G04 MONOGRAPH OF THE AUSTRALIAN CICADIDjE, 



anal area largely infuscated Abdomen black, front border of 

 sound cavities, hind borders of segments, and anal appendage, 

 orange red; tympana pale. Abdomen is robust, equal in length 

 to thorax. Body below black, streaked with pale red; opercula 

 small, distant, pale, the basal half black. Legs fuscous streaked 

 with pale red; abdomen orange yellow with a broad, well-defined 

 stripe (not including posterior segmental margins), fuscous, which 

 does not reach anal appendage. Long. corp. 26 mm.; lat. 8 mm.; 

 exp. teg. 65 nmi. 



Hab. — Australia; described from several examples in the 

 Macleay Museum. 



This is the most gaily coloured member of the genus, super- 

 ficially resembling some of the larger Melampsaltaj. 



*TlBICEN BOREALIS, Sp.nOV. 



Black, marked with red. Head black, with a light red spot 

 at base of vertex; front black, lightly convex, lateral borders 

 pale red, sides of face black, with long white hairs; rostrum dark 

 red, base pale red, tip reaching base of middle coxae. Pronotum 

 in front width of head, lateral borders sinuous and armed with a 

 tooth at middle; black, a median stripe pale red, portion of front 

 border, lateral and posterior edges, narrowly red. Mesonotum 

 black, lateral borders narrowly, disc of cruciform elevation, apex, 

 and two large irregular spots on disc, pale red. Scutellum pale 

 red, with a black spot on disc. Tegmina vitreous, the costa and 

 basal membranes red, veins black, first two anastomoses near 

 apex densely and broadly infuscated. Wings with borders of 

 clavus white, basal half of venation pale red, apical portion 

 fuscous; anal area infuscated, not reaching apex; basal membranes 

 red. Abdomen black, tympana pale, their borders red and hairy; 

 posterior segmental margins bright red, with a yellow spot on 

 each side of last segment; anal appendage yellow, disc black. 

 Body below: chest black, striped with pale red; opercula medium, 

 broad, semicircular, touching, pale yellow; abdomen pale red, 

 base of segments reddish-fuscous. Legs yellow, marked with 

 fuscous. Long. corp. 20 mm.; exp. teg. 46 mm. 



Hab. — King George's Sound, W.A.; several examples in the 

 Macleay Museum. 



