some undescrihed Cicadidte. Q5 



Tihicen pumilus^ sp. n. 



<$ , Body above dull dark ochraceous. Head with the 

 interior margins of eyes, Literal margins of vertex, and the 

 area of the ocelli black. Pronotum with a pale ochraceous 

 central fascia, the fissures and a spot on each side of disk 

 black. Mesonotum with four obconical black spots, the 

 central pair shortest, and a black spot in front of the anterior 

 angles of the basal cruciform elevation. Abdomen grcyishly 

 tonientose, the basal segmental margins blackisli, the apical 

 segmental margins pale ochraceous, excepting the two basal 

 segments, which are almost uniformly grcyishly tomentose; 

 the lateral margins of the last four segments are also dis- 

 tinctly blackish, and the base of the anal appendage is of the 

 same colour. Head beneath black, the margins of the face 

 ochraceous. Sternum, legs, opercula, and abdomen beneath 

 ochraceous; sternal spots, coxal streaks, longitudinal fasciae 

 to anterior femora, the intermediate and posterior femora 

 (excluding bases and apices), apices of anterior and inter- 

 mediate tibige and tarsi, the rostrum, the margins of the 

 sonorous orifices, and the apical segment of the abdomen, dark 

 castaneous or blackish. 



Tegmina and wings pale hyaline, the venation fuscous ; 

 tegmina with the costal membrane ochraceous, its base 

 fuscous. 



The rostrum just passes the intermediate coxa3 ; the oper- 

 cula are small and convcxly rounded. 



Long., excl. tegm., ^J 9-10 millim. ; exp. tegm. 27-30 

 milHm. 



Hah. New Caledonia. 



A small species of the genus, in size somewhat allied to 

 the Australian T. Gregoryi^ Dist., and to be recognized by 

 its very distinctive coloration and markings. 



Tettigades parva, sp. n. 



? . Body above black ; the eyes, the anterior and posterior 

 margins of the pronotum, lateral and posterior margins of the 

 mesonotum, anterior angles of the cruciform elevation, and 

 posterior margins of the last two abdominal segments and of 

 the anal appendage, ochraceous. Body beneath black and 

 yjilose ; lateral margins of the face, sternal spots, coxal streaks 

 and apices, bases and apices of the femora, posterior tibiai 

 and tarsi [intermediate tihice mutilated) , disk of the abdomen, 

 and lateral margins of the anal appendage, ochraceous. 



Tegmina and wings pale hyaline and talc-like. Tegmina 

 Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Scr. 6. Vol. x. 5 



