CICADIDAE FROM NEW GUINEA 379 



tarsi , spines and extreme apices of posterior tibiae and tarsal 

 claws dark castaneous; anterior and intermediate tibiae tinged 

 with castaneous; opercula ochraceous; abdomen beneath brownish- 

 ochraceous, the abdominal appendages olivaceous. 



Tegmina and wings pale hyaline, the venation olivaceous 

 shaded with dark castaneous ; tegmina with the bases and apices 

 of the apical areas infuscated, the bases transversely, the apices 

 longitudinally as a series of marginal spots. 



The pronotum has a small distinct blunt tooth on anterior 

 lateral margin; the rostrum reaches the extremities of the 

 posterior coxae; the opercula extend to the apex of the fifth 

 abdominal segment, are slightly sinuate outwardly, obliquely 

 concave apically. 



Leng. excl. tegm. <? 33 millim. ; exp. teg. 110 millim. 



Hab. British New Guinea; Paumomu Riv. (Loria). 



This species is allied to C. capitata, Dist. from which it differs 

 by the longer opercula and more oblique apices to the same. 

 C. capitata was also taken at Dorey by Dr. Beccari. 



2. Cosmopsaltria mimica, n. sp. — Head and thorax above 

 olivaceous ; area of the ocelli black ; margins of eyes ; two central 

 fasciae, the incisures, two discal spots and a streak on anterior 

 lateral margins of pronotum ; two contiguous obconical spots, on 

 each side of which are two very small lineate spots and a discal 

 fascia to mesonotum ; a spot in front of anterior angles of the 

 basal cruciform elevation dark castaneous. Abdomen above ca- 

 staneous with a faint central darker longitudinal fascia, and 

 more or less greyishly pilose. Head, thorax beneath , and legs 

 pale olivaceous, the tibiae, tarsi and apex of rostrum castaneous; 

 abdomen beneath and opercula ochraceous. 



Tegmina hyaline with an olivaceous tinge; the venation oli- 

 vaceous, here and there tinged with fuscous; the bases and 

 apices of the apical areas darkly infuscated, the bases transver- 

 sely, the apices longitudinally in a series of marginal spots. 

 Wings hyaline, the venation olivaceous. 



The rostrum reaches the base of posterior coxae ; the opercula 

 which extend to the apical margin of the sixth abdominal seg- 



