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ornamented with 3 ocellated spots (black, narrowly encircled 

 with yellow). Vertex with a black median somewhat rounded 

 stripe extending along pronotum, scutellum and claval com- 

 missure. Frons with a longitudinal submedian dark brown 

 line on each side with downwardly curved subparallel transverse 

 lines proceeding to the lateral margins, nearly reaching the 

 genae. Clypeus with a longitudinal pale brownish line; lorae 

 almost entirely pale brownish and there is a stripe of same color 

 on genae. Ocelli redbrovvn. Mesonotum ornamented sublater- 

 ally with a black stripe (on each side) which shows faintly 

 through the overlyinp- pronotum. Underside stramineous. 

 Posterior femora and tibiae longitudinally lined with blackish. 

 Tegminal veins brown, basal half of cubital blackish, rather 

 smudged. 



Shape of vertex not very dissimilar to that of 7". albida but 

 the eyes are larger and wider in proportion and the ocelli are 

 smaller. Head and eyes distinctly wider than pronotum w'hich 

 is longer than the vertex. Clypeus somewhat angulate in pro- 

 file. Frons moderately swollen. Pronotum finely striate 

 transversely, anteriorly with an obtuse angular impressed line 

 subparallel with the arched anterior margin. Tegmina with 5 

 discoidals (3 subapical) and 5 apical cells. 



Length 6| mill. 



Hab: Queensland, Cairns (viii) only one female, unfortun- 

 ately, of this distinct species. 



3. pasiphac sp. nov. 



Pale luteous; eyes, ocelli and 2 small spots near anterior mar- 

 gin of scutellum, blackish. Tegmina creamy yellow with 

 darker veins; wings milky with pale yellowish veins. Ocelli 

 pale greenishbrown. Leg hairs pale. 



Vertex as long as or a trifle longer than the pronotum, round- 

 ed apically; frons swollen, flattened medianly. Clypeus sub- 

 angulate. Pronotum punctured. Tegmina with 5 discoidal (3 

 subapical) and 5 apical cells. 



Male unknown. 



Female: last abdominal sternite slightly roundly emargiiiate. 

 medianly truncate; pygofers about 4^ times as long as the last, 

 narrowing posteriorly, sides not rounded posteriorly; in profile, 

 apex narrowly rounded. 



Female. Length t2^ mill. 



Hab: Queensland. Cairns (viii), arboreal. 



In one specimen, the sternites are orang-e-yellow. 



