Notes on Ausfrdltau ('Icddiihif. 13- 



taiR'i'us. Sp;u-L' between t'uee and eyes yellow. Abdominal segments 

 shining hlnek. margined with dnll orhiaceous. 

 . Le/if/(/i. — 34 mm., exp. tt'g. 10") mm. 

 //irh. — Catherine River. N. Teiiitorv, S. Australia. 



M. TH0PH0IDK8. n. sp. 



Head and thoi-ax othiaeeous. //cad a little reddish. Proiiotuin 

 with two central longitudinal lines (enclosing a yellow streak), in- 

 cisures, anterior border of posterior margin, eastaneous. posterio]- 

 margin very l)road. stramineous. Mesoiiofum Avith two short central' 

 obcouical spots, two longer outer fascia, and the area before the 

 cruciform elevation eastaneous. Abdomen eastaneous. Tegmnia 

 witii costa stramineous, posterior edge and other venation, except 

 ulna eastaneous, basal cell deeply and opaquely eastaneous, basal 

 membrane ochraceous. Anastomoses to apical areas very faintly 

 infuscated, and traces of suffusion about apices of longitudinal 

 veins to these areas. Wings with venation stramineous. Body 

 beneath light eastaneous, except for head, which is reddish-yellow. 

 Face prominent, reddish-yellow. Rostrum, eastaneous, darker at 

 tip, reaching hind coxae. The eyes are very sessile, and the- 

 head very short above. The species, except for its red and yellow- 

 colouration, resembles M. angidaris, Germ., more than any otlier 

 of its genus. The wing tips of the specimen are mutilated. 



LetigtJi. — il nmi. ; exp. teg., circ. 120-124 mm. 



//ah. — Norseman, W. Australia. 



Allied to M. godingi, Dist. 



Division Cyclochilaria. 

 Genus Psaltoda, Stal. 



PSALTODA ADONIS, n. Sp. 



//ea(/ and thorax gieen. abdomen brownish lutemis. Head, with 

 base of front, narrow fascia Ijetween eyes, and i-egion of ocelli black, 

 eyes dark Ijrown, ocelli close together, pale red. Pvonotitni with 

 incisures, inner border of anterior margin, inner and outer bordei's 

 of posterior margins black. Mesonofum with two short central 

 obconical spots yellowish, margined with black, two longer obconi- 

 cal black spots outside these, inwardly excavated with yelloAvish- 

 green, a central lanceolate line, and tw^o rounded spots at anterior 



