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Hind wings with 4 or 5 apical areas ; body broader across the region of the 

 tympanal openings than above or below. Both sexes greenish, with dark 

 marks on the head and thorax ; and of the same size ; expands about 



25 mm camerona new species. 



Melampsalta calliope (Walker). Plate V, figs. 14-15. 



In 1825 Thomas Say described the only species of Melampsalta 

 known up to within a short time from North America, under the 

 name of Cicada parvnla. He stated that the body was '' dull testa- 

 ceous " with some indistinct blackish marks on the thorax, and that 

 the insect inhabited Missouri. He gave the length as seven-tenths 

 of an inch [17.5 mm.], adding that it is a very small species, and that 

 he has " a specimen from near the Rocky Mountains, which is en- 

 tirely green, it is a female, and probably of the same species with the 

 above. Its length, to the tip of the hemelytra, is four-fifths of an 

 inch," that is, 20 millimeters. The first mentioned specimen was evi- 



Melampsalta calliope 



dently a male, judging from size and color, though the sex is not 

 mentioned by the author. 



In the Canadian Entomologist, Vol. 41, p. 390, 1909, G. W. 

 Kirkaldy states that the name Cicada parvnla was preoccupied, and 

 gives calliope Walker as the name of the species. It appears that in 

 1798 Fabricius described in Supplementum Entomologioe Systematicae, 

 p. 521, a "Cicada parvida" from Cayenne, South America. 



In 1830 E. F. Germar described Cicada pall esc ens in Thon, Ento- 

 mologisches Archiv, ii, p. 8, from Georgia, Americ?e. It is said to be 

 small, half the size of C. Jiccmatoda. Head pale, front impressed. 

 Collar pale testaceous, with the border all green. Mesothorax pale, 

 variegated with green. Abdomen pale at base, green at apex. Body 

 testaceous beneath, legs variegated with green. Wings entirely 

 hyaline, costa and veins green, the wavy vein parallel to hind margin 

 sometimes black. 



This name was also preoccupied according to Mr. Van Duzee's 



