34 p. CAMERON, HYÌ^IKNOPTEEA OF THE DUTCH EXPEDITION 



Agathis papuana sp. nov. 



Rufo-liiteous, the antennae, sides of the face broadly above, 

 the greater part of the front and vertex, of the malar space, 

 the upper part of the occiput, almost the apical third of the 

 hind tibiae and the hind tarsi, except at the extreme base, 

 black ; the hind calcarla dark rufous ; wings dark fuscous ; 

 the base to the transverse basal and the transverse median, 

 an irregular band extending from the stigma to the oj)posite 

 side of the wing, it becoming narrowed behind, the front of 

 it including the areolet, the base of the hind wing to the 

 radial nervure and an irregular one, narrowed behind, beyond 

 it, yellowish hyaline ; the base of the stigma is pale yellow. 

 cT and ç. 



Length 8 m.m., terebra 4 m.m. 



Etna Bay. 



The light coloured parts of the head are rufous ; an oblique 

 keel runs from the ocelli to the antennae. Upper part of face 

 closely and strongly, the lower weakly punctured. There is a 

 red tubercle above the anteunœ. Mesonotum trilobate ; there 

 is a dej)ression at the apex of the middle lobe. Scutellar 

 depression large, deep ; there is a narrow keel in its centre. 

 Apex of scutellum rounded above and with an oblique sloj)e. 

 Post-scutellum stoutly keeled, roundly narrowed and raised at 

 the apex. Base of metanotum depressed ; the central area is 

 shortly, obliquely narrowed at the base ; the narrowed apical 

 part is longer and more sharply pointed ; in the centre are 2 

 transverse keels, and there is another at the commencement 

 of the narrowed apical part ; at the base there is a short 

 longitudinal keel ; the outerside of the metanotum is bordered 

 by a stout keel and this, at its apex, is united to the central 

 area by a transverse one ; the area thus formed has 2 widely 

 separated transverse keels in the middle ; there is a large wide 

 spiracular area with a small triangular area at its aj)ex. Pro- 



