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ities in New South Wales. This species is distin -uished by the 

 absence of a cross vein near the base of the tegmen. I have not 

 seen it. 



2. bipmictata (Fabricius). 



Memhracis bipunctafa Fabr. 1775 Syst. Ent. 677. 



Scxtins bipunctafa Coding- 12. 



I think I Hiave identified this correctlv from a single specimen 

 from Queensland, Cairns (viii); Fabricius' type was doubtless 

 discolored. There are also specimens from Ca'rns (viii) and 

 Kuranda (viii) apparently identical except that the blac1< spots 

 are absent. Also other specimens from Cairns (viii) and Bunda- 

 bersf (it) which I place at present with t'h's species, but which 

 have the lateral horns turned a little forwards. 



Lf^no-fh: (female) 7i-7f mill; w'dth across horns 2^-3^ mill. 



What are probablv the males (Cairns viii), are only 5^ mill 

 lonjD^, with less developed 'horns. 



3. viresccns (Fairmaire). 



Ceiifrotits viresccns Fairma're 1846 Ann. S. E. France JV. 5x5. 

 =:Ccresa siiifiisa Walker 1851 List, 530. 

 =:Scxtius viresccus Coding, PI. i, f. 2 (tegmen). 

 Some examples from New South Wa'es, Sydney (i-ii). ap- 

 parently belong to var. suffusa. 



Length: 6-^ mill; width .3^-3^ mill. 



T do not think that 5*. depressus is distinct from this. 



4. assiinilis sp. nov. 



Close to 5. viresccns but a little larger and broader, the horns 

 are distinctly more elong'ate and less blunt ?.nd are less arched 

 before the downward turn near their apex. The horns, and the 

 pronotum between them, are da:r'k, but wlhile in S. viresccns the 

 same thing occurs, in that case the v/hole of the pronotum an- 

 teriorly is dark, while in 5. assimilis it is only a band, the anter- 

 ior part being pale. In S. vircscens also the tegmina are imma- 

 ci.late, in 6". assiniiUs the veins are more or less sparselv marked 

 with black. 



Length: (female) 7^ mill; width 4^ mill 



Hab : New South Wales, Svdnev (i). 



