628 MONOGRAPH OF THE AUSTRALIAN CICADID.E, 



stripe on each side. Abdomen henesiih. with a line of blackish 

 points. Fore tarsi and tips of fore tibiae black. Tegmina and 

 wings vitreous, veins of tegmina whitish, black towards tips and 

 along interior border; 1st and 2nd transverse veins upright; 

 wings with five apical areas. Long. corp. $ 12 mm.; exp. teg. 

 30 mm. 



Hah. — Sydney (Walker), Clarence River, N.S.W.; one example 

 in the National Museum, Melbourne, and several in the Macleay 

 Museum. 



*Pauropsalta minima, sp.nov. 



Head yellow, front border darker; front yellow with a broad 

 brown stripe on middle. Pronotum narrower than head, j^ellow, 

 furrows darker. Mesonotum yellow, with two long lateral stripes, 

 between which are two very short narrow stripes from base, 

 black. Tegmina vitreous, costa white, veins yellow. Wings 

 with veins pale yellow. Abdomen yellow, long, narrow, with a 

 narrow obsolete median stripe. Body below yellow. Long. corp. 

 9 mm.; exp. teg. 24 mm. 



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



This is one of the smallest species examined, of which we have 

 seen three examples; they are in the South Australian Museum 

 and our own Collection. 



Genus M e l a m p s a l t a, Kol. 



1857. Mel. Ent. vii. p. 19. 



1857. Cicadetta, KoL, id. p. 19. 



1857. Tettigelta, Kol., id. p. 24. 



1866. Melampsalta, Stiil, Hemip. Afric. iv. p. 42. 



Head subequal in breadth to front of pronotum; vertex about 

 double broader than eyes; front lightly convex, with a more or 

 less distinct median longitudinal sulcus. Pronotum broader 

 behind than in front, lateral margins obtuse, rarely a little 

 flattened out. Tegmina with two contiguous ulnar veins or joined 

 in one towards base, eight apical areas, basal area quadrangular. 

 Wings with six apical areas. Apex of last ventral segment of 



