BY F. W. CODING AND W. W. FROGGATT. 003 



and base of first apical area, broadly fuscous; the postcostal mar- 

 ginal area broadened toward apex. Wings vitreous, very lightly 

 tinged with bronze, veins ochraceous darker toward apex. 

 Abdomen length of thorax, ochraceous, covered with golden pubes- 

 cence, a spot on base of first and second segments, apical borders 

 of last three segments very narrowly, and anal appendage, black, 

 the latter with a short transverse ochraceous band. The tympana 

 are situated obliquely, widely separated, and rather narrow. 

 Body below : chest ochraceous, covered with white pubescence; 

 opercula broad, approaching, apical border broadly rounded, not 

 reaching apical border of mesosternum, infuscated; abdomen 

 black, sides of basal segment sordid ochraceous, covered with 

 dense white pubescence. Legs ochraceous, femora streaked with 

 ferruginous. Long. corp. 25 mm.; lat. 9 mm.; exp. teg. 80 mm. 



Hah. — Kuranda, Q. Eleven males and five females (collected 

 by Dodd). 



This species is nearly allied to Venustria superha, but differs in 

 the presence of eight apical areas in the tegmina, etc. 



■^TlBICEN RUBRICINCTUS, Sp.nOV. 



Black, striped with red. Headlong, strongly produced forward, 

 black (with a faint tinge of red), a median percurrent stripe, s|)ot 

 on each side near eyes, and spot at base of antennae, pale red; 

 front convex, black, borders and spot on base pale red, face black, 

 covered with long white hairs; rostrum reddish-black, base pale 

 red, tip reaching middle coxa^. Pronotum in front a little 

 narrower than head, lateral borders sinuous and armed with a 

 tooth at middle, front angles prominent; black; front border, 

 median line, a sinuous transverse band posteriorly, stripe on each 

 side near lateral borders, spots on each side, and posterior edge, 

 pale red. Mesonotum black, tw^o triangular spots on disc, a 

 central line anteriorly, lateral borders, and sides of cruciform 

 elevation, pale red. Scutellum pale red, a black spot on each 

 side, and one on disc. Tegmina with basal half of costa, anterior 

 border of clavus, and basal membranes pale red, venations other- 

 wise fuscous red. Wings with veins and basal membranes red: 



