390 



Length: 8^ mill, width 2 mill. PI. XXIX, fig. 11. 



These nymphs appear to belong to undescribed species (and 

 possibly genera). 



Koebele's No. for this is the same as for Thiznatodiciya licbc, 

 but this nymph scarcely 'belongs to a Dictyophorine, it prob- 

 ably only means that t'he same parasite attacks both. 



Desudaba Walker. 



Dcsudaba Walker 1858 Suppl., p. 58. 

 Metanira Stal. 1863 Stettiner Ent. Zeit. XXIV, p. 236. 

 There are 6 species of this genus, Australian and Papuan, 

 Which may be separated as follows : 



1. Wings basally with a reddish or yellow spot 2. 



la. Wings basally with a 'bluish or greenis'h spot 5. 



2. Head, pronotum and scutellum blackish 3. 



2a. Head, etc., more or less olivaceous. .3 danae (Gerstaecker). 



3. Frontal process reaching to base of vertex. . . .6 circe (Stal.) 

 3a. Frontal process readhing to about middle of vertex 4. 



4. No red spots on tegmina I psittacus (Walker). 



4a. Red spots on tegmina 2 maculafa Distant. 



5. Abdomen black, marked with green basally; ground color 

 of tegmina basally red-brown, spotted with yellow (Papua) 

 4 scylla Distant. 



5a. Abdomen black, with 3 greenish fasciae (sometimes broken 

 into 4 spots), sternites apically greenish; basal ground color 

 of tegmina dark crimson, no yellow spots 5 aidica Stal. 



1. psittacus Walker. 



D. psittacus Walker, 1858, Suppl., 59. 



Metanira thisbe Stal. 1863, Stettiner Ent. Zeit. XXIV, 236. 

 Length: 16 mill. 



Hab: Queensland, Brisbane (my coll); recorded from More- 

 ton Bay (Walker and Stal.) 



2. maculata Distant. 



D. maculata Distant 1892 T. E. S. London, ijy. 

 Hab: Queensland, Peak Downs. 



