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fuscous, an oblique da/k fuscous band on apical half and several 

 short irregular markings; apical veins subsufTused. Legs pale, 

 with brown annulations. 



Female : abdomen short, tegmina extending about as far be- 

 yond the abdomen as the length of the hopper. 



Var. fiiscata, nov. 



Like the type, but scutellum not suffused with fuscous; teg- 

 mina much darker and sufifused all over with fuscous. 



Length 5^ mill. 



Hab. Viti Levu, Rewa (Mar., Muir). 



Named after Captain William Beechey who voyaged in the 

 Pacific in the "Blossom." 



Aiistraloiiia gen. nov. 



Somewhat like Kiiiuara (which is a Cixiine, not an Achilid), 

 but there is no third ocellus, the pronotum is more deeply emar- 

 ginate, and the scutellum, much longer ; the venation diflferent, 

 etc. Vertex nearly square, margins elevated, disk greatly de- 

 pressed, basal margin slightly emarginate. Frons shaped much 

 as in Kinnara, but a little wider basally. Tegmina vertical. 

 Hind tibiae spineless. 



I. a us tr ilia sp. nov. 

 PI. VIII, figs. 16-18. 



Testaceous, tinged with ferruginous, paler beneath. Ocelli 

 ruby-red. Tegmina hyaline, veins pale with brown granules, a 

 few dark marks near the edge of the tegmen, as shown in the 

 figure. 



Length 5 mill. 



Hab. Queensland, Kuranda (Aug.) 



Qnirosia gen. nov. 



Allied to Aiistraloma but the vertex is much smaller and nar- 

 rower, anteriorly is angular, and has two small pit-like depres- 

 sions anteriorly, base truncate. Frons as in DystJicafias. Teg- 

 mina! venation not importantly different from that of Aiistra- 

 loma. 



Named in honor of P. F. de Quiros, voyager in the Pacific. 



