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Cicada rosa, Walker, List Homopt. Ins., i., p. 220, n. 173 

 (1850). 



Cicada hilinea, Walker, I.e., Suppl., p. 34 (1858). 



Cicada muta, var. rufescens, Hudson, Trans. N.Z. Inst., xxiii., 



p. 52(1891). 



The type of this form is also in the Banksian Collection. 

 Walker's C. hilinea is one of the female specimens alluded to 

 by Mr. Hudson. 



y. Flavescens, Hudson. 

 Cicada rmita, wax. flavescens, Hudson, Trans. N.Z. Inst., xxiii., 



p. 52 (1891). 



I have not seen this form. 



8. Augusta, Walker. 

 Cicada angusta, Walker, List Homopt. Ins., i., p. 174, n. 121 

 (1850). 



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

 xxiii., p. 52 (1891). 



€. Cincta. 



Cicada cincta, Walker, List Homopt. Ins. B. M., i., p. 204, 

 n. 156 (1850). 



Cicada muta, var. minor, Hudson, Trans. N.Z. Inst., xxiii., 

 p. 52 (1891). 

 Walker's description is taken from a discoloured specimen. 



III. Melampsalta outers. 

 Cicada cutera. Walker, List Homopt. Ins. B. M., i., p. 172, 

 n. 116 (1850). 



Cicada orbrina, Walker, I.e., Suppl., p. 34 (1858). 



Cicada aprilina, Hudson, Trans. N.Z. Inst., xxiii., p. 53 



(1891); XXV., p. 163 (1893). 



A long series of this insect stood in the British Museum 

 collection under the name of Cicada muta, among which were 

 only two specimens really belonging to the latter species. 

 This is probably the reason why Mr. Distant so positively 

 maintains that C. aprilina is not distinct from C. muta. 



IV. Melampsalta sericea, Walker. 

 Cicada sericea, Walker, List Homopt. Ins. B. M., i., p. 169, 



n. 113 (1850). 



This insect differs from M. scutellaris much as M. muta, 

 form angusta, differs from the form rufescens. The single 

 specimen is from Auckland. The eighth apical cell is, how- 



