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1. saccharlda Kirkaldy. (PL XXVI: PI. XXVII, figs. 1-5). 



Perkinsiella sacchancida Kirkaldy 1903 Enlom. XXX\1, 179; 

 Perkins 1903 Bull. I, Comm. A'gr. Hawaii; Van Dine 1904 Bull. 

 Hawaii U. S. Agr. Exp. Sta. 5. 



Testaceous, lateral margins of pronotum and scutelluni dark 

 brown, basal half of frons and most of the clypeus light brown, 

 the former with 2 or 3 s'hort narrow interrupted transverse pale 

 Hues near the base. A large black spot on anterior coxae, in- 

 termediate coxae and mesopleura each; abdomen black varie- 

 gated with testaceous. Apex of first segment of antennae black, 

 secon'd segment brownish. Tegmina 'hyaline, commissure whit- 

 ish. Anterior and intermediate tibiae annulate with blackish. 



Male always macropterous; the 5th and 6t'h (and sometimes 

 the 4th) apical cells dark smoky, the stripe being sometimes con- 

 tinued very narrowly to tlie base of the tegmen. (Genital seg- 

 ments mostly black. 



Female dimoq^'hic (with intermediate forms); longwinged 

 form with the tegminal stripe usually broader on t'he corium; 

 short winged form much stouter, with hyaline tegmina, a short 

 narrow black line close to apex of clavus. (ienital segments 

 pale. 



Lengtii: 5-5^ mill (macropterous); 4 mill (brachypterousK 



Hab: Wherever sugar cane is grown in Queensland, Xew 

 South Wales, and Hawaiian Islands. (Koebele Xo. 2230). (See 

 also the Introduction). Also on grasses and sedges. 



2. gnvninicida sp. no v. 



Closely allied to the preceding, but a little smaller. The teg- 

 minal veins are more thickly granulate especially in the female. 

 Antennae a little s'horter and less stout. Pronotum and scutel- 

 luni scarcely darkened laterally. 



Male always macropterous; exterior half of 5th and 6th apical 

 cells smoky, also apices of apical veins, etc. 



Female always brachypterous. 



Length: (Male) 5 mill; (female) 4 mill. 



Hab: Queensland, Cairns (vii-viii, Koebele's Xo. 2249), 

 on grasses. 



3. vitiensis, sp. nov. 



Closely allied to the typical species, Invt pronotum and sculel- 

 lum not darkened laterally. 



