624 MONOGRAPH OF THE AUSTRALIAN CICADIDuE, 



side; rostrum pale red, reaching hind coxae. Pronotiitn width of 

 head, hind angles prominent; pale red, two short central stripes, 

 two lateral stripes, and hind angles, black. Mesonotum pale red, 

 with four obconical black stripes, the outer pair much longer and 

 excavated. Tegrtiina vitreous, costa and veins pale red, the 

 exterior vein of basal area and posterior margin of clavus black. 

 Wings with fore border pale, the veins fuscous, anal ai ea fuscous 

 behind inner vein. Abdomen pale red, a row of short obsolete 

 transverse bands along dorsum, and a row of small spots near 

 lateral borders, black; anal appendage with two black stripes on 

 disc. Body below pale red, tip of ovipositor black. Legs pale 

 red, femora streaked with black. Long. corp. 18 mm.; exp. teg. 

 45 mm. 



Hab. — Sale, Vic; one female collected by Kershaw, in National 

 Museum, Melbourne. 



*Pauropsalta leichardti, Dist. 

 1882. P.Z.S.L. p. 132, pi. 7, fig. 5. 



^. Body above ochraceous. Itead with anterior margin, a 

 spot on anterior lateral angles of vertex, an oblique fascia behind 

 eyes, two small spots between ocelli and eyes, a transverse spot 

 on anterior margin of vertex, black. Pronotum with two central 

 black lines, not extending to posterior margin, widened and 

 angulated near anterior margin, oblique striae, and inner border 

 of posterior margin, black. Mesonotum with two short contigu- 

 ous obconical spots, on each side of which is a more elongate and 

 broken one, and two small rounded spots in front of cruciform 

 elevation, black. Tegmina and wings pale hyaline; tegmina with 

 costal membrane, and area and veins enclosing basal ulnar area 

 pale ochraceous, remaining venation fuscous. Abdomeri with a 

 series of dorsal transverse black fasciae, decreasing in width 

 towards apex ; anal appendage Avith a black line on each side. 

 Body beneath ochraceous; base and lateral margins of face, apex 

 of rostrum, and ovipositor, black. Legs ochraceous ; femora 

 streaked with fuscous ; front tibial black, annulated with ochra- 

 ceous near base. Head, including eyes, equal in width to prono- 



