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diicecl. Tegmina subhyaline, strongly punctured especially on 

 clavus, with scattered granules on the veins, apical margin of 

 clavus obliquely truncate (or, if the claval appendix be not counted, 

 acute, not acuminate), membrane (and clavus apically) with an 

 appendix. Wings with the anal vein forked near the base. Legs 

 very short, especially the posterior femora ; posterior tibiae with 

 one long, acuminate spine about the middle of outside edge and 

 one tiny subbasal acute spine. 



I. serpitlidia, sp. nov. (PI. XX XIII, tigs. 12 and 13. PL 



XXVII, fig. 9. PI. XXX, fig. 9. 



Pale yellowish 'brown suffused with reddish. Pronotum yel- 

 lowish with greenish and reddish tinges. Scutellum reddish, 

 obscurely pallid in the middle and posteriorly. Anterior and 

 interior legs more or less dark, posterior legs more or less pale. 

 Tegmina subhyaline, colorless; basal third of corium and clavus 

 and apex of clavus dark brownish (more or less ruddy), apical 

 fourth yellowish brown. Granulations dark brown. Pronoiuni 

 very lightly carinate longitudinally; mudh wider than head and 

 eyes. Scutellum shallowly channelled along its anterior three- 

 fourths, posterior fourth carinate. 



Length: 6|-8 mill. 



Hab: Queensland, Bundaberg (xi.) 



There is also a female (8 mill.) from the same locality and 

 time of capture, which differs only by having an almost con- 

 tinuous fascia across the tegmen instead of the s'hort wedge at 

 the apex of the clavus. A bred specimen (2306 K) is immature, 

 but there is little doubt that it is referable to this species. The 

 nymph-cases are whitish, often tinged with purplish-red. (PI. 

 XXIII, f. 12 and 13). (No. 2306 consists of seven on a single 

 tv\dg). They are elongate-sul:)C()nical, more or less ]H)ncct, or 

 with a slight curve, widening gradually from the base. 



Length when full grown 11-16 mill., wddtlh at mouth 3-3^ mill. 



See the introduction for remarks on these cases. 



2. acqualwr, sp. nov. 



Similar to P. serpitlidia but pronotum smaller and very little 

 wider than head and eyes; pronotum punctured (not striate). 

 Tegmina punctured but veins not granulate. Dorsal part of 

 frons more swollen, wider anteriorly. 



Yellowis'h brown, frons with black, transverse subparallel 

 lines. Legs, etc., more or less black. Clavus and corium basal- 



