Australian Cicadldae. 225 



Long. — (excl. teg-.), 12 mm, ; exp. teg., 37 mm. 

 Zr«6.— Queensland. (Mr. F. P. Dodd.) 



Thauniastopsaltria glauca, sp. nov. 



(^ Body lip;ht jireyish-green, eyes brown. Tegmina hyaline 

 with i)ale green tinge and green neuration. Apical cells very 

 long, 13 in number. Wings similar in colour, with 7 apical 

 areas, very long. Body below inclining to yellowish. Rostrum 

 just passes intermediate coxae : opercula obsolete ; abdomen in 

 cT moderately inflated, and laterally depressed more than twice 

 as long as head and thorax together. 



Long. — (excl. teg.), J" 26, 2 20 niin., exp. teg., <?' $ 55 min. 



Hah. — Xorth Queensland (Cape York). Mr. H, Elgner. 



Division Melanvpsaltraria. 



Melampsalta brevis, sp. nov. 



<? Head above black, with greenish yellow spot behind ocelli 

 and yellow central longitudinal stripe to front. Pronotum 

 light castaneous, anterior and posterior borders and central 

 longitudinal fascia (enclosed by two black stripes ampliated 

 anteriorly and posteriorly), ochraceous, lateral margins inwardly 

 black. Mesonotum centrally ochraceous, laterally castaneous, 

 the ochraceous portion containing two central anteriorly con- 

 tiguous obconical spots, joined posteriorly to two triangulate 

 spots b/Cfore cruciform elevation, and disc of cruciform eleva- 

 tion, black. The castaneous lateral portions containing each a 

 black fascia outwardly concave, and a sublateral anterior mar- 

 ginal spot, black. Abdomen with basal and second segment 

 stramineous, a spot behind cruciform elevation, and short 

 transverse fascia on posterior margin, basal segment black, 

 remaining segments castaneous with posterior margins black. 

 Tegmina and wings hyaline, basal membranes red, venation 

 fuscous, costal area ochraceous. Head beneath black, face 

 fuscous, lateral striae Ijlack, margins of face ochraceous. Ster- 

 num, legs and opercula greyish ochraceous, legs streaked to 

 piceous. Abdomen ochraceous, obsolete central fuscous longi- 



