new Species of Cicadidse. 79 



Platgpleura maritzburgensis, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, and mesonotum brownish ochraceous ; 

 eyes black ; rnesonotum with four obconical spots, the 

 central pair shortest ; abdomen above black, a central longi- 

 tudinal fascia (widest at base) brownish ochraceous, apical 

 segment greyish ; body bejjeath and legs brownish ochra- 

 ceous, theopercula cretaceously tomentose ; tegmina opaque, 

 greyish brown, with darker mottlings, basal area more 

 brownish ochraceous, costal membrane ochraceous, an ill- 

 defined, obscure, greyish macular fascia commencing at 

 middle of upper ulnar area and terminating on lower apical 

 area ; wings brownish ochraceous, outer membrane greyish, 

 the apex and outer margin piceous ; pronotal lateral margins 

 rounded, not angulate ; rostrum reaching the posterior 

 coxae, its apex black ; face broadly but not deeply longitu- 

 dinally centrally sulcate, its lateral areas transversely ridged ; 

 opercula in $ almost meeting internally, their lateral and 

 posterior margins rounded. 



Long., excl. tegm., $ , 15 mm. ; exp. tegm. 44 mm. 



Hab. Natal ; Maritzburg (E. Warren, Natal and Brit. 

 Muss.). 



Allied to P. deusta, Thunb. 



Platypleura nigrosignata, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, and mesonotum pale ochraceous ; head 

 with a transverse fascia between the eyes, basal margin of 

 front, inner margins of eyes, and a linear marginal spot to 

 vertex above the insertion of antennas black; prouotum with 

 the sublateral margins and three small central spots — one 

 near anterior margin and two near posterior margin — black ; 

 mesonotum with four obconical spots, of which the central 

 two are smallest, a central longitudinal lanceolate spot, and 

 a rounded spot at anterior angles of cruciform elevation 

 black ; abdomen above black, with greyish and ochraceous 

 pile, tympanal coverings fulvous ; body beneath thickly 

 greyishly pilose j anterior margin of head between face and 

 eyes, face, and abdomen beneath black, the transverse facial 

 ridges, coxae, legs, rostrum, opercula, and posterior segmental 

 margins more or less ochraceous; tegmina more or less 

 fulvous, a transverse fascia beyond middle, and a subapical 

 patch a little darker ; these dark markings arc margined 

 with greyish, basal cell shining black ; wings ochraceous, a 

 discal fascia crossing the bases of the upper five apical areas 

 and the apical and posterior margins castaueous ; head 



