430 Transactions. A 
Авт. 31.—New Species of New Zealand Cicadidae. 
By J. б. Myers, F.E.8., Biology Division, Department of Agriculture. 
[Read before the Wellington Philosophical Society, 25th October, 1921 ; received by Editor, 
31st December, 1921; issued separately, 30th April, 1923.] 
A new genus is added to the New Zealand fauna by the discovery of two 
species of Pauropsalta Goding and Froggatt. The two genera of New 
Zealand Cicadidae may readily be distinguished as follows :— 
Wings with six apical cells .. 4 psalta Amyot. 
Wings with five apical cells .. Pauropsalta God. & Frogg. 
latero-caudad to the pronotum. Eyes overlapping the pronotum caudad, 
olive-green with an intricate foliaceous pattern in black. Antennae black. 
Frons and clypeus reddish-olive with a dark median area from whic 
extend laterad seven or eight transverse piceous ridges. Rostrum reddish- 
amber, extending to about middle coxae. Coxae red, with bold shining 
black markings. Pronotum glabrous except for a very few scattered short 
black or shining gold hairs ; a rectangular black spot on middle of posterior 
border; two irregular oblique lines laterad, black and impressed as though 
burnt; posterior border produced slightly and flattened, forming a slight 
rim which is pink, and, transversely, irregularly striate. Mesonotum with 
a longitudinal triangular brownish-black mark on each side, extending 
clothed in the lateral angles with glistening silver hair. emainder of 
mesonotum olive-green and clothed as pronotum. Abdominal terga jet 
black with segmental margins olive-green. The green segmental margins 
increase in width caudad until they occupy more than half the visible 
portion of the tergum. Clothing as on the nota, but with a patch of silver 
hairs on the middle of each segmental margin, forming an irregular longi- 
tudinal dorsal streak. Ultimate tergum with a deep black line on each 
side; remainder thereof and penultimate tergum red. Abdomen уепіта?у 
pinkish-olive with a faint longitudinal dark line. Ovipositor shining tus- 
ous. Legs pinkish-yellow, anterior ones with black markings. Posterior 
tibiae with five long spines (exclusive of apical coronet)—three inner and two 
outer. Tarsi pale pink. Tegmina and wings hyaline. Veins— proxum 
half magenta, distal half fuscous. Small portion of anal area of wing 
opaque china-white. Wings very short in proportion to body. 
Length of body, 16 mm.; tegmen, 14 mm. 
. This, our most brilliantly coloured cicada, is so distinct that 1 caf 
single out none of the above characters for special emphasis. I have much 
pleasure in dedicating it to the discoverer, Mr. J. W. Campbell, who = 
the two female specimens at Otira on the 10th January, 1920. 
Type 9, and 9 paratype, Myers collection, Wellington. Male unknown. 
