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the flat (often concave beneath). foHaceous head- All t^he forms 

 seem to be arboreal. 



Ledra Fabricius. 



Lcdra Fabricius, 1803, Syst. Rhyng., 24. 



A nu'mber of Australian species have been described, none 

 having however 'been collected in the imago state by Koebele 

 and Perkins, though nymphs and several species seem to be- 

 long here; they resemhle the adults someWhat except that they 

 lack t'he auriform processes on the pronotum. 



The following are described from Australia: 



1. Fiil^ora flauirostris Donovan. ( = Lcdra caudafa Walker 

 =L. valida Walker, etc-) 



2. T.. hrcvis Walker. (=L. austrclis Walker.) 

 ? 3. L. brcvifrons Walker. 



? 4. L. concolor Walker. 



? 5. L. fclifonnis Walker. 



? 6. L. naviada Walker. 



? 7. L. cuspidata Walker. 



Rhotidits Walker. 



Rhotidus Walker 1862 Tourn. Ent., I, 318. 



—Rhothidiis Stal, 1865 O. V. A. F., XXII, 157. 



This must be rich in species in Australia as Stal has described 

 four and Walker one, while I now diagnose 6 more, none of 

 which can I identify with the former. All the individuals collect- 

 ed by Koebele and Perkins are females and none of them are 

 vaginate, as indicated by Stal and Walker. Ocelli about as far 

 from the eyes as from one another, situated just above apical 

 margin of eyes. 



ingcns sp. nov. (PI. XXXI, fig. 8.) 



Head-form intermediate between that of Lcdropsis glaitca Mel., 

 & sfali Mel ; posterior margin of pronotum even less sinuate than 

 11 ' L. fnscipcnms Mel. 



Yellowish cinereous, paler beneath. Eyes dark, ocelli red. 

 Closely and obsolescently irrorate with pallid yellowish. Close- 

 ly and strongly punctured. V^ertex longer than wide, slightly 

 carinate longitudinally, sloping down on each side of this, apical 

 margin narrowly angulate. Rostrum not reaching to base of 



