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apical line. (Basal venation as in Pcltodictya). Posterior tibiae 

 with three spines. 



I. quaesitrix sp. nov. 



Pale yellowish green, paler beneath. Tegmina hyaline, veins 

 pale yellowish green. 

 Length: 11-12 mill. 

 H'ab: Queensland, Cairns (viii) on grass. 



Family Achilidae. 



The antennae in the Australian genera are small and incon- 

 spicuous. 



1. Tegmina entirely bright red 1 Achilns Kirby. 



la. Tegmina, if reddish, only so on the costal cell and the 



veins 2. 



2. Frons strongly impressed transversely; not or very obso- 



lescently carinate. (A w'hite band on the face) 



2 Aristyllis gen. nov. 



2a. Frons not impressed transversely; more or less strongly 

 carinate medianly 3. 



3. Apical cells of tegmina all (or all except one or two) not 

 'longer than Avide . . 10 Salemiiia gen. nov. 



3a. Apical cells of varyin'g length 4. 



4. Vertex very transverse (not carinate medianly, and 2 white 

 bands on the face) 4 Pyrrhyllis gen. nov. 



4a. Vertex not transverse, or if so, very slightly 5. 



5. Vertex obsolescently carinate medianly, somewhat deeply 

 rotundately impressed in the middle.. 11 Francesca gen. nov. 



5a. Vertex strongly carinate medianly; not impressed (or if 

 so, longitudinally or very slig'htly, between median and 

 lateral keels) 6. 



6. Lateral keels of frons meeting at its base and forming an 

 angle there 5 Majella gen. nov. 



6a. Lateral keels of irons not meeting at its base, which is 

 more or less widely truncate (or slightly angularly emar- 

 ginate) 7- 



7. Vertex basally practically truncate, except at extreme 

 lateral margins 8. 



7a. Vertex 'basally distinctly angulately emarginate 9. 



8. Vertex wider at base than lonlg medianly 



7 Eurynomeus gen. nov. 



8a. Vertex distinctly longer than wide. . . .6 PheneUa gen. nov. 



