BY F. W. GODING AND W. W. FROGGATT. 651 



less red bands which are partly interrupted on the back. Legs 

 red, striped with black. Long. corp. 13-15 mm. ; exp. teg. 

 40-45 mm. 



^a6.— Adelaide, S.A. (Walker). 



^Melampsalta rubea, sp.nov. 



Entirely ruby-red, with the exceptions noted; a black spot at 

 base and on each side of front; a large spot on each side of pro- 

 notum; apical margins of abdominal segments narrowly yellow; 

 front angles of pronotum prominent; opercula small, short, broad. 



In the female the furrows of the pronotum only are fuscous. 

 It is a little larger than the male. Long. corp. 15-17 mm.; exp. 

 teg. 40-42 mm. 



Hah. — Brisbane. Q.; N. W. Australia. 



There is one pair in our collection from Mr. Tryon. It is a 

 very pretty species, the bright ruby-red colour of the body and 

 veins at once attracting attention. In the Macleay Museum are 

 a large number of this species, from North-west Australia, which, 

 however, are considerably paler than the type. 



Melampsalta forresti, Dist. 

 1882. P Z.S.L. p. 129, pi. 7, fig. 10. 



(J. Body above ochraceous. Head with a transverse black 

 fascia between the eyes; rostrum just passes middle coxae ; face 

 longitudinally sulcated, and strongly transversely striate. Pro- 

 notum with frontal portion of interior edge of lateral margins 

 narrowly, anterior edge of posterior margin broadly, black; two 

 small obscure fuscous spots on anterior margin. Mesonotum with 

 the following fuscous markings : — Two central obconical spots, 

 two near lateral margins, one commencing near outer edge of 

 anterior margin; the other joins anterior angles of basal eleva- 

 tion; angles bordered outwardly by an angulated spot, inwardly 

 by a small rounded spot with a central longitudinal line. Tegmina 

 and wings pale hyaline, venation ochraceous, becoming darker 

 towards apex. Abdomen with a series of pale fuscous transverse 



