V E N U S T R I A. 129 



hh. Front of liead sliglitly longer than vertex, their 



margins not continuous, but almost at right 



angles to each other. 



a. Metasternum in male posteriori}', broadly, 



loiigly, coiivexly produced between the oper- 



cula, and occupying space between them. 



jj. (ireatest breadtli of tegmina more than 



one-third their length Monomcdapa. 



Hi. Metasternum in male not produced between 



the opercula Selyinliria. 



h]iJi. Front of head con-iiderably shorter than vertex, 

 their margins continuous. 

 Hi. Metasternum in male not posteriorly pro- 

 duced nor occupying space b(4\veen oper- 

 cula, wliich are suiall, wide apart, and not 

 reaching b:isal abdominal segment. 



Jx. Abdomen beneath globose 3falaijas!a. 



kk. Abdomen beneath with the lateral mar- 

 ginal areas strongly recurved Kanakia. 



yg. Tegmina with transverse vein at base of second 

 apical area nearly vertical. 



I. 1 egniina with the first and second ulnar areas about 



as long as, or longer than, remaining ulnarareas. 



m. Head shorter than space between eyes. 



n. Front of head a little shorter than vertex, 



their margins continuous, the front not 



produced, and about, or nearly, twice 



broader than long Ahroma. 



mi. Front of head about as long or a little 

 shorter than vertex, their margins dis- 

 continuous and almost at right angles to 

 each otlier ; the front jn-ominent, not 



nearly twice as broad as long Lemuriana. 



mm. Ilend about as long as space between eyes. Taphura. 



II. First and second ulnar areas to tegmina shorter 



than remaining ulnar areas Ligijmolpa. 



B. Wings with live apical areas. 



0. Front of head about twice as broad as either lateral 

 margin of vertex. 

 p. Vertex and front of head strongly longitudinally 

 sulcate ; basal margin of face strongly trans- 

 versely incrassate Auta. 



on. Front of head about as wide or little wider than 

 length of either lateral margin of vertex. 

 ^yp. Vertex and front of head not strongly longi- 

 tudinally sulcate ; basal margin of face not 

 strongly incrassate Fanka. 



C. Wings with four apical areas Nelcyndana. 



Genus 104. Venustria. 



Venustria, God. & Frogg. Proe. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 1904, 

 p. 596. 



Type. V. superba, God. & Frogg. 



V. superl)a. 



Veinisti'ia i^npprha, God. <^- Froi/(f. Proc. Linn. 

 Soc. N. S. Wales, 1904, p. 597, t. xix. f. 7, a. 



Queensland. 



