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Desudaba Psittacus. 



Niyra, subtus pallida ; metathorax et abdomen basi riifo slrigata ; 

 abdomen inride, basi nignnn ; pedes picei ; alee anticce nigri- 

 cantes, apice fuscce nigro gutlatce ; poslicce vilrea, basi coc- 

 cinea fusco marginata. 



Blank, pale beneath ; some red streaks on the raetalhorax and 

 on the base of the abdomen. Abdomen briobt green, black at the 

 base. Legs mostly piceous. Fore wings blackish, brown with 

 a few black dots towards the tips. Hind wings vitreous, towards 

 the base bright crimson, with a dark brown border which is widened 

 hindward, paler brown about the interior border; veins black. 

 Length of the body 4 — 5 lines; of the wings 11 — 13 lines. 



a. Australia. From Mr. Strange's collection. 



b — d. Moreton Bay. Presenied by — Gibbons, Esq, 



Subtribe DYCTIOPHOROIDES, Cat. Horn. p. 303. 



Genus PLEGMATOPTERA ? Cat. Ham. p. 303. 



Head much narrower than the thorax ; vertex conical, flat, 

 with a slightly elevated border, and with a very short and slight 

 keel between two tubercles ; front nearly twice longer than broad, 

 with three slight keels ; the lateral keels slightly converging towards 

 the face, where the face increases a little in breadth ; face lanceo- 

 late, with a slight keel. Piothorax conical, very concave on the 

 hind border, with one keel. Mesothorax with three keels. Legs 

 long, slender ; hind tibiae spinose. Wings vitreous, rather broad. 

 Fore wings with few veins, but with extremely numerous and irre- 

 gular veinlets, which abound most along the costa, and form areo- 

 lets of very varying size and shape ; towards the tips the veinlets 

 and areolets are regular. Hind wings with comparatively few 

 veinlets and areolets. 



Plegmatoptera prasina .^ 



TestaceO'Viridis ; caput linea antica transversa nigra ; ales vitrece, 

 venis viridibus ; anticcB apud costam convexce, stigmate viridi 

 vemdas sevtem includente. 



Plegmatoptera prasina ? Spinola, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. viii. 2H6, pi. 14, 

 ' f.2. 



