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seven narrowly ferruginous, disk pubescent. Supra-anal lamina 

 of female slightly compressed, emarginate^ ciliate, lobes rounded. 

 Cerci very long. Subgenital plate with a deep, broad, medial 

 furrow, not free. 



Adult. Larvae. 



Length of body (female) ... 22 mm. 17-21 mm. 



Length of pronotum ... 6 " 5- 5"5 " 



Width of pronotum ... 11 " 9-9-5 " 



Habitat. — Northern Territory of South Australia. S.A. 

 Museum. 



Of this conspicuously-coloured species one adult and three 

 larval females were presented bv the Hon. Dr. S. J. Magarey in 

 1886. 



Drymaplaneta semicincta. Walker. 

 Periplaneta, Brit. Mus. Cat., 140. 



" Black, fusiform, smooth, shining, piceous beneath. Vertex, 

 labrum and palpi yellow ; antennae dark-red. A lateral yellow 

 stripe extending from the foremargin of pronotum to second or 

 third abdominal segment. Pronotum elongate, widening behind, 

 hindmargin straight. Elytra lobiform, luteous, hindmargin black. 

 Legs short, tarsi red towards the tips, or wholly black. Abdomen 

 with angles produced, acute. Supra-anal lamina truncate, 

 angles acute. Cerci long, lanceolate. 



Length of body (both sexes) ... 18-20 mm. 



Habitat. — Navigator's Isle ; Formosa. 



Drymaplaneta sexguttata. Walker. 



Per if I., ibid, 141. 



*' Black, elliptical, convex, smooth, shining. Sockets of 

 antennae and labrum piceous ; antennaa with a tawny, antemedial, 

 very broad band. Thoracic segments each with a white spot near 

 each hindangle. Pronotum subsemicircular, laterally very 

 minutely punctured. Meso- and meta-notum with the angles 

 slightly elongated. Elytra none. Legs short, thick, coxee 

 bordered white. Abdominal segments tuberculate, successively 

 more produced, acute ; beneath a broad, indeterminate stripe. 

 Supra-anal lamina entire. Styles long. 



Length of body (male) ... ... ... 13 mm. 



Habita.t. — Australia (perhaps a young larva)." 



Drymaplaneta semivitta, Walker. 



Peripl., ibid, 143. 



" Black, fusiform, smooth, shining. Head with a yellow ban 

 in front ; labrum yellow ; palpi pale yellow. Thoracic segment 

 laterally with a yellow stripe bordered black laterally, inner side 



