588 MONOGRAPH OF THE AUSTRALIAN CICADID.E, 



central pair shortest, the outer pair sometimes broken, and a spot 

 in front of the basal cruciform elevation black. Tegmina and 

 wings pale hyaline, venation castaneous. Tegmina with the 

 costal membrane and basal area pale castaneous, the transverse 

 veins at the bases of the second and third apical areas narrowly 

 infuscated, and a series of small and somewhat indistinct fuscous 

 marginal spots on the apices of the longitudinal veins of the 

 apical areas. Wings with the margin of the claval areas infus- 

 cated. Abdomen above pale castaneous, anterior margins of the 

 segments broadly blackish, especially on the basal segments, 

 where the markings are centrally macular; tympanal coverings, 

 excluding anterior margins, blackish. Head beneath, sternum, 

 legs and opercula ochraceous; the central sulcature and numerous 

 striations to face, space between face and eyes, rostrum (exclud- 

 ing base), coxal streaks, anterior tibi?e, apical halves of middle 

 tibiae, anterior and middle tarsi, and the inner margin of the 

 opercula blackish. Abdomen pale castaneous with the base 

 narrowly black enclosing two small ochraceous spots. The face is 

 very globose, the opercula do not meet centrally, the rostrum 

 reaches the posterior coxae. Long. corp. ^ 40, 9 30 mm.; exp. teg. 

 (J 107, 9 90 mm. 



Hab. — Australia (Distant); Sydney, New South Wales. 



Allied to P. argentata, Germ., differs in shape and colour of 

 opercula, the more globose face, different colour-markings, etc. 



^PSALTODA PICTIBASIS, Walk. 



1858. Cicada id., List Horn. Brit. Mus. Suppl. p. 31. 



Head pale ferruginous, with two black bands, one across disc 

 of vertex, the other at base of front, a small yellow spot at middle 

 of base; front with sulcus, elevated lines radiating from it, and 

 clypeus black; rostrum piceous, base testaceous, reaching posterior 

 coxae. Pronotum pale ferruginous, a dark yellow central stripe 

 bordered with black, the furrows and a line along anterior edge 

 of hind border black; hind border broad, fuscous-green, lightly 

 dilated on lateral borders. Mesonotum ferruginous, with four 

 obconical stripes, the outer pair longer and excavated with ferru- 

 ginous; a large triangular spot behind inner pair, and a spot on 



