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  CEROCEPHALA 
  — 
  GAHAN 
  365 
  

  

  THEOCOLAXIA 
  INSl'LARIS 
  rar. 
  GRANDIS 
  (Dodd). 
  n«w 
  combination 
  

   Proaviotura 
  insularis 
  fjrayidia 
  DoDD, 
  Mem. 
  Queonslunu 
  Mus.. 
  vol. 
  9, 
  pp. 
  64, 
  68, 
  

   figs. 
  2. 
  3. 
  1927. 
  

  

  Both 
  sexes 
  of 
  this 
  variety 
  were 
  described 
  from 
  North 
  Queens- 
  

   land, 
  Australia, 
  where 
  they 
  were 
  collected 
  on 
  tree 
  trunks. 
  

  

  One 
  male 
  paratype 
  of 
  this 
  form 
  was 
  received 
  from 
  its 
  author 
  

   and 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  National 
  Museum 
  collection. 
  The 
  antenna 
  of 
  

   this 
  specimen 
  is 
  11-segrmented, 
  the 
  scape 
  rather 
  thick, 
  pedicel 
  

   slightly 
  longer 
  than 
  broad, 
  ring 
  segment 
  fully 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad 
  

   and 
  narrower 
  than 
  the 
  following 
  segment, 
  funicle 
  7-segmented 
  

   with 
  all 
  its 
  segments 
  about 
  equal 
  in 
  width 
  and 
  diminishing 
  slightly 
  

   in 
  length 
  from 
  first 
  to 
  last, 
  the 
  club 
  solid 
  but 
  with 
  slight 
  indica- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  a 
  cross 
  furrow 
  and 
  about 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  but 
  no 
  wider 
  

   than 
  the 
  preceding 
  segment. 
  The 
  head 
  has 
  a 
  broad 
  elevation 
  

   between 
  the 
  bases 
  of 
  the 
  antennae, 
  but 
  this 
  is 
  not 
  produced 
  

   into 
  a 
  prominent 
  tooth 
  or 
  spine 
  as 
  in 
  most 
  other 
  species. 
  The 
  face 
  

   is 
  moderately 
  convex 
  and 
  strongly 
  striated, 
  with 
  only 
  a 
  very 
  

   shallow 
  groove 
  running 
  from 
  each 
  antennal 
  fossa 
  to 
  the 
  clypeus, 
  

   the 
  margin.^ 
  of 
  these 
  grooves 
  rounded 
  and 
  without 
  any 
  sharp 
  

   angles 
  or 
  protuberances. 
  The 
  scrobes 
  are 
  moderately 
  deep 
  with 
  

   sharp 
  lateral 
  margins 
  and 
  extend 
  very 
  nearly 
  to 
  the 
  anterior 
  ocel- 
  

   lus. 
  The 
  vertex 
  is 
  perfectly 
  smooth 
  but 
  the 
  frons 
  between 
  the 
  

   scrobes 
  and 
  the 
  eye 
  margins 
  is 
  striated 
  like 
  the 
  face. 
  The 
  area 
  be- 
  

   hind 
  the 
  eyes 
  is 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  deep 
  punctures. 
  The 
  whole 
  

   dorsum 
  of 
  the 
  thorax 
  is 
  polished, 
  except 
  that 
  the 
  parapsidal 
  grooves 
  

   are 
  weakly 
  foveolated 
  and 
  the 
  axillar 
  groo^/es 
  strongly 
  so. 
  The 
  pro- 
  

   podeum 
  is 
  ruguloso-reticulate 
  without 
  distinct 
  carinae. 
  The 
  ab- 
  

   dominal 
  petiole 
  is 
  cylindrical 
  and 
  distinctly 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  hind 
  

   coxae. 
  The 
  wings 
  are 
  ample, 
  with 
  the 
  marginal 
  vein 
  distinctly 
  

   much 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  submarginal, 
  the 
  postmarginal 
  about 
  as 
  

   long 
  as 
  the 
  stigmal. 
  

  

  The 
  color 
  is 
  nearly 
  uniformly 
  black 
  with 
  a 
  slight 
  metallic 
  tinge, 
  

   the 
  hind 
  coxae, 
  all 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  and 
  the 
  underside 
  of 
  abdomen 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  fuscotestaceous. 
  The 
  wings 
  are 
  hyaline 
  with 
  a 
  

   fuscous 
  band 
  beneath 
  the 
  stigmal 
  vein 
  but 
  without 
  any 
  indication 
  

   of 
  a 
  band 
  behind 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  submarginal 
  vein. 
  

  

  Dodd 
  states 
  that 
  after 
  comparing 
  this 
  form 
  with 
  typical 
  

   infii/laris, 
  no 
  specific 
  differincos 
  could 
  be 
  found. 
  On 
  account 
  of 
  

   the 
  larger 
  size 
  (insularis 
  2.75 
  mm., 
  grandis 
  4 
  to 
  4.75 
  mm.) 
  and 
  

   the 
  darker 
  wings, 
  he 
  thought 
  it 
  was 
  advisable 
  to 
  separate 
  this 
  

   mainland 
  form 
  from 
  the 
  Lord 
  Howe 
  Lsland 
  in.sect. 
  

  

  THEOCOLAXIA 
  PRRPUI.CHRA 
  (Dodd). 
  new 
  combination 
  

  

  Proamotura 
  perpulchra 
  Dodd. 
  Mem. 
  Queensland 
  Mu.s., 
  vol. 
  9, 
  p. 
  70, 
  1927. 
  

   Described 
  from 
  one 
  female 
  collected 
  at 
  Mount 
  Tambourine. 
  

  

  