some Axislralian Cicjidida?. 53 



Munza hasimacula. 



Platypleura hasimacula, Walk. List. Horn. i. p. 10 (1850). 



Platyplewa reducta, Walk. /. f. p. 11 (1850). 



Munza pi/fftncea, Jacobi, Sjostedt, Kilimanj. Exped., Horn. t. i. fig. 3 



(1910)'. 

 Platyjjleura sikumba, Asht. Proc. Roy. Soc. Yict. (n. s.) 1914, p. 16, 



pi. iii. fig. 5. 



A very Avidely distributed species, received from S. and 

 Centr. Africa aud from the Congo region. 



Platypleura qiiadraticollis. 



Platypleura quadraticoUis, Butl. Cist. Entom. i. p. 194 (1874) ; Dist. 



Ins. Transvaal, vol. i. p. 172, t. xvii. fig. 9 a, 6, ? (1906). 

 Platypleura niyromaculata, Asht. Proc. Roy, Soc. Vict. (u. s.) 1914, 



p. 16, pi. iii. fig. 3. 



This species is widely distributed. Butler originally 

 described it from Lake N'Gami ; I found it in the Transvaal, 

 and we have received it from Uganda ; Ashton has redescribed 

 it from a specimen received from Entebbe. 



Platypleura clivisa. 



Cicada divisa, Germ, in Silb. Rev. Eut. ii. p. 80, t. xxiii. (1834). 

 Platypleura lonyirostris, Asht. Proc. Roy. Soc. Vict. (n. s.) 1914, p. 17, 

 pi. iii. fig. 4. 



Mr. Ashton's figure is quite misleading ; it is unnecessarily 

 magnified. 



Although Mr. Ashton describes the wings as "reddish 

 yellow," the absence of any coloration in the figure makes the 

 wings appear to be hyaline ; he also correctly describes " a 

 white spot on margin just outside anal area" which does not 

 appear in the illustration. The length of the rostrum is not 

 a constant character. It is a common species throughout 

 {South and East Africa. 



Abricta noctua, Dist. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) xii. p. 487 

 (1913). 

 Abricta rufoniyera, Asht. Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austr. xxxviii. p. 349, 

 pi. xvii. fig. 6 (1914). 



Kobonga froggatti, Dist. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) xii. 

 p. 490(1913). 

 Kobonga castanea, Asht. Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austr. xxxviii. p. 351, 

 pi. xxxviii. fig. 5 (1914). 



