644 MONOGRAPH OF THE AUSTRALIAN CICADID^E, 



(J. Body tawny, very hairy. Head small, a little narrower 

 than pronotum; discs of vertex and front black; rostrum tawny, 

 tip black, reaching middle coxae. Pronotum with three yellow 

 stripes, the lateral pair irregular and oblique. Mesonotuin wdth 

 two very large black obconical marks, and between each of these 

 and the side is an oblique black stripe. Tegmina vitreous, veins 

 pale tawny, darker along costa, marked with black at base and tips. 

 Abdomen obconical, much longer than chest, black above, tip and 

 hind borders of segments tawny; a stripe of pale hairs extends 

 along back. Body below with a broad short piceous stripe in 

 disc. Opercula pale, moderate in size, almost meeting, one-third 

 length of abdomen. Legs pale tawny, femora streaked with 

 black. 



9. Pale greenish-testaceous. Head and thorax somewhat 

 pubescent; head with a few black marks on vertex. Pronotum 

 broader than head, with a paler stripe which is sometimes 

 bordered with brown; four lateral brown streaks, occasionally 

 obsolete; border rounded in front, dilated hindward on each side. 

 Mesonotum with four tawny stripe which are more or less 

 marked with black. Tegmina vitreous, ^•eins pale testaceous. 

 Abdomen with a stripe of whitish silky tomentum bordered with 

 black on each side towards base. Long. corp. 16 mm.; exp. teg. 

 50 mm. 



Hab, — New Zealand (Walker;; Adelaide and Victoria. 



^MeLAMPSALTA RUBRICINCTA, Sp.nOV. 



Head black, sides of front border, spot on each side near eye, 

 spot on middle of vertex, and posterior part of base of front, 

 sordid pale red; front convex, prominent, a basal spot and lateral 

 borders pale red; rostrum dark red, base yellow, tip passing hind 

 coxae. Pronotum black, width of head, three irregular spots on 

 each side sordid red; two spots on front border and posterior 

 edge of hind border sordid yellow; front angles prominent, hind 

 angles flattened out; lateral borders with a tooth at middle. 

 Mesonotum black, an obsolete stripe on each side of disc, lateral 

 and posterior borders and front rami of cruciform elevation sordid 



