AUSTRALIAN CICAIMD/E — ASHTON. ' ' 



Division HEMIDICTYAKIA. 



Sub- family Tibicinin*:. 



Genus Lembeja, Distant. 



Lembeja austkalis, sp. nov. 



(Plate vii., tig. 3). 



Colour. — Above fuscous or fuscous reddish. 



Head.—SmaW, front angularly produced, rostrum tipped with 

 black, barely reaching intermediate coxse. 



Pronotum and mesonotum.— xMottled with dark brown. 

 Black stripe runs over the cruciform elevation as far as hind 

 margin of first abdominal segment in $ ; in $ is continued 

 along the dorsal ridge of abdomen. 



Abdomen.— In $ inflated a little, the dorsal apices of the 

 abdominal segments being tremendously produced into a series of 

 overlapping spines which are curved back along abdomen and 

 reach beyond its apex. Opercnla nearly obsolete. Tympana 

 very large and fully exposed. 



Tegmina.— Opaque, reddish or brownish-grey, venation fuscous 

 and interrupted giving the effect of dotted lines. Wings milky. 



Measurements.— Length of body $ 22 mm., $ 19 mm.; 

 expanse of tegmina, 56 mm. to 58 mm. 



Obs.— This is the first species of the genus described from 

 Australia. Several other species have been described from New 

 Guinea, Celebes and Thursday Island. 



//,<£. —Cape York, North Queensland. Collected by Mr. H. 

 Elgner. 



Genus Labrakeeya, yen. nov. 



Head. —Small, about half the width of pronotum. Front 

 deeply sulcnted, rostrum short, barely reaching intermediate 

 - coxa? ; ocelli nearer to eyes than to each other. 



Pronotum.— Anteriorly as wide, posteriorly twice as wide as 

 head, posterior margin narrow and rounded over the base of the 

 costa. Mesonotum from cruciform elevation to anterior margin 



