154 Journal New York Entomological Society. t^'o'- xxvi. 



Allotype female of same locality and date. Collection Mississippi 

 Agricultural and Mechanical College. 



In coloring this is a remarkable species and reminds one of the 

 green phases of Melampsalta calliope to be found in Florida and else- 

 where. Mr. Waldauer writes as follows of the capture of the in- 

 sects: "At the time, July lo, 1917, I was working a crew of day 

 hands in a piece of new ground corn, about one mile northwest of 

 the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley railroad station at O'Reilly, Mis- 

 sissippi. One member of my crew was attracted by the singing of 

 one of these insects and knowing that I was making a collection 

 called my attention to the same. Upon investigation I found one of 

 these cicadas on the under side of a blade of corn. This was evi- 

 dently the male. Near this place in the same field, a few minutes 

 later I found the other." 



Melampsalta calliope (Walker). 

 Cicada parvula Say. 



Figured in Howard's Insect Book, PI. 28, fig. 8. 



Thirty-one specimens have been examined, the dates of capture 

 ranging from May 14, 1915, at Fontainbleau (J. Chaffin), to August 

 5, 1916, Hattiesburg (T. R. Hearon). The other localities are: 

 Houlka, Verona, Egypt, Stonewall, Laurel, Columbia, Lucedale, An- 

 ner, Caesar, Ocean Springs, Kiln, Long Beach, Nugent and Pas- 

 cagoula. 



This is the smallest cicada occurring in the state, and is rather 

 plentiful, as indicated by the above records. The species has a wide 

 distribution and shows considerable variation. The females are gen- 

 erally a little larger than the males and with broader heads. There 

 are both green and brown individuals. Cicada calliope Walker was 

 described from North Carolina; Cicada parvtda Say was described 

 frorh Missouri, probably that part of it now included in eastern 

 Kansas. 



Explanation of Plates. 

 Plate VII. 

 Fig. I. Tibicen linnei (Smith & Grossbeck). 

 Fig. 2. Tibicen canicularis (Harris). 

 Fig. 3. Tibicen da^'isi (Smith & Grossbeck). 

 Fig. 4. Tibicen da^isi var. harnedi Davis. Type. 



