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the flat (often concave beneath), foHaceous head- All t^he forms 

 seem to be arboreal. 



Ledra Fabricius. 



Ledra Fabricius, 1803. S}st. Rhyng., 24. 



A number of Australian species 'have been described, none 

 having however been collected in the imago state by Koebele 

 and Perkins, though nymphs and several species seem to be- 

 long here; they resemble the adults somewbat except that they 

 lack t'he auriform processes on the pronotum. 



The following are described from Australia: 



1. Fiils^ova f^lanirosfris Donovan. (=:Lcdrn caiidnta \Valker 

 =L. valida Walker, etc-) 



2. /.. hrcvis Walker. {=^L. aiistrrlis Walker.) 

 ? 3. L. hrevifrons Walker. 



? 4. L. concolor Walker. 



? 5. L. tclifonnis Walker. 



? 6. L. navicula Walker. 



? 7. L. ciispidata Walker. 



Rhotidiis Walker. 



Rhotidus Walker 1862 Tourn. Ent., I, 318. 



=RhotJudus Stal, 1865 6. V. A. F., XXII, 157. 



This must be rich in species in Australia as Stal has described 

 four and Walker one, while I now diagno.se 6 more, none of 

 which can I identify with the former. All the individuals collect- 

 ed by Koebele and Perkins are females anrl none of them are 

 vaginate, as indicated by Stal and Walker. Ocelli about as far 

 from the eyes as from one another, situated just above apical 

 margin of eyes. 



ingciis sp. nov. (PI. XXXI, fig. 8.) 



Head-form intermediate between that of Lcdropsis glaitca Mel., 

 & sfali Mel ; posterior margin of pronotum even less sinuate than 

 if L. fnscipcnnis Mel. 



Yellowish cinereous, paler beneath. Eyes dark, ocelli red. 

 Closely and obsolescently irrorate with pallid yellowish. Close- 

 ly and strongly punctured. Vertex longer than wide, slightly 

 carinate longitudinally, sloping down on each side of this, apical 

 margin narrowly angulate. Rostrum not reaching to base of 



