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bushes in March in November respectively, and were very swift 

 in their movements. The half -grown larva is almost concolorous. 

 The specific name is given as a slight token of gratitude to and 

 in honour of the late manager of the Karatta Station, Mr. W. 

 Harpur, whose ready and disinterested help and hospitality alone 

 enabled me to examine the south-western part of the island 

 (otherwise uninhabited) for several weeks. 



Balta, gen. nov. (Anagra.m). 



Body oblong. Antennae as long or longer than the body. 

 Pronotum flat, semicircular, wider than long, and not covering 

 the head. Scutellum free. Elytra abbreviated, extending to the 

 fifth or sixth segment of the abdomen, costal margin very much 

 rounded, hindmargin nearly straight, apex obtuse ; costal vein 

 indistinct or obsolete ; radial vein distinct, sinuous, with five 

 branches (one or two forked) ; ulnar vein with two branches ; 

 remainder wholly absent. Wings very rudimentary or none. 

 Tibia? compressed, not dilated, with long spines. Supra-anal 

 lamina of male transverse, subtriangular, emarginate and deeply 

 incised, lobes rounded ; of female much reduced. Cerci long, 

 ten- join ted. 



Balta epilampeoides, sp. nov. 



Size small. Obscurely pale yellowish. Pronotum smooth, 

 lateral margin broad, pellucid ; disk with medium line indistinct, 

 a short, oblique streak on each side, and several minute brownish 

 dots. Elytra with the veins and reticulations whitish, inter- 

 spaces brown. Abdomen of female with six undefined brown 

 stripes, hindmargin of several segments with black dots (Epi- 

 lampra-like), male paler than female, and scarcely marked. Un- 

 derside pale, lateral margin of abdomen with blackish spots, or 

 wholly dark. Cerci banded with piceous. 



Male. Female. 



Length of body ... ... 8 mm. 8-5-9 mm. 



Length of elytra 3-3 " 3-3-3-5 " 



Length of pronotum ... 2*3 " 2-3 " 



Width of pronotum ... 3-3 " 3-5 " 



Habitat. — Kangaroo Island (1886), Murray Scrub (1887). 

 One male, three females (S. A. Museum). 



The insect are diurnal, and were captured by me in November 

 on Acacia shrubs. 



Balta discalis. Walker, sp., Brit. Mus. Cat., 111. 

 " Black. Head and jDronotum thinly punctured. Base of 

 antennae, a dot between them, and a patch on each side, extend- 

 ing to the border, yellow. Pronotum with anterior and lateral 

 margin rounded, yellow, hindmargin straight. Elytra tawny, 



