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The South Australian Naturalist. 
wonder he sings all the time when he has all he wants to drink 
and a wife who can’t talk.” It was not a fair remark, I 
thought, as I moved on trying to recall where I had read how 
the Greek poet Plato had praised the little insect’s song. 
The accompanying plate shows the cicada emerging from 
the pupal covering. 
(1) Underside of pupa. 
(1) Underside of pupa, showing the strong forelegs. 
(2) The insect emerging, showing the strong forelegs. 
(3) Back view of insect emerging. 
(4) Empty pupal case. 
(5) Newly-emerged insect, with wings partly developed. 
(6) Showing how wings sometimes develop one at a time. 
(7) Perfect insect. 
(7) Underside, showing musical apparatus and sucking tube. 
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF NATIVE PLANTS 
IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 
List of Keepers, Assistants, and Orders. 
1. Prof. J. B. Cleland. Miss M. L. Benda, Miss F. Watson, 
Mr. A. J. Morison. Orders, Nos. 1 to 12 and 83. 
2. Prof. T, G. B. Osborn. Mr. and Mrs. Elliott and Misses 
E. D. Macklin and Illingworth. Orders, Nos. 13 to 22 and 41 
to 47. 
3. Mr. W. Ham. Miss E. Hocking, Mr. A. G. Edquist. 
Orders, Nos. 23 to 31 and 33 to 40. 
4. Mr. J. P. Bailey. Miss Roeger and Mr. W. H. Selway. 
Orders, Nos. 48 to 60. 
5. Mr. W. C. Hackett. Mr. and Mrs. Pearce, Miss L. Mack- 
lin. Orders, Nos. 61 to 75. 
6. Mr. J. A. Hogan. Miss C. A. Benda and Mr. Stokes. 
Orders, Nos. 76 to 89 (except 83). 
7. Miss D. Peatherstone. Miss Isabel Hackett, and Miss 
Croker. Orders, Nos. 90 to 106. 
8. Mr. E. H. Ising. Misses A. and E. Simpson and Mr. 
Waddy. Orders, Nos. 32 and 107 to 117. 
The above order numbers are taken from Mr. Black’s new 
“Flora of South Australia,’’ Part I. 
