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13. Genus ATAXIGAMIA, Tepper 



Ataxigamia. Teppei-. Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austral. \\>\. 17. p. i_>3 (iSqS). 



Characters. — E_ves wide apart. Pronotum anteriorl}' truncate, freelv c-.xposin;.; vertex of head, 

 posteriorly produced obtusely, disc rugose vvitli impressions, margins slightly reflected. .Scutellum 

 e.xposed. Tegmina and wings fully developed, exceeding the apex of the abdomen considerably; anal 

 field of tegmina narrow, lanceolate. Supra-anal lamina (cT) sub-quadrate, apex not emarginate, sub- 

 genital lamina trapezoidal, symmetrical, notched in the middle of the posterior margin; styles small. 

 Cerci short. I.egs with more or less abundant pubescence. Femora sparsely armed. Tarsi moderately 

 long; posterior metatarsus equal in the succeeding joints in length, biscriatelv spined beneath, its 

 pulvillus small, apical: the remaining joints spined. Arolia absent. 



Geographical distribution of species. — .Australia. 



1. A. tatei, Tepper, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austral. \'n\. 17, p. i23 ([8q3). S. Australia. 



2. A. bicolor, nov. sp. (i). — PI. |, Fig. II. S. Australia. 



14. Genus RHICNODA, Brunner von Wattenwyl 



Rhicnoda. Brunner von Wattenwyl, .Ann. Mus. Stor. .\at. (ienova, Vol. 33, p. 30(1893). 



Characters. — Form depressed. Pronotum anteriorly parabolic, covering vertex of head, in 

 Cf posteriorly produced, in 9 truncate. Tegmina and wings fully developed in cf , tegmina reduced 

 to squamiform lobes or absent and wings absent in 9. Abdomen (9) with a pair of spiiacular tubes 

 projecting on either side from beneath the seventh tergite. Femora moderately spined. Tarsi long, 

 posteiior metatarsi biseriately spined beneath, longer than the succeeding joints, pulvilli apical, remai- 

 ning joints with spines surrounding their pulvilli. 



Geographical distribution of species. — Tropical .Asia, Japan. .Australia, West Indies, 

 Central America. 



1. A'. r»<wrt, Brunner von Wattenwyl, Ann. Mus. Stor. Nat. Geneva, Burma, Borneo, Java. Hal- 



Vol. 33, p. 3i, pi. I, f. 2 (1893). mahera. 



2. R. terranea. Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. p. i63 (1868). Ceylon. 



3. R. plicata, Navas, Bol. Soc. .Aragon, Vol. 3, p. i3o (1904). Himalayas. 



4. R. desidiosa, Rehn, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. Vol. 27, p. 552 (1904). Siam. 



5. R. spinulosa. Brunner von Wattenwyl, Ann. Mus. Stor. Xat. Genova, Java. 



Vol. 33, p. 3i (1893). 



6. R. mfairix, Shelford, The Zoologist, p. 226 (1907). — PI. 2, Figs. I. Borneo. 



7. R. obscurifrons, Stal, Oefv. A^et.-Akad. Forh. Vol. 34 (10), p. 34 (1877). Philippines. 



8. R. maculata, Shiraki, Ann. Zool. Japon. \'ol. 6, p. 32. pi. 2, f. 4 (igo6). Japan. 



9. R. laminata, Brunner von Wattenwvl, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud, p. 294. West Indies. 



pi. i5, f. 4(1892). 

 10. R. reflexa, Saussure & Zehntner, Biol. Centr. Amer. Orth. Vol. i, p. 68, Nicaragua, 

 pi. 4, f. 35 (1893). 



(II A. bicolor. nov. sp. — Afalf. — Briglit rulo-testaceous. tegmin.a and wings cistaneous. Head with shallow punctures. Pronotum 

 hexagonal with rounded angles, disc sub-rugose with two oblique impressions and some si. allow punctures. Tegmina with mediastinal field and veins at 

 base rufous. Posterior margins of abdominal sternites with one row of small tubercles. Legs with very sparse erect pubescence. Front femora with five 

 spines on anterior margin, three on posterior margin, beneath, remaining femora rather strongly armed. Pulvilli of tarsal joints strongly spined, the 

 apical tarsal joint biseriately spined beneath . Total length 46 mm.; length of body 34 mm.: length of tegmina 38 mm.; pronotum 10 mm x 14.2 mm. South 

 Australia. Tennant's Creek (Oxford Museum). 



