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late apically. Pygophor almost as long as ovipositor, which is 

 not longer than the tegmina. 



Length 20 mill. 



Hab. Queensland. Brisbane (June). 



Distant has recently described. 



.S". uif!;rcscciis op. cit. 194. Queensland. 



Siiiicrocotis. 



I. obsciira 



Female ultimate sternite nearly truncate ; pygophor almost as 

 long as the ovipositor which scarcely extends beyond apex of teg- 

 mina. 



2. sidnica sp. nov. 



Similar to the type, but the vertex is very short, ascendant, 

 rounded apically. Frons not lonoitudinally carinate in the mid- 

 dle. Pronotum not carinate. Testaceous (with a green tinge) 

 tessellated with yellowish, pinkish-brown and blackish-brown. 

 Face and sterna pale ferruginous-brown tessellated with black- 

 ish-brown and spotted with testaceous. Scutellum testaceous, 

 tessellated with pinkish-brown. Tegmina hyaline tinged with 

 cinereous, more or less feebly tessellated with dark and pale 

 brown, veins pale ferruginous-brown, infuscate in parts, not 

 reticulate. Legs subsanguineous. spotted with testaceous, 

 femora more or less marked with blackish brown. Abdomen 

 below blackish brown (except the apical margins very narrow- 

 ly). 



Length (male) yy^ mill. 



Hab. New South Wales. Sydney. (Jan.. K.). 



This may be the male of one of the following species, but the 

 non-carinate pronotum probably separates it. 



Distant has described: 



3. pallcsrciis op. cit. 195, New South Wales. 



4. iiifiiscafa 1. c.. Queensland. 



5. project a ()]). cit. \()(\ New South Wales. 



Kypliocotis. 

 T. tcsscUata. 



Female: ultimate segment like that of Stcnocofis diiiiorpha, 

 ovipcsitor extending somewhat liryond' ])ygophor and a little be- 

 \()n(l apex of tegmina. 



