660 MONOGRAPH OF THE AUSTRALIAN CICADID^E, 



Opercula short, narrow, angulate, pale green, distant from each 

 other. Tympana much exposed, easily seen above and below. 

 Legs green, front femora, tibiae and tarsi with black streak. 

 Long. Corp. ^ 27 mm., 9 20 mm.; exp. teg. (J 70 mm., 9 64 mm. 



Hab. — New Holland (Westwood); Kuranda, Q.; Tweed River, 

 N.S.W. 



The female is considerably smaller than the male, greenish or 

 reddish, the abdomen is conical, well developed, but not inflated. 



These insects frequent the low scrub, and are easily captured 

 by shaking the bushes. The specimens from the Tweed are all 

 green or yellowish, while those from North Queensland are quite 

 brownish. We have never heard the male make any sound. 



*Chlorocysta macrula, Stiil. 

 1863. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 575. 



Pale green. Vertex a little more than double broader than 

 diameter of both eyes; ocelli nearer to each other than to eyes. 

 Pronotum with lateral margins broadened behind middle, equal 

 in breadth, in front, to head; hind border narrow, broadened at 

 each lateral angle. Tegmina vitreous, venation green, costa 

 yellow or red; ulnar veins very near at base; ulnar area lightly 

 narrowed from base to apex, broadest at base, apex acuminate; 

 eleven long narrow apical areas. Wings vitreous, anal area not 

 infuscated; five apical areas, and a small, vitreous, oval area in 

 the margin at the base of the first transverse vein. Abdomen of 

 the male lightly inflated, with a pale line running along the 

 dorsum. Opercula rather broad, short, triangular, pale green, 

 posterior border pale yellow. Legs green, tarsi sordid yellow. 

 Long. corp. (J 21mm., 9 17 mm.; exp. teg. $ 44-50 mm., 9 

 48-56 mm. 



ZTafe.— Moreton Bay(Stal); Tweed River, N.S.W. 



The abdomen of the female is equal in length to that of the 

 head and thorax, conical, with a yellow spot on the dorsum, last 

 ventral segment with apical margin deeply emarginate at middle; 

 the ovipositor ferruginous. 



