undescnbed Ethiopian Cicadida3. 375 



castaneous ; tegmiua and wings hyaline ; tegmina with tlio 

 costal membrane greeiiisli ochraceous, the venation more 

 ochraceous, linearly and distinctly spotted with black, espe- 

 cially the apices of the ulnar areas ; wings with the veins 

 bhxckish, a few pale greenish ; structural characters as in 

 generic diagnosis. 



Long., excl. tegm., 21 ; exp. tegm. 56 mm. 



Hah. South Africa (no precise locality). 



Neomuda abdominalis, sp. n. 



Allied to the preceding species, i\^. perinr/ue^i, but 

 differing in the following characters: — The abdomen above 

 has only tliree longitudinal segmental series of transverse 

 castaneous spots, the central series being longest ; tegmina 

 and wings distinctly ochraceous, tlie venation uniformly of 

 the same hue. Structurally distinct in the abdomen beneath, 

 in which the lateral margins are considerably more broadly 

 and roundly recurved. 



Long., excl. tegm., 21 ; exp. tegm. 57 ram. 



Jl'ib. Cape Colony. 



Neomuda tritneni, sp. n. 



? . Allied to the two preceding species, but witli the 

 tegmina practically unspotted, the costal membrane and the 

 bases of both tegmina and wings sanguineous ; body beneath 

 and legs dull sanguineous or dark ochraceous ; venation to 

 tegmina and wings brownish ochraceous, the bases and a[)ice3 

 of the apical areas to tegmina sometimes lightly or faintly 

 palely infuscate; pionotum with two central, longitudinal, 

 moderate carinations continued on basal area of head, ocelli 

 in distinct depressions ; lateral areas of the pronotum with 

 distinct dark vittre ; mesonotum with four distinct darker 

 obconical spots, the outermost longest and subacute ; rostrum 

 with its apex black and reaching the intermediate coxse ; 

 face centrally broadly excavate, the lateral areas transversely 

 striate ; anterior femora with two robust spines beneath. 



Long., excl. tegm., ? , 19-22 ; exp. tegm. 43-55 mm. 



llah. S. Africa; Wynberg, Oudebosch (Brit, and S. Afr. 

 Muss.). 



Oudebosch lA, gen. nov. 



Allied to the preceding genus, Neomuda^ but wings with 

 seven apical areas. 



