FAM. BLATTID.^. 7 



4. M. badia, Branner von W'attenwvl, N'ouv. Syst. des Blatt. p. i8q Singapore, Sumatra, Bor- 

 (i865). ned. |ava. 



Efilampta dotala. Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mas. Suppl. p. i3o (18691. 

 Epiltwipra ramifera. Walker, ibidem, p. 1.^2 (1869). 



9. Genus MOLYTRIA, Stal 



Molytria. Stal, Bih. Svensk. Akad. \'ol. 2 fi3). p. 12 (1S75). 



Characters. — Form depressed. Pronotum trapezoidal, anteiiorly not covering vertex of head, 

 posteriorly very obtusely produced. Tegmina : fcf ) exceeding the apex of the abdomen or falling little 

 short of it, (9) sub-cpiadrate not extending beyond the second abdominal tergite. Wings : (cf) as long 

 as tegmina, (9 ) minute, sub-squamiform. Posterior metatarsi as long as the succeeding joints, armed 

 at its base with a few spines in a double row. its puhillus produced towards the base of the joint; 

 remaining joints with large pulvilli entirely unarmed beneath. 



Geographical distribution of species. — Australui. 



1. M . inqitiiiala, Stal, F'reg. Eugen. Resa, Ins. p. 309(1 858). — PI. I, Fig. 8. Australia. 



Epilamprn nudiventyis. Saussure, Rev. Zool. (2), Vol. 16, p. 32i (1864). 

 r.pilampya iioldhilis. Walker. Cat. Blatt. Brit. Miis. p. 202 (18681. 



2. M. perplexa, nov. sp.(i). \ictoria. 



10. Genus HOMALOPTERYX, Brunner von Wattenwyl 



Homalopteryx. l-Siunner von Wattenwyl, Nouv. S3''st. des Blatt. p. rgS (i865). 



Characters. — F'orm depressed. Pronotum anteriorly parabolic, completely covering nr just 

 failing to cover the vertex of the head, posteriorly truncate or sub-truncate. Tegmina and wings fuUv 

 developed or reduced. Femora sparsel}- armed. Posterior metatarsi shorter than, or equal to, the remain- 

 ing joints, armed beneath with a few spines at the base uniseriately or biseriately arranged, occasional]}' 

 unarmed beneath. 



Geographical distri^jution of species. --India to Malay Archipelago, Papuasia, .'\ustralia(?), 

 S. America. 



1. H. patinifera, Bolivar, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. Vol. 66, p. 2q5 (1897). Trichinopoh-. 



2. H. decolyi. Bolivar, ibidem, p. 294 (1897). Trichinopoh'. 



3. H. cariniceps, Bolivar, ibidem, p. 296 (1897). Trichinopoh'. 



4. H. auricidata, Brunner von Wattenwyl. Nouv. Svst. des Blatt. p. 181 Bengal. 



fi865). 



5. H maindroni, nov. sp. (2). — PI. I, Fig. 9. Malabar coast. 



(1) M. perplexa. nov. sp. — Male. — Head castaneous. vertex piceous, antennie fuscous. Pronotum piceous, laterally margined witli 

 hyaline mottled with castaneous. Tetjmina extending to ante-penultimate abdomial tergite, castaneous. costal margins testaceous, mediastinal vein piceous. 

 Wings a little shorter than tegmina. Abdominal tergites slightly plicated, a pair of spiracular tubes projecting from beneath the seventh abdominal tergite. 

 Supra-anal lamina trapezoidal, barely exceeded by the sub-genital lamina (ccrci and tarsi mutilated;. Length 27 mm.; length of tegmina iq mm.; prono- 

 tum 7 mm. X n.S mm. Victoria, Gippsland (Melbourne Museum). 



(2) H. maindroni, nov. sp. - Female. — Rufo-testaceous. \"erte.T of head with fuscous markings. Pronotum anteriorly barely covering 

 vertex of head, posteriorly sub-truncate, deeply punctate, disc with two oblique impressions. Tegmina broad, not extending beyond the penultimate abdo- 

 minal tergite. seriate-punctate. Wings minute, squamiform. Abdomen with tergites posteriorly plicated, beneath testaceous, sprinkled with castaneous; 

 supra-anal Lamina produced, sub-quadrate, apex \ery slightly emarginate. Cerci short. Front femora with three spines on anterior margin beneath, 

 remaining femora very sparsely armed; formula of apical spines o/r, r'r, 00. Posterior metatarsi equal in length to the three succeeding joints, entirely 

 unarmed beneath, its pulvillus apical. Total length 20 mm.; length of tegmina 17 mm.; pronotum .S,.t mm. X i3 mm. ilahe. Malabar (Maindron colL> 

 (Paris Museum) 



