior margin to and a small spot at base of front, a central fascia to face— narrowing towards apex—and extreme base of abdomen, black. Tegmina greyish-white, with the venation, basal cell, costal membrane, and postcostal area, dark fuscous. Wings fuscous, streaked with greyish- white. The rostrum reaches the intermediate coxse ; the face is somewhat compressed and very coarsely striate.
lesprocedesemployespourextrairelacauthariilinetielaCantharide,jen'aiobtenuaucunresultat;peut-etreserai-jeplus heureiTXparlasuite.Mespremieresrecherchesn'ontpasetecependantcompletementinfruotueuses,carjesuisparvenua extraire de VHiiechys sanguinea la inatiere qui doune aux teguments abdominaus de cet insecte leur magnifique couleur jauneorange.Cettematiere,quej'appellerailerouged'Hnechys,estd'unecouleurexactementsemblableacelledeI'abdomende I'animal,commevouspouvezleconstateraumoyenderechantillonquejefaispassersousvosyeux.J^'Huechyssanguinea renfermeaussi,maisenpluspetitequantite,uneautrematicreeolorantejauneireshygrometrique."—Btdl.Soc.Ent.Fr. 1888,pp.xxii.,xxiii.
*WalkerrecordsaspecimenfromJavapresentedbyhimselftotheBritishMuseum(ListHom.i.p.251,1850),butthis authorwassooftenincorrectastorenderitunsafetomakeanyfreshconclusiononhisinformationalone.
ORIENTAL CICADID.^. 113 Long. excl. tegm. <? and 2 , 19 to 25 millim. Exp. tegm. 48 to 65 millim. Hab. — Malayan Akcdipelago, Sumatra: Tapanoeli (Van Lansberg — Leyd. Mus.). Java (Piepers" — Leyd. Mus.); Kederi (Von Hiigel— coll. Dist.) ; Pekalonga, Samarang (Van Lansberg — Brass. Mus.); Buitenzorg (Ferrari — Genoa Mus.). Amboina : Suyckerbuyk (Bruss. Mus.). Var. a.
J . Head and mesonotum totally black ; abdomen with a central dorsal blackish fascia ; wings verydarkshiningfuscous.
Hab. — Malayan ARcnirELAOo, J.\va : Tengar Mts. (coll. List.). This is an insular species, is very common in Java, Init not found on the adjacent continent. For the variety described above I am indebted to Dr. Bergroth of Finland. 3. Huechys phoenicura. (Tab. III., figs. (5, a, //.) Cicada phmiicura, Germar, Silb. Rev. Ent. ii. p. 7G, n. 53 (1834). Huechys pJumicurn, Still, Oft. Vet.-Ak. Forh. IHTO, p. 707, u. 1; Atkins. J. A. S. Beng. vol. liii. p. 219, n. 25 (1885).
Huechys stiffusa, Dist. Aun. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. G, vol. i. p. 291 (1888). <? . Body and legs black ; front and face to head, two large spots to mesonotum and the abdomen sanguineous ; base of abdomen narrowly black. Tegmina blackish, greyish-white beyond the ulnar areas; lower apical area margined with Idackish, upper ulnar area sometimes greyish-white. Wings very pale fuscous, the base and venation blackish. The rostrum slightly passes the intermediate coxa3 ; the face is moderately compressed, but less strongly striate than in the two preceding species. Long. excl. tegm. <? , 21 millim. Exp. tegm. 53 millim. Hab.— Malayan Archipelago: Java (coll. Dist.). Philippine Isles (Semper— Stockh. Mus.). According to Mr. Atkinson this species is " reported from India, Sikkim,"t but at present it seems extremely doubtful that it is found on the Continent at all. I certainly have seen it in none of the many collections examined from India, Burma, Tenasserim, or the Malay Peninsula, and it is probably an insular species, I have a specimen labelled " Java," and it is undoubtedly found in the Philippines. It is at present very rare in collections. 4. Huechys vidua. (Tab. III., figs. 9, a, h.) Cicada (Huechys) ridiui, White, Ann. Nat. Hist. vol. xvii. p. 332 (184G). S . Body and legs black ; front and face to head and two largo spots to mesonotum bright pale shining ochraceous; lateral areas of anal appendage.and disk of abdomen beneath sangumeous. Tegmina dull, opaciue, black ; wings pale hyaline with bluish reflexions, the venation blackish, and the apical, outer and inner margins narrowly pale fuscous. The face is prominently longitudinally sulcate, and the transverse striations are profound and broadly separated.
Therostrumreachestheintermediatecoxse.
Long. excl. tegm. ? , 23 millim. Exp. tegm. 53 millim. Hab. — Malay Peninsula: Province Wellesley (coll. Dist.). ■:AttachedtoaJavaneseFpecimenthusInhcllc.l,intheLcydenMusenm,isaticket,stating,"accordingtoMr.Picpeis. this species attacks butterflies on the wing."
This information reiiuires much corroboration.
+J.A.S.Beng.vol.liii.p.219(1885).
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114 ORIENTAL CICADID.E.
Var. a.
The late Mr. Adam White wrote, " In one specimen in the Museum (a female) are two or three lighter streaks on the elytra not far from the posterior margin." The proper habitat of this species was quite unknown to its describer, who gave it as " New Holland ?" I, however, captured a single specimen myself when in the Malay Peninsula in 1868, and, beyond the unlocalised specimens in the British Museum, have not seen another example.
5. Huechys fusca, n. sp. (Tab. III., figs. 7, a, b.)
S . Body and legs black ; front and face to head, and two large spots on mesonotum, either orange or pale yellow ; abdomen dark orange-yellow, narrowly black at base ; face sometimes with a small black spot at base.
Tegmina pale fuscous ; the venation, basal cell and costal membrane blackish. Wings very pale fuscous,semi-hyaline.
The rostrum reaches the intermediate coxte ; the striatious to the face are coarse and profound. Long. excl. tegm. ^ and 2 , 16 to 20 millim. Esp. tegm. 45 to 51 millim. Hab. — Malay Peninsula: Perak (Doherty — coll. Dist.). Malay Archipelago, Sumatra (coll. Dist.). Borneo: Sarawak (Beccari — Genoa Mus.) ; Kina Balu Mt. (Whitehead — coll. Dist.). Sulu Isles: Jolo (coll. Dist.). Philippine Isles: Palawan (coll. Dist.).
Var. a.
Altogether duller in hue ; the abdomen testaceous, with the posterior segmental margins orangeyellow; tegmina darker and more opaque.
Hab. — Malayan Archipelago : Borneo, Kina Balu Mt. (Whitehead — coll. Dist.). In this difficult genus, where variation reigns supreme, and differential characters of a structural nature are so seldom to be found, H. fusca may be superficially recognised by the yellow face and front, yellow spots to mesonotum, colour of the abdomen, and fuscous tegmina. The pronotum is also without any fasciate markings.
6. Huechys pingenda. (Tab. III., figs. 1, «, h.)
Huechys pint/enda. Distant, Ami. Mus. Civ. Genoa, ser. 2a, vol. vi. p. 519 (1888). <y . Head and thorax above black ; the front of the bead, the ocelli, and two large spots — situate on the basal margins of the mesonotum — bright oehraceous. Abdomen above dull reddish, the base and dorsal area dull pitchy-black. Head and thorax beneath, the legs, rostrum, and opercula, pitchy-black ; the face — excluding basal margin — bright oehraceous. Abdomen beneath dull reddish, with transverse pitchy segmental fasciae and the apical half of anal appendage black. Tegmina opaque milky-white, slightly suffused with pale fuscous on the apical area; the venation, costal membrane, greater portion of basal cell, and a very small basal patch, pitchy black. Wings pale smoky hyaline, the venation pitchy.
The face is robust, laterally compressed, the transverse striations distinct on basal half, and the longitudinal sulcation broadening towards apes; the rostrum reaches the intermediate coxae. Long. excl. tegm. <? , 24 millim. Exp. tegm. 58 millim.
Hab. — Malayan Archipelago: Sumatra, Mt. Singalang (0. Beccari — Genoa Mus. and coll. Dist.). The more robust body also distinguishes this and the following species .