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2. Six red* specks on vertex arranged longitudinally in 3 

 rows, (middle row sometimes obsolescent); length over 

 7 mill fonnosa sp. nov. 



1. venusta sp. nov. 



Pale greenish testaceous; vertex with six crimson specks, 3 

 on each side of the median keel, in a longitudinal row; lateral 

 keels of scutellum 'more or less crimson, also a speck at the 

 intero'basal angle of clavus and a speck on the commissure 

 a'bout the middle. Leg spines black. Vertex about ^ to f long- 

 er than broad, well produced in front of eyes, rounded anter- 

 iorly. Frons suboval, about twice as long as wide. 



Length: 6^-6| mill. 



Hab : Queensland, Cairns (viii), Kin-anda (viii), arboreal. 



2. formosa sp. nov. 



Closely allied to the preceding but larger. There are six 

 specks also on the vertex, but they are orange red and are ar- 

 ranged long-itudinally in 3 rows of two each, the outer not 

 being, parallel but following the curve of the head, the middle 

 two are on the carina (sometimes obsolescent) and are placed 

 a little posterior to the corresponding lateral specks. The teg- 

 mina are speckled with crimson as follows: one each side on 

 the commissure a little basal of its middle, and one or two at 

 the anterior angle and 2 or 3 exteriorly — on the subapical line. 



Length: yi-yi mill. 



Hab: Queensland, F)unda])erg (i.x-xii, i). llrisbanc (xi), 

 arboreal. 



There is nothing remarkable, apparently, about tlie nymphal 

 instars. 



Daradax \\''alker. 



Daradax Walker 1857 J. P. Linn S. London I, 85. 

 A beautifiil nymph from \'iti (iii) lielongs. 1 think, lo this 

 genus. 



Pcltodictya. ^^i^en. nov. 



Allied closely to Epora Walker, but the apical area of the 

 tegmina is much longer, and there are two verv distinct, though 

 sinuate, subapical lines. 



A'ertex about twice as broad as long, extending a little in 

 front of the eyes, ronnded anteriorly, rectangularlv emarginate 



