BY F. W. CODING AND W. W. FROGGATT. C)31 



69(6S). Mesonotum dark castaneous, with pale marks warburtoni. 



70(67). Four fuscous stripes on mesonotum. 



71(72). Postcostal area of tegmina infuscated convicta. 



72(71). Postcostal area not infuscated. 



73(78). Apical borders of abdominal segments not fuscous. 



74(77). Abdomen marked with fuscous. 



75(76). Front with a median longitudinal sulcus eyrei. 



76(75). Front destitute of a longitudinal sulcus graminis. 



77(74). Abdomen without fuscous spots telxiope. 



78(73). Apical borders of abdominal segments fuscous. 

 79(80). Pronotum without black stripes, two fuscous spots 



on anterior margin forresti. 



80(79). Pronotum with black stripes. 



81(82). Head with a large black spot on vertex interstans. 



82(81). Eyes surrounded with black varians. 



*Melampsalta torrida, Erich. 



1842. Cicada id., Archiv f. Nat. viii. p. 286. 

 1850. Cicada haslflamma, Walk., List Horn. Brit. Mus. p. 170. 

 Cicada connexa, Walk., ibid. p. 173. 

 Cicada damater, Walk., ibid. p. 178. 

 Head a little broader than front of pronotum; testaceous, with 

 two short stripes at base, a broad curved stripe passing middle 

 and reaching front border on each side, and front edge on middle, 

 black; front convex, prominent, with a very broad longitudinal 

 stripe enclosing a small yellow spot near base, and borders of face 

 including ciypeus, black. Pronotum narrowed a little towards 

 front, testaceous; lateral borders with an acute tooth on each 

 side near middle, front angles prominent, the posterior angles 

 very prominent and obtuse; transverse and oblique impressions, 

 two central stripes, with some indistinct spots, black; hind 

 border narrow, fuscous. Mesonotum convex, testaceous, with 

 four obconical stripes, the outer pair longer reaching apical border, 

 and a narrow median stripe terminating in a spot in front of 

 cruciform elevation, black. Tegmina vitreous, venation testaceous, 

 black towards apex and interior border; interior ulnar area with 

 sides parallel, apex rounded above; postcostal marginal space 

 broadened at origin of first transverse vein; a black spot on first 



