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ing apically a little beyond the others. Crossveins on brachial 

 vein nearl}' straight, oblique in the subcostal cell. 



Male as in T. iaiiassa. 



Female: last sternite straight apically, medianly rather deeply 

 notched; ovipositor long, a little longer than pygophor. 



Length 8 mill. 



Hab. Queensland. Cairns and Km-anda (Aug.). 



The following four species, unknown to me, have been dc- 

 .'^cribed from Australia: 



12 T. siibiiiger Signoret, i88o, A. S. E. France (5) X 350, 

 PI. IV, f. 75 {male genitalia). 



13 T. sahlbergii Signoret, op. c, 351, PI. IX, f. y6. 



14 T. Havipes Spangberg; Signoret 1880 op. c, 360, PI. X, 

 f. 85 (Tasmania). 



15 T. pidehcUns Spangberg; Signoret 1880 op. c, 362 PI. X, 

 f. 87. 



Tliymbris gen. nov. 



Allied to Tartessiis, but the vertex is convex and although 

 sharp anteriorly, is not channelled as in the latter. Head and 

 eyes wider than the pronotum; ocelli nearly as far from apex 

 of dorsal part of head as from eyes, on the extreme margin of 

 the head just on the dorsal side, but owing to the declivity of 

 the vertex, is not visible when the insect is horizontal. Eyes 

 not touching base of tegmina. Vertex and pronotum striate 

 transversel}'. Tegmina narrowed posteriorly, without an ap- 

 pendix. 



I. inachis, sp. no.v. 

 PI. II, figs. 19-20. 



Female: vertex, pronotum, scutellum and tegmina whitish 

 testaceous mottled with brownish. Beneath obscure testaceous. 

 \'eins dull ferruginous-brown, multiannulate with whitish. Fore 

 and middle femora and tibiae annulate dorsally with brownish. 

 \'ertex nearly rectangular medianly, longer than at the eyes. 

 Frons elongate, tempora wide, antennal ridges strong. Labium 

 reaching to the base of the middle coxae. Second sub- 

 apical cell extending apically well beyond the others. Trans- 

 verse veins on brachial and in subcostal cell, oblique, apical 



