592 Mr. W. L. Distant 's Contributions , etc. 



behind front ochraceous, the ocelli bright castaneous margined with 

 black. Presternum olivaceous-green, with a large ochraceous discal 

 spot on each side ; mesosternum ochraceous, with two large but very 

 obscure central obconical spots at anterior margin, the outer margins 

 of which are intensely black ; cruciform basal elevation ochraceous. 

 Abdomen above more or less piceous and obscurely greyishly pilose, 

 posterior margins of the second third and fourth segments and 

 nearly the whole of the fifth and sixth segments, brownish-ochraceous. 

 Body beneath with the face castaneous centrally piceous ; sternum 

 thickly greyishly pilose with its margins olivaceous-green, abdomen 

 brownish-ochraceous, sparingly greyishly pilose, in the female with 

 a central darker fascia ; legs castaneous, coxae, apices of femora and 

 bases of tibiae ochraceous, posterior tibiae palest in hue. 



Tegmina and wings pale hyaline with the venation fuscous ; teg- 

 mina with the costal membrane, upper half of basal cell and a sub- 

 basal streak olivaceous-green ; a submarginal series of small fuscous 

 spots near apices of longitudinal veins to apical areas ; wings with 

 some basal lineate fuscous streaks. 



£ . Opercula ochraceous, about meeting internally, lateral margins 

 obliquely rounded, apices convex. 



Long. excl. tegm. ^, 42 millim. ; $ , 40 millim. Exp. tegm., $ 

 and $ 120 millim. 



Hal. North Queensland ; Cairns. 



I have described and figured the female because it is 

 a fresh specimen in unfaded coloration ; the male speci- 

 men I possess from the same source having all the olivace- 

 ous-green replaced by, or faded into, ochraceous. 



Explanation of Plate XVI. 



Fig. 1 9 , a - h. $ . Cicada sylvara. 



2, a. b. Pcecilopsaltria hova. 



3, a. b. Catacanthus mirabilis. 



4, a, b. Coptosoma regnum. 



