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1. thycstcs sp. nov. 

 PI. X, figs. 12-13. 



Fuscous or blackish-brown, head and keels yellowish fuscous. 

 Antennae and legs fuscous. Pronotum and scutellum dirty 

 yellowish-grey, middle keel and posterolateral margins of the 

 latter sometimes very narrowly pale, two obscure pale longi- 

 tudinal stripes. 



Head dorsally longer than wide, produced a little in front 

 of the eyes, vertex with a keel down the middle. Frons a little 

 broader apically than basally, keels distinct, but filiform. An- 

 tennae reaching beyond the base of the clypeus, segments nearly 

 subequal in length. Pronotum with lateral keels fairly straight 

 but very divergent, not reaching the liind margin, but continu- 

 ing parallel with it in the form of 2 or 3 granules, hind margin 

 very obtuse-angularly emarginate. Tibial spur with about 16 

 well developed spines, first segment of hind tarsi longer than 

 the other twQ. 



Loiig-iviiigcd fonii: Scutellum about twice as long as prono- 

 tum. Tegmina hyaline cinereous, with 7 apical cells, generally 

 unforked (this varying in the same individual), veins feebly 

 granulate, pale yellowish fuscous. 



Short-winged form: Scutellum shorter than pronotum. Teg- 

 mina reaching to about one-half of the length of the body, hya- 

 line cinereous, apical margin su'bcrescentiformly pale with a 

 dark fuscous spot (this may be obscurely marked) ; not quite 

 contiguous apically, apical margin subtruncate, a little rounded. 



Length 3 (brach.)-4^ (macr.) mill. 



Hab. Queensland' Bundaberg (Nov.), Brisbane (June). 



Only females have been seen. 



This species does not fit into any described genus, being per- 

 haps partly Chloriona, partly Ddphacissa. 



2. ordoi'ix sp. nov. 



This short-winged form is similar in appearance to that of D. 

 thycstcs, but the vertex is shorter and narrower, the frons yel- 

 lowish fuscous, concolorous, polished and shining, parallelsided, 

 the keels filiform and not prominent. First antennal segment 

 about three-fourths the length of the second. Lateral keels of 

 pronotum curved under the eyes. Tegmina apicallv rounded, 

 shining, obscure yellowish fuscous, apex of clavus with a dark 



