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centrally longitudinally carinate, and from the latitude of 
eyes a shorter carination on each side of central one, the whole 
of its surface more or less rugose, facial area strongly con- 
cave ; pronotum declivous, moderately gibbous at base. 
Long., incl. tegm., 12 mm. 
Hab, New South Wales ; Tamworth (Lea). 
Allied to L. froggatt?, Dist., but vertex of head apically 
broader and less acuminate, tegmina palely spotted, &c. 
Ledropsis acuminata, sp. n 
Head, pronotum, scutellum, body beneath, and legs more 
or leas fuscous brown; tibia obscurely palely annulated ; 
tegmina dull pale greyish brown, the venation, basal area, and 
three or four spots in oblique series before “middle fuscous 
brown ; basal margin of pronotum black; vertex of head 
much longer than pronotum, very strongly, centrally, longi- 
tudinally — earinate, on each side of which it is very de- 
clivous, near middle it distinctly narrows to apex, which is 
acute ; pronotum centrally longitudinally carinate ; scutellum 
coarsely tricarinate. 
Long., incl. tegm., 14 mm. 
Hab. Queensland ; Gayndah (Godeffroy Exped.). 
A very distinct species by the long and apically acute 
vertex of the head. 
GUDWANA, gen. nov. 
Vertex of head (in type) about as long as broad, above 
centrally longitudinally carinate, and in general as in Le- 
dropsis ; head beneath concave, face narrow, a little raised, 
and margined on each side by prominent and robust longi- 
tudinal ridges ; pronotum with the basal area gibbous and 
armed on each side with a very robust spine directed obliquely 
upwards, the basal margin concave; tegmina about three 
times longer than broad, not quite passing the abdominal 
apex ; legs robust. 
Allied to Ledropsis, but differing principally by the long 
and robustly spined pronotum. 
Gudwana typica, sp. n. 
Head, pronotum, scutellum, and body beneath ochraceous ; 
tegmina and legs pale ochraceous ; face between eyes centrally 
longitudinally black ; apices of the pronotal lateral spines 
castaneous ; tegmina with three pale ochraceous linear spots 
on veins above the middle of claval area ; vertex of head and 
