26 A MONOGRAPH OF THE AUSTRALIAN MEMBRACIDJi, 



Types in British Museum and Mus. Holm. 



Hab. — Adelaide, South Australia (Stal) : Van Dieman's Land 



(Walker). 



"^"E. Le^e, sp.nov 



(Plate i., fig. 5.) 



Head black, punctured; ocelli as in J'alcatus. 



Prothorax dark ferruginous, punctured; lateral horns, not con- 

 tiguous at bases, extend upward and strongly forward, long, sides 

 parallel, a small apical portion outward, apical angles as in 

 falcatus; posterior process tectiform, not convex, strong and broad 

 at base, gradually narrowed to apex which reaches apices of 

 tegmina. 



Tegmina ferruginous, opaque, veins darker and punctured 

 along their sides, one-third of clavus and radial cell, and all of 

 costa, densely opaque and punctured, and opaque spot on apex of 

 first apical cell. 



Long. 9 6; lat. 1|; exp. lat. corn. 3 to 3J mm. 



Described from seven females. 



Types in Coll. F.W.G. 



Hah. — West Australia (Lea). 



Dedicated to Mr. A. M. Lea, Government Entomologist of 

 Tasmania, who kindly presented this and other interesting forms. 



Centrotypus, Stal. 

 1866, Hemiptera Africana, iv. p. 88. 



Front a little prominent downward; ocelli lightly prominent; 

 destitute of lobes on lateral borders. 



Prothorax horned above lateral angles, the horns triquetrous, 

 conical; the posterior process acuminate, almost covering scutellum; 

 median carina a smooth line anteriorly. 



Tegmina with five apical and two discoidal cells, the interior 

 petiolate, the two ulnar veins not joined, near the base, with a 

 transverse venule; costal and radial cells almost equally long. 



Wings with four apical cells. 



Tibise simple. 



