210 EXOTIC NEUROPTERA. 



C.aloiiiaiitispa spectabilis n. sp.— Face yellowish : vertex black, 

 leaving a little yellow each side ; antennae black, a pale band of about 

 three segments near the tip ; pronotum reddish, black spot on middle 

 behind ; thoracic notum black, a pale spot each side on mesonotum, 

 and fainter on metathorax ; pleura with black, brown and yellow 

 spots ; abdomen with broad black stripe above on first five segments, 

 then red for two segments, and apex black ; below black is a yellow 

 stripe, dark below this, and the venter is pale yellowish ; legs yellow- 

 ish, banded with with black, coxae with black spots, middle and hind 

 femora black near base and at tip ; hind tibiae mostly black ; anterior 

 coxae black at tips; femora mostly black, with two oblique pale stripes 

 on outer side and pale below, tibia black at base, before middle, and 

 at tip. Wings hyaline ; basal part of fore-wings rather yellowish, ex- 

 tending out further below radius ; venation, except basal part, black ; 

 stigma black, base yellowish; hind-wings like fore pair, except base 

 is not yellowish so far out. Antennae rather fiat, hairy, pronotum 

 short, about twice as long as broad in front, with several transverse 

 grooves and rather rugose with short black bristles. Venation as 

 figured. Expanse 16 to 22 mm. 



Type. — <3^ . From Herberton, Queensland, Australia, 9th 

 January to 7th February (Dodd). 



Some specimens show a dark spot below radius toward base. 



Caloniaiitispa spectabilis var. nigrata n. var.— Almost wholly 

 black on body and legs ; anterior coxae pale, and pale spots on front 

 of mesothorax below ; three segments of abdomen red above (instead 

 of two); pronotum with triangular red spot in front, and red spot on 

 middle of face ; wings with base iet black extending out below radius 

 to near middle of wing, beyond is a dark spot on hind border, a black 

 cloud below stigma, and one on cross-vein before latter; hind-wings 

 blackish at extreme base, and on middle of hind margin, and spot 

 below stigma; stigma in both pairs black, otherwise as type. 



Type. — 9 . From Herberton, Queensland, Australia, 27th 

 January, 5th February (Dodd). 



Calomantispa spectabilis var. maculata n. var.— Body and 

 legs mostly as in typical form, but more black ; pronotum hardly black 

 behind; femora I black, but with two oblique stripes outside, legs 

 more black than in type. Abdomen black, with three segments red 

 above as in C. spectabilis nigrata. Wings on base reddish for nearly 

 one-half way out, except subcostal area ; the red has two black spots 

 on outer edge, and one below radius toward base ; black mark below 

 stigma, and one on middle of hind border of wing ; hind-wing fuscous 

 on extreme base, black mark below stigma and on hind margin near 

 middle ; in one specimen the lower black spot on the outer border of 

 the red is extended basally in a band. 



