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Pettya gen. nov. 



Elongate; vertex more than twice as wide as long dorsally, 

 anteriorly rounded, bent over in front and extending ventrally 

 about as far as antennal scro'bes; demarcation from frons not 

 very distinct; posteriorly above tumidly raised, posterior margin 

 much more so than the apical margin of pronotum. Mead dis- 

 tinctly wider than pronotum anteriorly. Clypeus oval, about as 

 wide as frons apically. Pronotum large, reticulate, almost as 

 long as wide, about two and a half times as long as vertex dor- 

 sally, strongly arched anteriorly, lateral margins long, not cari- 

 nate, posterior margin subtruncate- Tegmina with two dis- 

 coidal (I «ivbapical) and 4 apicals. \\'ings without submarginal 

 vein. 



I. aiu'iiii'lii'j <.]). nov. (PI. XXX II, tig. ro). 



Head pale luteous; frons and clypeus with an orange tint, 

 genae testaceous, eyes grey. Pronotum and scutellum greyish 

 ^v'hite, the former closelv reticulate with greyis'h-'brown. Teg- 

 mina and wings milk-white hyaline, tegminal costa pale yellow. 

 Tergites black, one or two segments partly pale; beneath pallid, 

 more or less black laterally. Pegs orange yellow. 



Length: 6 mill, width li mill. 



Hab: Queensland. Cairns (viii). 



Xcsostclcs gen. nov. 



Allied to Macrostcles but the radial is not obsolescent and the 

 wing venation is dififerent. There are a number of species repre- 

 sented in the collection, out of which I have had time briefly to 

 describe 5 only. 



Type hebe. 



I. Iichc sp. nov. (PI. XXXIT. fig. 8). 



Head pale sordid testaceous. Pronotuin and scutellum whit- 

 ish testaceous, with a faint brownish longitudinal median line 

 on t'he former (and sometimes two obsolescent submcdian 

 lines). I^nderside. le'gs, etc., pallid. Tegmina whitish-grey, sub- 

 liyaline. veins white; wings milky white, veins more or less 

 smoky. Mesonotum and tergites blackish, genital segments 

 more or less pale. 



Length: 4 mill. 



Hab: Viti Isles ('viii). 



