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LIST OF THE SEMIPTERA OF NEW ZEALAND. 



BT F. BUCHAKAN WHITE, M.D., T.L.S. 

 {^Concluded from page \QV). 



SOIIOPTJEBA. 



Div. CICADAEIA. 



In his list of New Zealand insects, Prof. Hutton enumerates 21 

 species of Somoptera, viz., 12 species of Cicada, 7 of Clxius, and 2 of 

 Ptyeliis. To these fall to be added 2 species recorded elsewhere, 

 making in all 23 supposed species. Four of the names, however, are 

 merely synonyms, which reduces the list to 19. In the following list 

 I am able to add 8, making a total of 27 New Zealand Gicadaria. This 

 is just half the number of Heteroptera, which is, curiously enough, the 

 same proportion that the British Gicadaria bear to the British Hete- 

 roptera. In New Zealand, however, there must be many additional 

 species of both sub-orders yet to be discovered. 



Fam. CICADIDJE. 



Twelve Cicadce have been recorded, but StFJ has shown that 4 of 

 these are identical with others. All belong to the genus MelampsaUa, 

 Kol., Stal, and 5 of them were described by the late Mr. "Walker. I have 

 before me 8 or 9 New Zealand species of MeJampsaUa, but, with one 

 or two exceptions, I cannot identify any of them from Walker's de- 

 scriptions, though I have no doubt they include many of his species. 

 Though of opinion that species which are so desci"ibed that they 

 cannot be identified without an examination of the types, ought not to 

 stand, I am unwilling to add to the synonymy by giving new names to 

 the species before me, and will, therefore, in the meantime, merely 

 quote the Walkerian (and other) species with their synonyms as 

 pointed out by Stal. 



55. MelampsaUa cingulata (= Tettigonia cinguJata, P., Cicada jlexi- 



costa, Stal, C. zealandica, Boisd., C. indivuha, Wlk.). 

 Mr. "Wakefield. Found also in Australia. 



56. M. scutellaris (= Cicada scuteUaris, Wlk., C. sericea, "Wlk.). 



57. M. miita (^= Tettigonia muta, F., Cicada Cutora, "Wlk., G. ochrina, 



Wlk.). 

 A series of specimens from Messrs. Hutton and Wakefield seem 

 to belong to this species. 



