•618 MONOGRAPH OF THE AUSTRALIAN CICADID.E, 



One of the robust species and may easily be separated from 

 its congeners by the description. 



*Pauropsalta prolongata, sp.nov. 



Head black, spot on base of vertex, one on each side of front 

 border, band across front, red; front black, middle strip and 

 borders pale red, sides of face black; rostrum pale red, reaching 

 middle coxse. Pronotum width of head; front angles produced 

 tooth-like; pale red, two central stripes united at base, irregular 

 streaks on sides, and front edge of hind border, black. Meso- 

 notum pale red, four obconical stripes, the outer pair longer and 

 extended to sides of cruciform elevation, a large spot in front of 

 the latter, black. Tegmina vitreous, costa and veins pale red, 

 ■costa separated from radial vein. Wings with veins pale red; 

 Abdomen reddish-black, apical borders of segments and anal 

 appendage red, the latter with two black stripes on disc. Long 

 and slender. Body hoio^: chest black; abdomen pale red, apical 

 borders of segments yellow, a middle stripe and anal appendage 

 fuscous ; ovipositor ferruginous, extending far be3^ond tip of 

 abdomen. Legs pale red, lined with darker red. Long. corp. 

 21 mm.; exp. teg. 50 mm. 



Hah. — Australia; one female in the South Australian Museum, 

 Adelaide. 



This long, slender species may be easily recognised by the 

 markings, and the extended abdomen. 



*Pauropsalta EXTENSA, sp.nov. 



Head sordid red; front convex, middle stripe and lateral borders 

 pale red. Pro7iotum the width of head, front angles prominent, 

 lateral borders parallel; all borders and a middle stripe sordid 

 yellow, some black streaks on furrows; rostrum reddish, reaching 

 middle coxse; posterior angles prominent. Mesonotum sordid 

 red, two narrow yellow stripes on disc. Tegmina with front 

 border sinuous, costa and veins yellow. Wings with veins yellow, 

 apex of anal area infuscated. Ahdomen long, double the length 

 of head and thorax, gradually attenuated to apex, sordid red; 



