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I. Melampsalta cingulata, Fabr. 

 Tettigonia cingulata, Fabr., Syst. Ent., p. 680, n. 9 (1775). 



Cicada cingulata, Hudson, IVans. N.Z. Inst., xxiii., p. 50, 

 pi. 9 (1891); Man. N.Z. Ins., p. 118, pi. 20, figs. 1, la 

 (1892). 



Cicada zealandica. Bond, Vov. " Astrolabe," Ent., p. 611, 

 pi. 10, fig. 6 (1832) ; Walker, List Homopt. Ins. B. M., i., 

 p. 159, n. 98 (1850) ; iv., p. 1125 (1852). 



Cicada indivulsa, Walker, I.e., Suppl., p. 33 (1858). 



Cicada cingidata, var. obscura, Hudson, I.e., p. 51 (1891). 



By far the largest of the New Zealand species. The types 

 are in the Banksian Collection in the British Museum, 



C. indivulsa. Walker, was described from a bleached 

 specimen. There are no specimens of this or of any allied 

 species from Australia in the Museum except M. convergens 

 (Cicada convergens. Walker, List Homopt. Ins., i., p. 114, 

 n. 120, 1850), which is very distinct from M. cingulata by the 

 nearly black abdomen, with the incisions very narrowly red- 

 dish ; the two short basal stripes on the mesothorax, which are 

 fused into one large one ; and the distinct black line bounding 

 the costal area on its lower edge. Of this species there are 

 two rather indifferent specimens in the Museum ; but neither 

 M. cingulata nor M. convergens appears quite to agree with 

 p. 289, which was described from Sydney, and subsequently 

 the description of Cicada flavicosta, Stal, Eugenie's Besa, 

 indicated as a synonym of M. cingulata. 



II. Melampsalta muta, Fabr. 



There are several distinct forms which Mr. Hudson con- 

 siders to be varieties of this species. I express no opinion on 

 the subject, but have attempted to give the correct synonymy 

 below, in the order adopted by Mr. Hudson : — 



a. Muta, Fabr. 

 Tettigonia muta, Fabr., Syst. Ent., p. 681, n. 17 (1775). 



Cicada muta, var. subalpina, Hudson, Trans. N.Z. Inst., 

 xxiii., pp. 51, 52 (1891) ; Man. N.Z. Ins., p. 119, pi. 20, 

 fig. 2 (1892). 



The types in the Banksian Collection show this to be 

 the typical form of the species. 



(3. Cruentata, Fabr. 

 Tettigonia cruentata, Fabr., Syst. Ent., p. 680, n. 10 (1775). 



