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times the male sways his abdomen up and down with each 

 zape. Occasionally an individual will only zzz, and not get 

 up enough energy to zape. I listened to several such. Alto- 

 gether the song is quite unlike any other cicada song that I 

 have heard and cannot be confused with that of any of 

 the other New Jersey species. 



I collected several specimens of Cicada lyric en and two of 

 Cicada linnei in the vicinity of Cold Spring, Bennett and Fish- 

 ing Creek, but strange to say I heard or saw nothing of Cicada 

 sayi. 



In August, 1909, Mr. George P. Engelhardt collected a 

 cicada at Blowing Rock, N. C. which was new to me. In 

 July, 1910, Mr. Leng and I secured a much broken specimen 

 at Clayton, Ga., and still later I received from Mr. Brimley 

 a male and female of the same species collected at Raleigh, 

 N. C. I have also a single specimen from Staten Island, N. Y., 

 collected some years ago, that may belong to this species. 

 While the insect resembles Cicada lyricen De Geer there are 

 some striking differences in color by which it may be readily 

 identified, and Mr. John A. Grossbeck to whom I have shown 

 my material thinks with me that it should be named. I take 

 pleasure therefore in naming this species for Mr. George P. 

 Engelhardt of the Brooklyn Museum, who gave me my type 

 specimen, and who has been my companion on many pleasant 

 rambles afield. 



Cicada engelhardti n. sp. 



Length : $ 32 mm., to tip of wings, 50 mm. ; $ 30 mm., to tip 

 of wings 50 mm. 



Head black, sometimes with narrow, tawny stripe on front. Pro- 

 thorax black, with small, greenish fulvous central arrow-shaped spot, 

 broadest behind. In lyricen this spot is broadest in front. Posterior 

 and lateral borders of the pronotum black. Mesothorax nearly all 

 black, with two faint parenthesis-like lines of fulvous partly enclos- 

 ing the central portion. Sometimes these lines are heavier and there 

 is a shade of fulvous on the posterior portion of the mesothorax. The 

 inner surface of the front marginal vein is usually back and darker 

 than the same parts in lyricen. Abdomen black above, with two nar- 

 row pruinose lines or spots at base. Beneath, with broad central 

 black stripe and at each side is a broad lateral pruinose border. 



This insect is blacker than Cicada lyricen, lacking the considerable 

 amount of fulvous markings of that species, particularly on the pro- 

 thorax. 



