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Macropsis. 



Macropsis Lewis 1835 T. E. S. London L 4*) (div. A.) 



=Pcdiopsis anctt. (part). 

 The four Australian species nia_\- l)e separated as follows: 

 I Only two subapical cells (the third beins^- mero-ed in one 

 of the apicals) i ocroc 



1 a Three regular subapicals (2) 



2 'Tegmina pale, unornamented 2 thyinclc 



23. Tegmina with many dark markings (3) 



3 Face evenly rounded; ]ironotum immaculate except for the 

 punctuation 4 thoantias 



3a Face unevenly raised in parts ; prcnotum with a sublateral 

 dark line 3 thyia 



I. ocroc, sp. nov. 



Head, jironotum and scutellum pale ochraceous, closelv and 

 finely punctured with purplish-brown. Tegmina hyaline, pale 

 yellow brown, veins (except the subcostal) dark fuscous, multi- 

 annulate with W'hitish. apical cells and tcrgites more or less fus- 

 cate. Sternites paler. There are onlv 2 subapical cells; the ist 

 apical is verv small and the second is long, touching the base of 

 the first subapical.* (This is a constant character in 8 specimens). 



Length 35^ mill. 



Hab. Queensland. Kuranda (Aug., P.), Xelson (July P.). 



2. thymcic, sp. nov. 



Close to the last but the punctures are fainter, and the anterior 

 half of the pronotum is lightly keeled or at least there is a smooth 

 line there. Tegmina pale yellowish hyaline, nervures weaker, 

 concolorous, a fusccus speck at apex of sutural cell, another at 

 apex of clavus ; a transverse vein in the subcostal, and the 1st sub- 

 apical vein, &c., fuscous. There are three subapical cells. 



Length 4 mill. 



Hab. Queensland. Bundaberg (Sept. -Dec. K). 



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 3. thyia, sp. nov. 



Resembles the first, but more ornate and there is an entire 

 smooth line on the pronotum. The face, unlike the 3 others, in 

 which it is regularly rounded, is unevenly raided cr ridged in 



