June, 1920.] 



Davis: North American Cicadas. 



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ocelli are conspicuous. Beneath it is greenish except the transverse rugas, tip 

 of the rostrum, some variegated marks on the legs, and ovipositor, which are 

 brownish. 



Measurements in Millimeters. 



Male Type. Female Allotype. 



Length of body 13 12.5 



Width of head across eyes 3.5 3.5 



Expanse of fore wings 25.5 ' 25.5 



A single paratype of this species from the collection of the U. S. 

 National Museum has been examined. It is a male and labeled 

 Brownsville, Texas (C. H. T. Townsend). 



Explanation of Plate V. 



Fig. I. Platypedia mohavensis Davis. Type. 



Fig. 2. Platypedia rufipes Davis. Type. 



Fig. 3. Platypedia pntnami (Uhler). 



Fig. 4. Platypedia putnami var. liitea Davis. Type. 



Fig. 5. Platypedia areolata (Uhler). 



Fig. 6. Platypedia similis Davis. Type. 



Fig. 7. Platypedia falcata Davis. Type. 



Fig. 8. Platypedia aperta Van Duzee. Holotype. 



Fig. 9. Platypedia vandnzeei Davis. Type. 



Fig. 10. Platypedia miwor Uhler. Type? 



Fig. II. Platypedia barbata Davis. Type. 



Fig. 12. Neoplatypedia ampliata (Van Duzee). Holotype. 



Fig. 13. Neoplatypedia constricta Davis. Type. 



Fig. 14. Melampsalta calliope (Walker). Six apical cells in hind wing. 



Fig. 15. Melampsalta calliope (Walker). Five apical cells in hind wing. 



Fig. 16. Melampsalta calliope var. floridensis Davis. Type. 



Fig. 17. Melampsalta kansa Davis. Type. 



Fig. 18. Melampsalta camerona Davis. Type. 



Fig. 19. Melampsalta camerona Davis. Allotype. Differs from type in 

 number of apical cells in both pairs of wings. 



