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to 7th apical cells apically smoky wit'h a small hyaline spot on 

 each, a black spot at apex of costal cell and a short black line 

 at apex of clavus. Shortwinged form with hyaline tegmina, 

 tinged wit'h yellow, apex blackish brown, as also apex of clavus. 



Females dimorphic, similar to the male. 



Lengt'h: 4-5 mill, (macropt.), 3^ mill (brachypt.) 



Hab: All through Queensland (Koebele's No. 2240) on Zea 

 mais, Cynodon dactylon and Bronins luiioloides (sec. Tryon); also 

 in Hawaii on Zea mais and Sorghum vulgare (and occasionally 

 on Sacchanini officinale); Viti (iii), Florida and Texas. 



The nymplhs are pale orange ye'low. immaculate except that 

 there are small brownisli rings around the spiracles. 



Phacalastor, gen. nov. 



Very close to Peregrinits, differing principally by the tegminal 

 veins being very stron'gly granulate. Type pseudomaidis. 



1. Apical veins of tegmina sufifusedly infuscate 



: pseudomaidis, sp. nov. 



2. Apical part of tegmina with a dark semi-circular smudge, 

 across tegmina and curving along the interoapical mar- 

 gin koebelci. sp. nov. 



I. pseudomaidis. sp. nov. 



Very close to Peregrinus maidis, but the tegmina are strongly 

 granulate with dark brown, and the nymphs are \yhitish, band- 

 ed and spotted witb dark brown. 



Frons and antennae dark smoky brown, with a double (some- 

 what interrupted) line across the middle of t'he former. Femora 

 smoky, apically black, tibiae pale annulated with black. 



Males macropterous; genital segment blac'k. 



Females dimorphic; genital segment pale, a little infuscate. 

 The shortwinged form has hyaline tegmina, with a large black 

 spot apically. 



Len'gth: 3^-4 mill (macropt.); 2^ mill (brac'hypt.) 



Hab: Queensland, Cairns (vii-viii) on grasses, casually on 

 sugar cane (Koebele's No. 2236). 



2. koebelei, sp. nov. 



Allied tO' the typical species, but larger and stouter, posterior 

 margin of pronotum less emarginate; tegminal granules much 



