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grey pubescence ; base of tegmen and the entire costal cell, veins, 

 etc., more or less dark ferruginous. Horns rather larger at the 

 bases more conti'giuous, posterior process not so elevated pos- 

 teriorly. Externor su'bapical cel'l subhcmispherical; base of 

 third apical cell curved inwards on the outer side. 



Length : (female) 4^ mill, width, 3 mill. 



Hab: New South Wales. Sydney (i). 



Centrotypus Stal. 



Centrotypus Stal 1866, Hem. Afr., IV, 88; Coding 26. 

 I think this genus runs gradually into Acanthuchns and that 

 Scrtorius is a synonym also. 



I . liospes, sp. nov. 



Black with yellowish pubescence. Scutellar tufts prominent, 

 pale yellow. Tegmina vitreous, veins dark, or pale, ferruginous. 

 Legs more or less ferruginous, intermediate and posterior tibiae 

 with apical half vellowish. Horns slight, acuminate turned direct- 

 ly Oiutward, very slightly upward and backward, bases remote. 

 Exterior subapical cell elongate, suboval. 



Length : 8 mill, width, 4f mill. 



Hab: New 'South Wales, Sydney (i). 



The following Membracidae, not included in Coding's Mono- 

 graph, have been recorded from Australia. Their identification 

 is doubtful without access to the types. 



1. Philya parvula Buckton 1901, Mon. 57, PI. 8, fig. 4, is I 

 think, my PhrynomorpJiycs parvula, a Tetigoniine, and has noth- 

 ing to do with Philya. 



2. Oxyrhachis neglect us Buckton 1903 Mon. 224, PI. 49, fig. 5. 

 South Australia. Probably not an Oxyrhachis. 



3. Daumis siiccisiis Buckton 226, PI. L, fig. 3. 

 South Australia. Not a Daumis. 



4. Cercon tumesccns Buckton 229, PI. 51, fig. i. Tasmania. 



5. C. contortns Buckton 229, PI. 51, fig. 2. Tasmania (?). 



6. Pterosticta riibrilinca Buckton 230, PI. 51. fig. 4. 



7. P. sprcta 1. c, fig. 5. 



8. P. riihridorsata 1. c, fig. 6. 



9. P. xantha Buckton 231, fig. 7. 



10. P. inter posita 1. c, PI. 52, fig. i. 



11. Ibiceps falcatus Buckton 239, PI. 5.::!, fig. 6. 



