1926] 
New or Little Known Australasian Cicadas 
65 
angular spot of vertex, hind border and longitudinal lanceolate 
mark on pronotum, four fasciae and most of cruciform elevation 
and visible portion of metanotum; testaceous markings, — very 
narrow fore border of pronotum, two oblique fasciae on each side 
of pronotum and posterior edge of abdominal segments, margin of 
frons, rostrum except tip, and most of anterior two pairs of legs. 
Ventral surface in general fuscous, with thoracic sterna black, 
and pleura, opercula and hind legs very pale greenish. 
Length to tip of last tergite, 18.0 mm.; length of head, 
1.5; width between eyes, 2.9; length of pronotum, 2.6; length 
of mesonotum, 4.0; length of tegmen, 21.4; greatest width of 
tegmen, 7.7; ratio of length of 2nd antennal segment to that of 
3rd, 1.7:1; ratio of width between eyes to length of vertex, 2.9: 
1.5, or 0.52. 
Described from 5 males, Plaine des Lacs, New Caledonia 
(coll. P. D. Montague), and placed by Distant in the British 
Museum collection under quadricincta and thus recorded (Dist., 
1920, p. 459). 
Holotype: Plaine des Lacs, N. C., 20th February. 1914. 
British Museum. 
Paratopotypes : 3 ma’es, February, 1914. 
Paratype : 1 male, Kuakue, New Caledonia, 14th May, 1914. 
This species is not at all likely to be confused with any of the 
other New Caledonian species of Melampsalta. There is but 
little variation in size in the series examined and still less in color. 
The largest is 19 mm. long, and the smallest (from Kuakue) 
15 mm. 
The holotype and all other material are in the British Mu- 
seum, save two paratopotypes in my collection. 
Melampsalta oromelaena sp. n. 
Form stout, widest at third abdominal segment. Head 
much narrower than pronotum. Seventh sternite very short, 
widely rounded apically, very slightly indented. Venation 
normal for the genus. Veins fuscous, black apically. Whole 
body very hairy with long black hairs and short white decum- 
bent pubescence, the latter especially marked in female and 
