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Show 128 MR. W. L. DISTANT ON UNDESCRIBED CICADID^i. [Jan. 17, pale ochraceous. Mesonotum with two central obconical spots bordered with ochraceous, a curved fascia on each side of disk connected with anterior branches of cruciform elevation ochraceous, and a lateral black fascia bordered outwardly (anteriorly) and inwardly (posteriorly) with ochraceous; basal elevation ochraceous with a black spot at centre and one on each branch near apex. Abdomen sparingly pilose, with the posterior segmental margins ochraceous. Body beneath and legs ochraceous; face castaneous ; disk of abdomen more or less castaneous, posterior segmental margins pale, anal appendage with a central longitudinal fuscous streak. Tegmina and wings pale hyaline ; tegmina with the veins fuscous, anastomoses and connecting longitudinal veins (excepting that before the last and lower anastomosis) infuscated, apices of longitudinal veins narrowly infuscated. The body is short, the front of the head produced and prominent, the face long and convex, rostrum reaching posterior coxae; opercula small, not covering metasternum. Long. 18 millim.; exp. tegm. 60 millim. Hab. Australia, Swan River. (Coll. Dist.) This species is allied to T. interrupta, Walk., but larger, body shorter and more robust, and head with the front much more produced. TIBICEN MUELLERI, n. sp. (Plate VII. figs. 6, Ga, Ob.) 2 . Body above ochraceous. Head with two small spots at base of front, a spot near anterior lateral angle of vertex, and area of the ocelli fuscous; eyes tinged with fuscous. Pronotum with two central longitudinal black fasciae sinuated at centre and meeting on anterior and posterior margins ; a small oblique fascia commencing from behind eyes and terminating on lateral margins also fuscous. Mesonotum with two small obconical spots, inwardly margined with fuscous, and an elongate fuscous spot ou disk in front of basal elevation. Scutellum vrith a central fuscous spot, which is continued and narrowed on the first three segments of the abdomen; anal appendage with a large fuscous spot on each side. Body beneath and legs pale ochraceous, abdominal segments with a transverse series of broad fuscous fasciae. Tegmina and wings pale hyaline; tegmina with the costal membrane and basal half of venation ochraceous, transverse veins at bases of first and second ulnar areas, anastomoses with some of the connecting venation, apical longitudinal veins, apical margins of apical areas, and claval margin fuscous ; transverse veins at bases of second and third apical areas broadly infuscated. The head has the front prominently produced; and its width, including outer margin of eyes, is less than that of the base of the pronotum; the face is large, elongate, and very convex, with a faint longitudinal impression, and somewhat obscure transverse striations. The rostrum reaches the posterior coxae. Long. 11 millim.; exp. tegm. 38 millim. Hab. Australia, Peak Downs. (Mus. Godeffroy.) |
