DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW AUSTRALIAN CICADIDAL 
SUB-FAMILY TIBICININ/E. 
Division Melampsaltraria. 
Genus Melampsalta. 
Melampsalta cylindrica, sp. nov. (Fig. i.). 
Male. — Body above black, anterior and lateral discal areas of 
pronotum suffused with castaneous, a central short longitudinal 
fascia to same ; spots on mesonotal cruciform elevation, posterior 
margins of third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh abdominal seg- 
ments and tip of anal appendage ochraceous. Head beneath, 
sternum and legs piceous, margins of front, a large spot on each side 
of prosternum, rostrum (excluding apex) apices of coxae, trochanters 
beneath, stripes to anterior femora, stripe beneath and apices of 
intermediate and posterior femora, bases of intermediate and pos- 
terior tarsi, opercula, and posterior margins of third, fourth, fifth, 
and sixth abdominal segments, ochraceous. Tegmina talc-like, 
costa and venation brownish-testaceous at base, piceous towards 
apex ; first and second apical anastomoses broadly and darkly 
suffused with fuscous. Wings similar, with anal streak milky. 
Head narrower than pronotum, which is equal in width to the 
mesonotum and abdomen ; abdomen longer than space between 
apex of front and base of cruciform elevation. Breadth of tegmina 
considerably more than one-third the length. Rostrum reaching 
intermediate coxae; opercula large, obliquely reniform, shining 
piceous at base. Long., male, 25 mm. ; exp. teg., 68 mm. 
Habitat. — Victoria (Fernshaw). 
One male in the collection labelled M. labeculata, Hist., by Groding 
and Froggatt. The species resembles superficially one of the 
smaller species of Tibicina, being similar in general form to 1 . 
septemdecim, Linn., the well-known U.S.A. species. 
Melampsalta capistrata, sp. nov. (Fig. c.). 
Male.— Body above and below yellow. Head with broad black 
fascia (embracing area of ocelli) between eyes. 1 ronotum with 
central longitudinal fascia and narrow borders to lateral margins 
black. Mesonotum black, metanotum and abdomen yellow. 
Tegmina and wings hyaline, immaculate, venation piceous, costa 
yellow. Body below with sides of face and apex of rostrum (which 
extends to intermediate coxae), black. 
Female — With the mesonotum also yellow, and four obconical 
anterior marginal spots (central pair shortest), fine central fascia 
behind these, and spots before the anterior angle of cruciform eleva- 
tion black. Abdominal segments finely margined with black. 
Long., male, 11 mm. ; female, 14 mm. ; exp. teg., male, 31 mm.; 
Queensland (Kuranda). Presented by R. W. Armitage. 
Allied to M froqqatti, Diet. I have examined two male and one 
female specimens ; one of the males has five apical areas only m 
one wing. 
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