some Australian Cicadidse. ol 



each side of face black; clypeus black ; mesonotum casta- 

 iieous brown, with four anterior black obconical spots, the 

 two central S})Ots shortest^ a small black spot near each ante- 

 rior anole of the basal cruciform elevation; abdomen above 

 testaceous, posterior segmental margins tlavous, anterior 

 segmental margins black, anal segment with two longitudinal 

 black £ascia3 ; bod}^ beneath and legs testaceous, femora more 

 or less spotted with bhick ; abdomen with a central series of 

 somewhat obscure black spots, tiie posteidor segmental mar- 

 gins flavous; tegniina and wings hyaline, the hrst with the 

 venation and the costal and postcostal membranes more or 

 less testaceous, wings with the venation piceous brown, ap>ix 

 of anal area inf uscated ; vertex longitudinally impressed 

 between the ocelli ; pronotum with the central area longi- 

 tudinally grooved ; face distinctly centrally sulcate and 

 strongly transversely carinate. 



Long., excl. tegm., $ , 13 mm. ; exp. tegm. 37 mm. 



Hub. South Queensland ; Stradbroke Island [H. Hacker). 

 Type Brit. Mus. 



Allied to J/, infuscata, God. & Frogg., who described that 

 species as the then only one of the genus seen ^' with apex of 

 anal areas of wings infuscated." 



MelampsaUa hackeri, sp. n. 



^ . Body above and beneath ochraceous, with a more or 

 less virescent tint ; vertex of head with the area of the ocelli, 

 four prominent spots at anterior margin, the two central spots 

 largest, and a transverse spot near anterior margin of each 

 eye, pronotum with two central linear fascia3 connected ante- 

 riorly and posteriorly and the fissures, mesonotum with two 

 anterior central obconical spots, a posterior central elongate 

 spot and a rounded spot in front of each anterior angle of the 

 basal cruciform elevation, and some spots on anterior margin 

 of the metanotum black ; on each side of the obconical spots 

 to mesonotum is a small augulate spot and a long submarginal 

 spot of a pale brownish hue ; abdomen above with the ante- 

 rior margin of the basal segment, the interior of the tympaiml 

 cavities, a centrally broken series of segmental, discal, trans- 

 verse fasciae on the upper surface of abdomen, and a series of 

 lateral segmental spots to same black ; face with two central 

 longitudinal black fasciae and an oblique black spot at base 

 of each antenna; coxal spots, streaks to femora, apices of 

 tibiae, spines to anterior femora, base and apex of rostrum, 

 and a basal central marginal spot to abdomen bhack ; tegmii a 

 and wings hvaline, the first with the venation ochraceous, 



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