650 MONOGRAPH OF THE AUSTRALIAN CICADID.£, 



yellow. Tegniina vitreous, rather short ; veins black, pale 

 yellowish at base. Abdomen testaceous, along each side and 

 beneath; hind borders of segments testaceous. Legs yellow, 

 striped with black; fore legs black, striped with yellow. Long. 

 €orp. 11 mm.; exp. teg. 29 mm. 

 i7a6.— Adelaide (Walker). 



Melampsalta latorea. Walk. 



1851. Cicada id., List Hom. Brit. Mus. p. 183. 



$. Body black; head a little narrower than pronotum; vertex 

 with an interrupted tawny stripe, a tawny spot on each side; 

 front lightly convex, with an irregular tawny band behind a 

 small tawny spot and sides of that colour; rostrum dark red, tip 

 black, reaching middle coxse; antennae black. Pronoium a little 

 narrower in front, tawny along fore border, with six oblique 

 tawny stripes excavated on each side. Mesonotum tawny, with 

 four broad, black, obconical stripes, the inner pair much shorter, 

 united towards base, furrows mostly black along hind border. 

 Tegmina vitreous, costa dark tawny, piceous beyond middle; 

 veins ferruginous, black towards tips. Abdomen obconical, a 

 little longer than thorax, hind borders of segments mostly red; 

 below are two j^ellow stripes tapering from base, not extending 

 beyond half the length; opercula yellow, medium size, not far 

 apart, more than one-third length of abdomen. Legs long, 

 striped with tawny. Long. corp. 15 mm.; exp. teg. 40 mm. 



Hab.—^e\v Holland (Walker). 



^Melampsalta incepta, Walk. 

 1851. Cicada id.. List Hom. Brit. Mus. p. 187. 



Body black, slender. Bead little broader than pronotum, some 

 pale red marks; front prominent, mostly red; rostrum pale red, 

 tip black, reaching middle coxse and beyond. Pronotum marked 

 with pale red. Mesonotum marked with pale red, cruciform 

 elevation pale red. Tegmina vitreous, long and narrow; costa 

 pale red as far as middle which is pale brown. Abdomen oblan- 

 ceolate, longer than thorax, red below except tip, with more or 



