574 MONOGRAPH OF THE AUSTRALIAN CICADIDA^, 



4 (1). Sides of abdomen in c^ destitute of sacs; tips of longi- 

 tudinal veins, and bases of apical areas infuscated; 

 opereula overlapping. 



5(6). Opereula of ^ very large, bright rose-red eydoiixiL 



6 (5). Opereula of S" small, tawny or fuscous. 



7 (8). Abdomen black, with a pale broad band extending over 



dorsum of second segment, interrupted in middle ; 

 beneath, in ^, yellow, except borders; in $, two 

 lateral, longitudinal, pale stripes; opereula tawny fullo. 



8 (7). Abdomen black, a tomentose spot on each side of disc, 



one on each side at middle of lateral borders, and the 



base of anal appendage, white; opereula fuscous mihivena^ 



*Henicopsaltria eydouxii, Guerin. 



1830. Cicada id. Voy. Coq. Zool. ii. p. 181. 



1895. Psaltoda Jtavescens, Frogg., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. p. 530, 

 1903. Psaltoda flavescens, Frogg., Agr. Gaz. N.S.W., p. 420; and 

 Misc. Pub. No. 643, p. 10, pi. 3, fig. 1. 

 Head ferruginous, a transverse band along front of vertex^ 

 including front border, a small spot at base, and a spot on base 

 of front, yellow; two longitudinal stripes along middle, base of 

 front, a large spot on each side anteriorly, and a curved stripe 

 around inner border of each eye, black; front strongly produced^ 

 ferruginous, a broad central stripe, and transverse elevated lines 

 on each side, fuscous. Pronotuin ferruginous, front and hind 

 borders, a longitudinal central stripe, yellow; lateral borders, a 

 broad stripe on each side of central yellow stripe, and front edge 

 of posterior border narrowly black; hind border very narrow. 

 Mesonotum ferruginous, with four obconical stripes, the inner 

 pair shorter and narrowly edged with yellow, the outer pair long, 

 narrow, reaching a transverse band in front of cruciform eleva- 

 tion, a narrow, central line joining the transverse band, black; 

 cruciform elevation yellow. Tegmina vitreous, veins yellow and 

 ferruginous, front border of basal area, inner border of clavus, 

 apical half of costa, portions of the rami of ulnar Aeins, bases of 

 all the apical areas except the first, and a spot on tips of all 

 longitudinal veins, black. Wings vitreous, the veins pale yellow 

 and red, the middle vein and apical margin fuscous. Abdomen 



