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third of costal margiii spotted wilh black; vertex of head a lilUe pro- 

 jecLing at apex whei'e it is upturned and dislinclly centrally carinale, 

 the latéral margiiis sinuate; pronotum more or less transversely 

 striate, dlscally black I y punctate, the puiictures on posterior disk 

 forining four obscure longitudinal Unes; scutellum finely wrinkled ; 

 face veryconvexly narrowed anteriorly where there is a broad cen- 

 tral ridge which extends only about half way to eyes; a few scattered 

 black freckles extending across face to inner margins of eyes; apices 

 of femoraand tibias infuscated. 



Long. incl. tegrn. Ç 10 1/2 mill. 



llab. : Queensland, Gayndah (Coll. Dist.). 



27. — Smicrocotis projecta sp. n. — Ç. Fuscous-brown mottled 

 with dull ochraceous; head with the vertex somewhat prominently 

 projecting at apex, the latéral margins sinuate, centrally blackly 

 carinate, two black spots on each latéral area, and the extrême 

 latéral and apical margins ochraceous; pronotum punctate on 

 anterior, transversely striate on posterior area, the former dis- 

 tinctly moderately globose, the latter with fine indistinct linear 

 longitudinal black fasciœ; scutellum with an indistinct black spot 

 near each basai angle, the apical area coarsely transversely striate; 

 face broad, a little narrowed in front of eyes where tlie margins 

 are concavely sinuate, anteriorly centrally carinate from base 

 half- way to eyes; below eyes again slighty sinuately narrowed to 

 clypeus; outside face the anterior latéral areas are much darker; 

 abdomen beneath very pale ochraceous mottled with piceous, 

 femora with a subapical black annulation; tegmina fuscous-brown 

 with ochraceous mottlings. 



Long. incl. tegm. Ç 11 mill. 



Hab. : « N. S. Wales » (Brit. Mus.). 



Genus KYPHOCOTIS. 



Kyphocûtis Kirk. Rep. Exp. Stat. Haw. Plant. Assoc, Pt. L\, 



p. 370 (190G). 

 Type, K. tessellata Kirk. 



28. — Kyphûcotis fasciata sp. n. — cT?- Pale greyish-brown 

 with darker markings; vertex of head with longitudinal darker mar- 

 kings, the more prominent being at apex and on each latéral area; 

 pronotum in çf with dark waved linear markings, gradually 

 spreading outward at base, in the $ thèse appear as two irregular 

 waved fasci.ne, a number of scattered minute dark dots on the central 

 basai area; scutellum moderately laminately elevated, the crest- 



