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LYU.^Rhpichotal Notes.— XLlll. By W. L. Distant. 



With one exception all the Cicadidse described in this paper 

 are from the continent of Australia. The materials from which 

 tliese species were described are (1) from the Northern 

 Territories of South Australia collected by Mr. W. Stalker 

 and sent to the British Museum by Sir William Ingram and 

 the Hon. John Forrest, and also from another locality in the 

 same territory collected and sent to the Museum by Mr. H. J„ 

 Hillier; (2) a collection made in Queensland by Mr. F. P. 

 Dodd ; and (3) a number of specimens sent to me by 

 Mr. W. W. Frog-gatt for identification, with the intimation 

 that they were not included in the Monograph of Australian 

 CicadidiB written by Messrs. Goding and Froggatt. For 

 some other specimens I have to thank Mr. H. Ashton, of 

 Sydney. 



Subfara. CicADiN^. 



Division Thopharia. 



Thopha colorata, sp. n. 



(^ . Head and pronotum reddish ochraceous ; apical and 

 basal margins of front and a broad transverse fascia on vertex 

 between the eyes black ; pronotum with the margins a little 

 paler than disk, small obscure black spots at the anterior and 

 posterior margins of the central longitudinal impression j 

 mesonotum black, two obconical spots at anterior margin 

 only indicated by their pale margins, on each side of which are 

 two large discal, angulated, reddisii-ochraceous spots, the 

 interior angles of which form the inner margins of the 

 obconical spots -, lateral margins of pronotum and mesonotum 

 and basal cruciform elevation reddish ochraceous, the latter 

 with a central longitudinal black spot ; abdomen above 

 black, the tympana reddish ochraceous, the apical segment 

 (excluding centre) cretaceous white ; head beneath black, 

 anterior margins between face and eyes ochraceous, lateral 

 margins of face narrowly and obscurely ochraceous ; sternum 

 greyishly pilose ; legs reddish ochraceous, anterior coxae 

 streaked with black, intermediate and posterior coxse more or 

 less cretaceously pilose ; opercula pale ochraceous ; abdomen 

 beneath piceous, with the posterior segmental margins 

 testaceous, the anal plate and segment reddish ochraceous, 

 basal and lateral margins of abdomen, and a large spot at 

 base of tympana, cretaceously white; eyes sessile, the breadth 



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