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fasfiato markings, parallel to margins; claval suliii-c cdpcd \\i1h ocliraccoiis ; 

 coiMiiiii willi three oi- four more or less iiit ei'riipled, dark, fasciate iiuirkin^'s ; 

 outer ed<i'e ocliraceou.s ; ajx'X of luembrane i-oimdiy aii;^ulate. Stermiin and lef?s 

 oeliraeeoiis; underside of abdomen testaceous; iuternu'diate claws as lon^' as tarsi. 

 Length, '■'> 1') mm. to 4 mm. 



9 Larp'er and nu)re robust. Head I'alher shoi-ter and wider; I'ace eenl rally 

 testaeeous. Le»>s aiul uiulerside wholly ochraeeous or Avitli posterior coxae 

 darkened. Leng'th, 4 nun. 



Ihih. South Australia: Adelaide ( type locality, II. M. Hale), Quorn (A. H. 

 KIstou). Mui-ray River ( H. S. ("ope and F. li. Zietz), .Mount Lofty Ranges (J. 

 Formby); Western Austi-alia : Mullewa ( Miss J. F. May ) : Xew South Wale.s: 

 ("oolabah (W. W. Frog'gatt). Type. I. Ml 88. 



The head in drying' sometinu's assumes a more angularly rounded ajjpearanee 

 in front of the eyes; the longitudiiuil, uu'diau line may be darkened aiul ditfused. 

 Tlu' ])i'()notum may \)v unicolorous or ])osterioi-ly uuirgined with ochraceous. A 

 eoJoui- \'ariety from Mybn-, Mould Lofty Ranges, is pale ashen-grey, with bi-own 

 markings. 



MICRONECTA GRACILIS sp. nov. 



6 Head oehi-aceous, in parts vlarker ; with a median, longitudiiud, testaeeous 

 null-king; ])osteri()r margin suffused with fuscous and \vith a small, central 

 tubercle; rather long, well ])roduced in front of eyes, about as long as thi' jiro- 

 iiotum. almost as long as width at base between eyes, the inner margins of which 

 are divergent. Pronotum dark eastaueous, the posterior margin narrowly edged 

 with paler; large, nearly twice as broad between humeral angles as medial length ; 

 shining, almost smooth, with very faint, transverse scratches; lateral margins 

 short. obli(pie; angles sub-acute. Scutellum fuscous. Hemelytra pale fuscous, 

 paler basally and on the costal ^'d^n^ ; the last-named with tliree linear brown 

 streaks; (l(Misely punctured; c'lavus with j^de eastaueous fasciate markings sub- 

 parallel to the margins; corium with four obscure, broken, longitudinal, dark 

 streaks. Underside ochraceous, in parts marked with fuscous; legs pale 

 ochraceous. Length, 3-.") mm. to 4 mm. 



9 Liiderside ochraceous. Length. 3 .'> mm. to 4 mm. 



Ildh. South Australia: Adelaide and Murray River (H. M. Hale), Quorn 

 (type locality), and Myijonga (A. H. Elstou), xMount Painter. Flinders Ranges 

 (H. (!. Stokes); Queensland: Dalby (Mrs. F. H. Hobler); Xew South Wales: 

 Tamworth (A. M. Lea); . \'ictoria : Mellionrue and Wattle Park. P>ahvy" 

 (Searle), Coromby (J. G. O. Tepi)er). Ty])e, 1. L'lKS!). 



