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ly and widely longitudinally impressed for at least two-thirds 

 of its length, the s.des of the impression forming slight but 

 noticeable keels. Pronotum with 2 submedian lachriform im- 

 pression near the anterior margin; posterior lobe obsolescently 

 sulcate longituduiajy. Scutellum also medianly impressed. The 

 characters ot venation, etc., are muc'h those of Tomaspis Am. 

 Serv. Legs normal. Antennae reaching laterally to about the 

 intero-lateral margins of the eyes. 



E. callitcttigoidcs, sp. nov. 



Head, anterior half of pronotum, scutellum. shoulders and a 

 transverse fascia on tegmina, underside, etc., sanguineous, pos- 

 terior half of pronotum, eyes, tegmina (except as above), an- 

 tennae, tarsi, anterior tibiae (except basally) and the apical parts 

 of posterior tibiae, etc., black or blackish. 



Length: (Female) yl, (male) 8^ mill. 



Hab : Queensland, Cairns (male, viii), Kuranda (female viii.) 



The subapical red band on the tegmina is broader in the 

 female than in the male. 



Aufidellns, gen. nov. 



Apparently close to Aitfidiis Stal, but the pronotum poster'or- 

 ly is almost evenly rounded and the costal margin is not arched 

 basally. 



-I. australciisis, sp. nov. 



5i^ellowish-t)rown with pale ye'-16wis'h pubescence. A small 

 spot at t'he antero-interior angle of the lateral lobes of the ver- 

 tex, the posterior margin of the vertex, as far as and including 

 the ocelli, the posterior margin of the pronotum narrowly, late- 

 ral margins of scutellum narrowly, a transverse band at nearly 

 one-third of the length of the tegmina, the tegmina ve'ns most- 

 ly (except the costa), antennal peduncle, lateral margins of ab- 

 domen more or less, wing veins mosly, etc., black. Basal third 

 of tegmina subcoriaceous, punctured, yellowish brown, rest hya- 

 line. Middle lobe of vertex a little wider anteriorly than pos- 

 teriorly, wider than lateral lobe, not sulcate transversely. Frons 

 widely and somewhat deeply channelled (male) somewhat shal- 

 lowly (female). Posterior tibiae with one spine about the mid- 

 dle. Tegmina with 2 disco'dals, 4 apical areas and a stigma. 



Length : (Male) 6^-6^ mill ; (female) 7 mill. 



Hab: Queensland, Kuranda ^aii), Cairns (viii.) 



