26 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Jan., 'l2 



Antestia cederwaldi n. sp. 



Above green with the corium glaucous, beneath pale flavous tinged 

 with orange and with a broad sublateral green vitta extending from 

 the anterior margin of the propleura to the apex of the abdomen. 

 Head above with the basal margin, an intraocular oblong spot conflu- 

 ent with the base, two median vittae and a broad jugal vitta black. 

 The whole margin of the pronotum, base of exocorium, epipleura, and 

 an elongate smooth callous vitta in the exterior submedian part of the 

 mesocorium orange; a line running from the apical margin of the pro- 

 notum to near the apex of the scutellum, the suture of the endocorium, 

 and a line at the outer margin of the mesocorial callous vitta whitish. 

 Tergum of abdomen black, connexivum orange, each segment with a 

 basal subtriangular blackish spot which does not touch the outer mar- 

 gin, last ventral segment with a median piceous spot of variable size. 



Head as long as the pronotum in the middle and distinctly broader 

 than long, finely and rather sparingly punctured above, smooth beneath ; 

 juga transversely wrinkled, anterior ocular orbita smooth and elevated, 

 prolonged obliquely inward and backward in the shape of a short ridge ; 

 rostrum green, apical joint piceous; antennae green, second joint a little 

 longer than third, fourth joint light brown, almost twice longer than 

 third (fifth joint wanting). 



Pronotum almost three times broader than its length in the middle, 

 rather thickly punctured with pale fuscous, the whole apical margin 

 and the straight antero-lateral margins smooth, callously elevated, lat- 

 eral angles rounded, not prominent. Scutellum punctured as the pro- 

 notum. Pleurae irregularly punctured with very pale fuscous, anterior 

 margin of propleuras elevated, evaporative area of metapleura extended 

 over the posterior half of mesopleura. Corium more strongly and 

 darkly punctured than pronotum and scutellum, the callous vitta of the 

 mesocorium posteriorly obliquely continued to the interior apical angle 

 (membrane mutilated). Wings slightly infuscated, iridescent. 



Abdomen beneath remotely and very finely punctulate, more distinctly 

 punctured towards the sides, last ventral segment ( $ ) in the middle 

 a little longer than the preceding segment. 



Legs green. Length, $ 7.8 8 mm. 



New South Wales (Richmond River, C. Cederwald). 



Very distinct from the two described Australian species of 

 the genus. Dedicated to the memory of my dear friend, Carl 

 Cederwald, from Stockholm, who many years ago collected in- 

 sects for me in New South Wales, and who fell as a volunteer 

 in the Boer War. 



