belonging to the Homopterous family Cicadide. 645 
obconical spots, on each side of which is a much longer 
and more angulated spot, and a large broad spot, elon- 
gated and narrowly pointed anteriorly, situated in front 
of cruciform elevation, black ; cruciform basal elevation 
bright ochraceous, with the anterior branches black. 
Scutellum black. Abdomen orange-yellow ; first abdo- 
minal segment with centre of basal margin and lateral 
sides of apical margin black. Body beneath bright 
ochraceous ; face, anterior margins of head, inner mar- 
gins of eyes, anterior and intermediate tibie and tarsi 
and base of metasternum, black. Femora ochraceous, 
streaked with black. Rostrum pitchy, ochraceous 
towards base. Tegmina pale hyaline; veins fuscous, 
ochraceous towards base; costal membrane bright 
ochraceous; transverse veins at bases of second and 
third apical areas infuscated. Wings pale hyaline ; 
veins fuscous and ochraceous. The face is long, broad, 
and very convex, with a narrow central sulcation and 
strong transverse striations ; the rostrum reaches pos- 
terior coxe. The opercula are broad, produced, angulated, 
and slightly overlapping interiorly, subtruncate out- 
wardly, rounded posteriorly, and not reaching anterior 
margins of tympana. Long. 48 mm. Exp. tegm. 
120 mm. 
Hab. Australia, Rockhampton. (Coll. Dist. Mus. 
Goddefroy). 
This species differs from P. m@rens, Germ., not only 
by its large size and brighter and different coloration, 
but also by the broader and more convex face, somewhat 
shorter rostrum, longer and not apically compressed 
abdomen, &c. It is also allied to P. argentata, Germ., a 
species which, from the description of Germar, and 
specimens thus labelled in the British Museum (these 
were seen under this name by Stal, when he critically 
examined the collection), appears to be very closely 
allied to P. merens. 
Cicada kuruduadua, n. 8. 
3. Head, pronotum and mesonotum pale ochraceous, 
tinged with green. Head: front green, with two central 
black spots; vertex ochraceous, with a broad, basal, 
transverse, black fascia. Pronotum with a central fascia, 
an irregular transverse basal patch on disk, and lateral 
and posterior margins, greenish ; oblique stria fuscous, 
