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Siiiara Distam 1906 J'aiin. Ind. Rh. III. 478, (type fcstira). 



1 think these are all s}nonymous. Tibiae apically with 5 short, 

 black, ecjual spines as viewed ventrally ; spur short. l:)road' a 

 little concave on one side, without teeth. 



Male: ]:)vo-ophor with one spine on or near the li]) in the mid- 

 dle. 



There are about a dozen species, distributed from Southern 

 Europe to South Africa and to Australia and Japan. The three 

 Australian forms may be differentiated as follows: (in all three, 

 the tegminal veins are granulate and more or less hairy). 



1 Nodule near the apex of median vein conspicuous, much 

 larger than the one near the apex of radial, the median no- 

 dule split into two small ones which are not contiguous. 

 Teg-mina more or less dark with hyaline spots (2) 



la The brachial nodules seem a little uncertain. Tegmina pale, 

 concolorous. Nodules are small, not very conspicuous. . . . 

 3 hamadryas 



2 A'ertex about twice as long as pronotum. clavus dark 

 smoky 2 dryas 



2a \'ertex little longer than pronotum. Clavus dark smoky 

 but widely pale greenish along the sutural margin, i cxiuiius 



I. c.viinius (Lvirkaldy). 

 PI. XI 1. figs, s-7- and IM. X\ir, hgs. 15-16. 



Add: Clavus more or less widely pale greenish along the 

 sutural margin. Tegmina granulated with wdiitish, with short, 

 stiff hairs. Genae black- clypeus pale. Antennae pale, marked 

 with black. 



The ma'e pygophor is figured (PI. XVil. figs. 15-16), but 

 neither the artist nor myself has been quite able to make out the 

 structure and 1 think the interior is partly filled with excretion. 

 1 have not had sufficient material for dissection. The lateral 

 margins of the pxgophor are greatly sinuate, being produced 

 about the middle and also very curiously towards the dorsum. 

 There is one rather blunt spine near the lip. The genital styles 

 are slender and curve inwards somewhat. There are also two 

 smaller spines dorsal of these, which seem to be appendages 

 of the oedeagus. 



Length 3^-4 mill. 



Hab. Queensland. Cairns (July-Aug., P.). 



