646 MONOGRAPH OF THE AUSTRALIAN CICADID^E, 



*Melampsalta marginata, Leach. 

 1814. Tettigonia id., Zool. Misc. i. p. 89, pi. 39, fig. 1. 



Head pale red, a broad band across vertex and base of front 

 black; front convex, pale red with a broad central stripe and 

 sides of face blackish. Pronotum pale red, a little narrower than 

 head; front angles prominent, middle of lateral borders armed 

 with a tooth, two central stripes, a spot on each side, furrows, 

 and front edge of posterior border, black. Mesonotum black, 

 lateral and posterior borders, two large spots on disc, and sides 

 of cruciform elevation, pale red (the black surface varying in 

 different individuals). Tegmina vitreous, costa pale red, veins 

 black, basal membranes red. Wings with venation blackish, 

 basal membranes and anal area reddish. Abdomen black, apical 

 borders of segments and anal appendage red, the latter with a 

 broad stripe on each side united near apex. Body below: chest 

 reddish streaked with paler; opercula medium, pale red, broadly 

 rounded, almost contiguous; abdomen pale red, with a central 

 black stripe. Legs blackish streaked with red. Long. corp. 

 15-20 mm.; exp. teg. 45-53 mm. 



Hah. —New Holland (Leach); Tasmania (Walker); South Aus- 

 tralia and Northern Territory, S.A. (collected by Mr. J. G. 

 Tepper). 



The description given by Leach is too brief to identify this 

 species, but his illustration is of considerable aid. The examples 

 we have in hand are identical with the representation given in 

 Zoological Miscellany, and are of a robust build. 



Melampsalta labyrinthica. Walk. 



1851. Dunduhia id.. List Hom. Brit. Mus. p. 75. 



^. Body tawny; head of medium size, a little narrower than 

 pronotum, v/ith a broad, irregular, lightly curved, black band 

 which includes two tawny spots, with two branches to hind 

 border ; front prominent, very convex, pale green, with two 

 broad black stripes; rostrum tawny, tip black, reaching middle 

 ■coxte; antennae black. Pronotum with a black dot at middle 



