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Anamesia Frenchii, sjjec. not: 



Dark chestnut, margin yellow all round, inner limb scallopod ; 

 texture coarse. Head with vertex and face reddish brown, a 

 broad band between the antennae, cheeks and mouth-parts 

 yellowish, antennae pale reddish. Pronotum rugulose, finely 

 wrinkled, with distant impressed dots ; angles rounded, hind- 

 margin rather convex. Meso- and meta-notum similar, angles 

 produced, hindmargin narrowly dark brown. Abdomen rugulose, 

 angles minutely produced, segments with transverse wrinkles and 

 irregular impressed dots ; hindmargin of segment six reddish 

 brown ; lateral lobes of segment eight large, rotundate, yellow. 

 Underside dark chestnut, legs ochreous yellow. Supra-anal lamina 

 broad, quadrilateral, angles obtuse, rough, blackish, with a 

 yellowish transverse band in middle. Cerci lanceolate, longer 

 than lamina, yellow. Subgenital lamina of male transverse, 

 hindmargin straight, styles pale, scarcely longer, apex black, 

 inserted at the base. 



:^iale. 

 Length of body ... ... ... ... 28 mm. 



Length of pronotum ... ... ... 7 " 



Width of pronotum ... ... ... 15 " 



Width of abdomen ... ... ... 16 " 



Habitat. — Korth Queensland (S.A. Museum). The handsome 

 specimen was presented by C. French, Esq., F.L.S., the enthusi- 

 astic and zealous State Entomologist of Victoria, and has been 

 named in his honour. 



POLYZO&TERIA, BuTin. 



Handb. II., 482, 1839; Bruiiner, Syt., 203, 1865. Feriplaneta, 

 Erichson, Wiegm. Arch. YIIL, 247, 1847. Walk., Brit., Mus. 

 Cat., 152, 1868. 



Body broadly oval to elliptical, convex above. Pronotum semi- 

 circular, straight behind, angles acute. Elytra none, wings none. 

 Legs short, rather stout. Tarsi with first joint as long as the two 

 following ones together. Supra-anal lamina of male transverse, 

 straight behind. Cerci smooth, depressed, lanceolate, usually 

 distinctly longer than supra-anal lamina. 



The species of the genus are all diurnal in habit so far as 

 known. The greater number inhabit Australia, a few extending 

 to the Malay Archipelago, Mexico, and West Indies. Of the 22 

 species described by Brunner only four are extra- Australian. Of 

 the 50 recorded by Walker several have been transferred by me 

 to other genera, and many more may also possibly belong else- 

 where. Brunner's subgenus Platyzosteria I have ventured to 

 raise to full generic rank and added some other new genera, from 

 all of which Polyzosteria, as limited by me, differs widely in form 

 and habits. 



