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transverse veinlets. Abdomen dull brownish, margin pale ; 

 underside concolorous. Cerci broadly lanceolate, 12-jointed, pale 

 above, with the margin narrowly black towards the apex, and 

 the underside with narrow pale bands. Subgenital lamina of 

 female with a black dot at the apex. 



Female. 

 Length of body ... ... ... 9 mm. 



Length of elytra ... ... ... 10 -5 " 



Length of pronotum ... ... ... 3 " 



Width of pronotum ... ... ... 4 " 



Habitat. — Kangaroo Island in the early part of March. 

 Beverley, Western Australia ; February (presented by Mr. J. 

 W. 0. Tepper). S.A. Museum. 



ISCHXOPTERA COXTRARIA, S/;eC. IIOV. 



Pale dusky yellowish. Head pale, occiput narrowly pale- 

 brownish, face with two larger oval brownish spots between the 

 antennaj, and three minute ones below them. Last joint of 

 palpi brown. Pronotum almost round, margin almost colourless, 

 dark pale-yellow, with two narrow, oblique piceous stripes irregul- 

 arly sinuate, wide apart in front near the middle of the disk 

 and close behind, in front of each a small broAvnish figure com- 

 posed of three short vittae resembling an arrowhead directed 

 sideways. Elytra concolorous, radial and ulnar veins parallel. 

 Wings pellucid. Abdomen above very pale, below with short, 

 very slender, black lines at the base of the ventral segment, and 

 beyond them with a row of minute dark dots on each side. 

 Cerci pale. 



Male. 



Length of body 13 mm. 



Length of elytra 20 " 



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



Width of pronotum ... ... ... 3*2 " 



Habitat. — Murray Bridge, South Australia. On shrubs of 

 Aster axillaris, end of November. S.A. Museum. 



ISCHNOPTERA OBSCURA, SJ^eC nOV. 



Brownish yellow. Head and face deep-brown, except the pale 

 space near the antennae. Pronotum almost round, fore and 

 lateral margins narrowly pale, pellucid, disk and hindmargin 

 deep-brown. Elytra subcoriaceous, veins brown, membrane pale, 

 pellucid ; radial vein separated from ulnar, blackish towards the 

 base, both veins parallel. Wings pale, pellucid. Abdomen pale 

 above, with dusky lateral spots, darker below as well as the legs. 

 Cerci setose, banded brownish. 



