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This species differs from vittata by the broad vitta which reaches 

 the apex where it extends to the sides and suture, more distinctly 

 metallic surface, smoother and more shining elytra and different male 

 sexual characters. It seems to be, however, more closely allied to 

 robusta, which seems to have a similar vitta but in that species the 

 fifth antennal joint is prolonged at apex and the last ventral has a 

 very deeply impressed median line. 



For specimens of this species I am indebted to Mr. Chas. Liebeck 

 who called my attention to the possibly wrong identification of this 

 species as robusta by Mr. Blatchley. 



A NEW CICADA OF THE GENUS MELAMPSALTA. 



By Wm. T. Davis, 

 Stat en Island, N. Y. 



For some time the writer has been convinced that the little green 

 Cicada mentioned by Thomas Say in connection with his Cicada par- 

 vula, now considered to be the same as Melampsalta calliope Walker, 

 was really a distinct species separated by its smaller head, differently 

 shaped body and genitalia, also by having five apical cells in hind wing. 



Pending a longer paper on the genus with illustrations, the follow- 

 ing description is presented. 



Melampsalta kansa new species. 



Type male, Meade, Kansas, July (Warren Knaus). Davis collection. 



Allotype female, Tascosa, Texas, June 28, 1919 (Miss M. McGill). Davis 

 collection. 



Head small, not quite as broad across the eyes as the width of the pro- 

 notum ; wings proportionately broader than in calliope, uncus when viewed in 

 profile not as curved as in that species ; body slim with the sides more parallel 

 than in calliope, and in the female the abdomen tapers more gradually. The 

 ocelli are ruby colored as in calliope, but the body color and venation of the 

 wings is grass green and not straw colored, and the male is without blackish 

 marks on the thorax. The membranes at the base of both pairs of wings are 

 almost white in color. Beneath the opercula are ample and rounded at the 

 extremities, which come quite close together, whereas in calliope the extremi- 

 ties are quite far apart. The notch in the last ventral segment of the female 



