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Differs from other species liere described in the more slender form and com- 

 7)a'ratively long- pronotum; the heuielytral nuirkinos are always broken; the 

 pronotiim is sometimes unicolorous. 



Several examples from Cairns disti-ict, '^)ueensland (A. M. Lea) are much 

 smaller in si/e, all beinji' h'ss than '■] mm. in length ; tlu^se jiossibly re|)resen1 a 

 local variety. 



MICRONECTA ERATO Kirkaldy. 



Micronrcfd rraio Kirk.. Ent. News (Philadelphia), xvi, liH)."), p. 2()3. 



"Head and underside |)a]e stramineons. Pronotniii pale sordid yellow, with 

 a broad blackish brown median transverse stripe, wliich does not I'cach llie 

 lateral margins. Tegmina sordid sti-amineons; clavus with two dai'k brown 

 narrow lines rnnning parallel to interior aiul corial margins, uniting at the a])ex 

 of clavns. Coi'inm with two elongate, snbo^•al areas narrowly dark brown bor- 

 dered, and the exterior lateral margins also l)i-ownish black. Pronotnm, scntellnm. 

 and teg'mina somewhat snperfieially punctnred. Head roniuh'd in front, longer 

 than the pronotnm: lateral margins of pronotnm ol)solescent ; meml)rane ai)ically 

 angnlate. Length, abont 8 nnn. Austi-alia : \'ictoria."' 



Type in anthor's collection. 



MICRONECTA VIRGATA sp. nov. 



S Head testaceous, posterior margin with a small, central, black tubercle; 

 short and but little produced in fi-ont of eyes, about as long as the |)ronot\nn, 

 its leng-th a little more than half the width at base between eyes, which are very 

 slig'htly divergent. Pronotum dark lirown, jiosteriorly narrowly mai-giiu'd 

 with ochraceoHs; shining, al)out three times as wide between humeral angles as 

 medial length; anterior margin sinnate; lateral margins short; angles obtuse. 

 Scntellnm fuscous. Hemelytra testaceous, ])unctured, paler basally ; costal mar- 

 g;in with a linear black marking, intei-rujited in the middle; two distinct, pitchy- 

 brown fasciate liiu's snlj-marginal to the iiuier and outer edges of the clavus and 

 four longitudinal ones on the corinm ; membrane with some dark spots. Fiider- 

 side and legs testaceous. Length, 8 nnn. to BT) mm. 



9 Head, underside, and legs ochraceous. Length, ^-.l mm. to 4 nnn. 



Hah. Queensland: Townsville (type locality, (}. F. Hill), Cairns district 

 (A. M. Lea). Type, I. lolOO. 



The ])ronotnm in sonu' instances is not ])()steriorly uuirgined with ochraceous. 



MICRONECTA ANNAE Kirkaldy. 



Microufcld aiuKic Kirk., Ent. News (Philadelphia), xvi, 190."), p. 2V)'2. 



"Head pallid, Pronotum dark fuscous bi-own, with darker transverse 



