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to 7th apical cells apically smoky wit'h a small hyaline spot on 

 each, a black spot at apex of costal cell and a short black line 

 at apex of clavus. Shortwingcd form with hyaline tegmina, 

 tinged wit'h yellow, apex blackish brown, as also apex of clavus. 



Females dimorphic, similar to the male. 



Lengt'h: 4-5 mill, (macropt.), 3-^ mill (brachypt.) 



Hab: All through Queensland (Koebele's No. 2240) on Zea 

 mais, Cynodon dactylon and Broinits unioloidcs (sec. Tryon); also 

 in Hawaii on Zea mais and Sorghum vnlgare (and occasionally 

 on Saccharinn ofiiciiiale); Viti (iii). Florida and Texas. 



The nymplhs are pale orange yellow, immaculate except that 

 t'here are small brownish rings around the spiracles. 



Phaealastor, gen. nov. 



Very close to Peregriniis, differing principally by the tegminal 

 veins ibeing very strongly granulate. Type pseudomaidis. 



1. Apical veins of tegmina suffusedly infuscate 



pseudomaidis, sp. nov. 



2. Apical part of tegmina with a dark semi-circular smudge, 

 across tegmina and curving along the interoapical mar- 

 gin koebelei, sp. nov. 



I. pseudomaidis, sp. nov. 



Very close to Peregriniis maidis, 'but the tegmina are strongly 

 granulate with dark brown, and the nymphs are whitish, band- 

 ed and spotted witli dark brown. 



Frons and antennae dark smoky brown, with a double (some- 

 what interrupted) line across the middle of tihe former. Femora 

 smoky, apically black, tibiae pale annulated with black. 



Males maeropterous; genital segment blaclc. 



Females dimorphic; genital segment pale, a little infuscate. 

 The shortwinged form has hyaline tegmina. with a large black 

 spot apically. 



Len'gth: 3^-4 mill (macropt.); 2^ mill (brachypt.) 



Ha'b: Oueens'land. Cairns (vii-viii) on grasses, casually on 

 sugar cane (Koebele's No. 2236). 



2. koebelei, sp. nov. 



Allied to the typical species, but larger and stouter, posterior 

 margin of pronotum less emarginatc; tegminal granules much 



