is moderately closely and distinctly punctured (Weise calls the punctuation obscure), and that there is a lateral depression distinctly visible in the female, less so in the male, at each side; C. nasutulus is allied to C. fortunatus, C. approximatus, Baly, C. kulibini, Gebl., and C. splendens, Kraatz.

CRYPTOCEPHALUS FESTIVUS, n. sp. (Plate I., fig. 4.)

Flavous; the terminal joints of the antennæ and the middle of the breast and abdomen black; thorax impunctate; elytra violaceous-blue, strongly punctate-striate, the interspaces smooth, the lateral margin anteriorly flavous. Length, 1-2 lines.

Head nearly impunctate, flavous, the extreme vertex blackish with a few fine punctures; antennæ long and slender, two-thirds the length of the body, the lower four joints flavous, the rest black; thorax transverse, strongly narrowed in front, the sides but moderately deflexed with a narrow margin, the lateral margin nearly straight, the surface entirely impunctate, flavous; scutellum black, slightly longer than broad, its apex truncate; elytra regularly and strongly punctate-striate, the punctures distinct to the apex, metallic violaceous, the interstices flat and impunctate, the anterior margin and the epipleuræ at the base flavous; pygidium, under side and legs pale flavous, the centre of the lower portion of the breast and of the abdomen black, the apex of the last abdominal segment in the male slightly emarginate at the middle, that of the female with the usual deep fovea.

I am not acquainted with any eastern Cryptocephalus agreeing in coloration with the present insect, of which a dozen specimens were received; the flavous colour of the lateral margin and of the epipleuræ extends to the middle of the elytra.

CRYPTOCEPHALUS FLAVOPICTUS, n. sp.

(Plate I., fig. 5.)

Black, finely pubescent; three spots at the head, the anterior and lateral margin of the thorax, and two basal spots (sometimes absent) of the latter, flavous; thorax closely punctured; elytra strongly punctured, flavous, the suture and two transverse narrow bands connected with a lateral longitudinal stripe, black; legs fulvous. Length, 2 lines.

Head rather closely punctured, finely pubescent, longitudinally depressed at the vertex, black, two spots above the eyes and the epistome bright flavous; antennæ two-thirds the length of the body, the lower five joints fulvous, the others black; thorax subcylindrical, much narrowed in front, the sides strongly deflexed, the lateral margins nearly straight, the surface closely and finely punctured and pubescent, black, the anterior and lateral margins flavous (the former narrowly widened at the middle, the latter widened at the angles); scutellum scarcely raised, slightly longer than broad, its apex truncate, black; elytra sparingly clothed with short yellow pubescence, closely and strongly punctate striate, flavous, with a narrow black transverse sinuate band before and another below the middle connected with the black suture, and a similarly coloured stripe running parallel to the lateral margin, this latter band does not extend to the apex; pygidium black, its lower edge flavous; the under side black, the anterior coxæ and the legs fulvous, the femora pale flavous at their apex.

C. flavopictus resembles much in its coloration C. pustulatus, Ross, and allied forms, but differs in the finely pubescent upper surface, and in the close and somewhat elongate punctuation of the thorax; the two basal spots in front of the scutellum are frequently absent; the elytra in the male insect show deep rows

of punctures with more finely punctured interstices, while these latter in the female are as deeply punctured as the rest of the punctures; the flavous colour of the elytra forms three spots on each, placed one at the base, the second at the middle, and the third at the apex; the lateral black stripe is rounded in front of each of the flavous spots.

Several specimens.

CRYPTOCEPHALUS DISCOIDALIS, n. sp.

Black; the head (the vertex excepted), the sides of the thorax and the anterior femora fulvous; thorax impunctate; elytra violaceous-blue, strongly punctate-striate. Length, 1 line.

Head impunctate, obscure fulvous, the vertex piceous; labrum black; the lower five joints of the antennæ fulvous, the basal joint piceous above, the others black; thorax short, nearly three times broader than long, the lateral margins very slightly rounded, the angles acute, the surface smooth and shining, fulvous with a discoidal lozenge-shaped black spot from the base to the apex; scutellum raised, black; elytra dark blue, regularly punctate-striate, the punctures diminishing in depth towards the apex, the interstices somewhat rugose at the sides, the shoulders prominent, subtuberculiform; pygidium and under side black; anterior femora and the prosternum fulvous, the latter ending into a sharp point at each side.

The above description is that of the female insect; a single male now before me has a rather deep longitudinal and punctured depression at the vertex, and the thorax is nearly entirely black, the sides being broadly and the anterior margin narrowly flavous; the punctuation of the elytra is rather more strongly impressed. This small Cryptocephalus resembles certain varieties of C. alboscutellatus, Suffr., but differs in the flavous anterior femora, the stronger elytral punctuation, and in the shape of the prosternum.

DIORYCTUS NIGRIPENNIS, n. sp.

Fulvous; the terminal joints of the antennæ piceous; head finely punctured; thorax impunctate; elytra black, finely punctate-striate. Length, 2 lines.

Broadly subquadrate, robust; the head rather closely and very finely punctured, fulvous; eyes broadly and subangulate emarginate; antennæ short, the lower five joints fulvous, the others fuscous slightly widened; thorax strongly narrowed in front, the sides evenly rounded and very narrowly margined, the posterior angles acute, the posterior margin slightly sinuate and produced into a point at the middle, the surface not visibly punctured, fulvous, shining, the extreme basal margin black; scutellum not visible; elytra broadly subquadrate, their apex broadly rounded, the basal lobe obliquely produced at the middle, the disc with ten rows of fine punctures, black, the interstices flat and impunctate; under side and legs fulvous; prosternum much broader than long; the anterior margin produced into a distinct tooth at the middle, the posterior margin concave at each side. Hab. China (coll. Jacoby).

A single specimen of this proportionately large-sized species is contained in my collection from China without precise locality.

ENTOM.-MARCH, 1890.

(To be continued.)

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DESCRIPTIONS OF CHINESE SPECIES OF THE
HOMOPTEROUS FAMILY CICADIDÆ.

By W. L. DISTANT.

I AM indebted to the kindness of Mr. J. H. Leech for a small but very interesting collection of Rhynchota made by his collector in China. This collection proved most opportune material for my Monograph of the Eastern Cicadidæ, as although I had examined most of the large Continental collections, and amassed considerable material myself, the Cicadide of China were, and still remain, a subject of much conjecture. The three species here described add to our scanty knowledge, and will be subsequently figured in another publication. The remaining portions of the collection I hope to describe shortly in the pages of this Magazine.

CICADA LEECHI, n. sp.

Head black; the eyes, apex and base of front, and a triangular spot on anterior margin of vertex, greenish ochraceous. Pronotum castaneous; the anterior, posterior and lateral margins, a narrow central longitudinal fascia, and two small basal spots, ochraceous; these ochraceous margins and spots more or less edged with black, the posterior margin crossed by three black bands-one central and one near each lateral angle. Mesonotum black, with two broken linear ochraceous obconical basal spots, the lateral margins and the basal cruciform elevation-excluding centre and apices-also ochraceous. Abdomen black, with two slightly oblique white macular fascia on each lateral area; outer margins of the tympanal coverings ochraceous. Body beneath, legs and opercula dull ochraceous, the sternum greyishly pilose; the lateral striations to face, the outer margins of coxæ, inner margins of anterior and intermediate femora, and the extreme apices of tibiæ and tarsi black. Tegmina and wings pale hyaline, the venation pitchy; tegmina with the costal membrane pale greenish, the transverse veins at the bases of the second and third apical areas broadly infuscated, and those at the bases of the fifth and seventh areas narrowly infuscated; the bases of the wings narrowly pale greenish. The opercula are long,-about extending to twothirds the length of the abdomen,— overlapping internally, their outer margins moderately concave, their inner margins slightly convex, their apices angularly rounded. Long. excl. tegm., 3, 38 mm. Exp. tegm., 105 to 110 mm.

Hab. China; Wa Shan and Chia Kou Ho.

This species is allied to the Japanese C. bihamata, Motsch., but differs by the larger size, the different markings of the body, and the totally different structure of the opercula, which in Motschulsky's species are widely divergent, and not overlapping as in C. leechi.

CICADA SINENSIS, n. sp.

Head and pronotum greenish ochraceous; head with a broad black fascia between the eyes; pronotum with two short narrow discal black fascia near anterior margin and a black band across the posterior margin near each lateral area. Mesonotum castaneous, with a central tri-lanceolate greenish ochraceous spot with the surrounding area black, a lateral black fascia on each side outwardly margined with greenish ochraceous, the centre and apices of the

basal cruciform elevation black. Abdomen black, with two longitudinal and slightly oblique macular white fascia on each lateral area; outer margins of the tympanal coverings ochraceous. Body beneath pale ochraceous, thickly clothed with greyish pile; legs greenish ochraceous. Tegmina and wings pale hyaline, the venation greenish inwardly, fuscous outwardly; tegmina with the costal membrane ochraceous and its outer margin pale sanguineous, the transverse veins at the bases of the second and third apical areas infuscated; extreme bases of the tegmina and wings pale sanguineous. The opercula are short, not extending beyond the basal segment of the abdomen, convexly rounded externally, and slightly overlapping at their inner margins. Long. excl. tegm., ♂ and o̟, 29 to 32 mm. Exp. tegm., 80 to 85 mm.

Hab. China; Chia Kou Ho.

KARENIA CALATATA, n. sp.

f. Head, pronotum and mesonotum pale greenish, sparingly pilose; head with the area of the ocelli, and a spot on each side of base of front, black; eyes brownish ochraceous. Pronotum with two central discal curved fascia, which are united posteriorly, and a spot on the lateral margins, black. Mesonotum with two central obconical spots at anterior margin, on each side of which is a larger angulated spot, and a rounded spot at each anterior angle of the basal cruciform elevation, black (these spots are more or less effaced in the typical specimen described); base of the cruciform elevation, a small spot on each side of it, and a spot on each side of the basal margin of the metanotum, black. Abdomen ochraceous, strongly pilose, with three irregular longitudinal fuscous fasciæ,-the central one broadest, those on the lateral areas much angulated and macular. Body beneath and legs greenish ochraceous; a spot at base of antennæ, posterior margin of face, a spot near bases and apices of femora, bases of tibiæ, tarsal claws, and the base and apex of abdomen, more or less black. Tegmina and wings pale hyaline, the venation more or less fuscous; tegmina with the costal membrane greenish, its extreme margin black, the transverse veins at the bases of the second, third, fourth, fifth and seventh apical areas broadly infuscated, and a series of fuscous marginal spots placed on the apices of the longitudinal veins to apical areas; extreme bases of the tegmina and wings ochraceous. Long. excl. tegm., 9, 30 mm. Exp. tegm., 100 mm.

1700 feet.

July.

Hab. China; Chia Kou Ho. 1700 feet. Although I possess but a single female specimen of this species, it seems to clearly belong to the genus Karenia which I proposed for the reception of a Burmese species some time since. The peculiar structure of the cruciform elevation at the base of the mesonotum, the ulnar vein emitted at extreme apex of basal cell of tegmina, the narrowed head, and short and robust abdomen, all show its generic position, though of course the male structure of the tympana is at present unknown.

NOTES ON HYBOCAMPA MILHAUSERI.

By T. A. CHAPMAN, M.D.

AMONG my earliest entomological ambitions was a desire to become acquainted with this insect, my interest being, I think, excited by Sepp's figure of the larva, and the vernacular name which he gives it, the "Dragon." It is now possible to purchase

the insect alive, and I have thus been enabled to learn something of it, and I find it so remarkable in several particulars as to much more than justify my curiosity. It is not really closely related to any of our Notodontas, but is nearest to the Ceruras, with a suspicion of true Notodonta (N. ziczac and N. dromedarius). The egg is large, clay coloured and beautifully zoned, with a dull terra-cotta like surface, apparently free from any structural lines or markings, really the structure is so much finer than in Cerura, that a much higher power is needed to show it,-of a form not very different from that of C. vinula. The egg of C. erminea is so different from that of vinula, that it is, perhaps, not safe to say that that of H. milhauseri is not also of a Cerura pattern.

By the way, I was struck with the accurate knowledge which Sepp had, 100 years ago, of Cerura eggs; describing the brown eggs of vinula and bifida laid in pairs (or more) on the upper sides of the leaves; whilst furcula (and bicuspis) are black, and laid solitarily on the under surface of the leaves.

The young larva has grand lateral horns in front and a dorsal row; as he grows older the lateral ones disappear, whilst the dorsal ones remain, though proportionately smaller. I do not propose to describe the larva, which is of course well known, and to which no description without a figure can do justice; but till I saw it alive I could not understand why any larva should have such remarkable angular outlines, curiously conspicuous corners and humps. What the dark young larva resembles I have not ascertained, but by chance I one day brought in with their food so exact a resemblance of the full-grown larva, that there could not be any doubt as to the meaning of all its curious outlines and markings. This was a curled oak leaf, eaten and abandoned by a Tortrix (viridana?) larva.

This particular leaf was in detail exactly imitated by the larva of H. milhauseri. There was a curled portion of leaf with the outline of the body of the larva, the netted green texture of the leaf like the small markings on the surface of the larva, a brown decayed mark or two like the larva has; the extremity was eaten off on lines following partly a rib, so as to imitate the truncate aspect the larva has, however viewed; whilst the secondary ribs of the leaf, being eaten between, projected laterally from the roll just like the dorsal spines of the larva, and in about the same size and order; the tall one in the 5th segment; the dwindling ones in the 6th to 10th; and the taller bifid one on the 12th; this one resembling points from both edges of the leaf. Most curious, perhaps, of all, the little backward projecting points at the tips of the spines (or humps), apparently so superfluously complicated in the larva, were exactly represented in the leaf; the Tortrix larva, in eating the substance of the leaf between the secondary ribs, had eaten these down to some extent