BY F. W. CODING AND W. W. FROGGATT. X3Z i 



of wings yellow. Abdomen j'ellow, base and metanotum shining 

 black, a black median stripe along dorsum which reaches last 

 segment. Body below ochraceous, hair}'; opercula ochraceous^ 

 nearly round, a little distant; abdomen reddish-yellow, a black 

 spot at base. Legs yellow, front tibise and tips of tarsi fuscous. 

 Long. corp. (J 11 mm., 9 9 mm.; exp. teg. ^ 30 mm., $ 28 mm. 



Hab. — Rockhampton, Q.; described from a number of specimens 

 in the Macleay Museum. 



This beautiful little species is dedicated to Mrs. Emma Froggatt, 

 in appreciation of her kindly interest in our work. 



*Pauropsalta borealis, sp.nov. 



Head convex, yellow, vertex mostly black; front black, borders 

 yellow; rostrum yellow, tip black, reaching hind coxte. Fro- 

 notum a little narrower than head, sordid yellow, two middle 

 stripes broader at base and apex, a short stripe on each side, and 

 furrows, blackish; front angles prominent. Mesonotum sordid 

 3^ellow, four broad stripes, middle pair shorter and confluent, 

 extending to front border and cruciform elevation, including it, 

 black. Tegmina vitreous, costa pale yellow, venation black. 

 Wings with anal area milky, near base tinged with fuscous; veins 

 dark red. Abdomen with base of segments sordid red, followed 

 with orange-red, again followed with yellow^ on posterior border; 

 anal appendage dark red, a yellow spot on each side; covered 

 with short white hairs. Body below black variegated with yellow; 

 abdomen same as above ; ovipositor reddish. Legs reddish, 

 streaked with yellow, hind tibiae yellow. Long. corp. 14 mm.; 

 exp. teg. 40 mm. 



Hab. — Northern Territory, S.A.; one example, collected by J. G. 

 Tepper(Coll. G. & F.). 



*Pauropsalta sericeivitta. Walk. 

 1862. Cicada id., Journ. Ent. p. 304. 



(J. Pale testaceous-yellow. Head as broad as pronotum, with 

 a black point on each side of vertex. Pronotum with four 

 furrows, which converge hindward. Mesonotum with a black 



