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Insects Collected in the North-western Region 
OF South Australia Proper by H. Basedow; with 
Descriptions of New Species of Mantid/e and 
PHASMID/E.— No. 2. 
By J. G. O. Tepper, F.L.S., F.S.Sc, etc. 
[Read October 3, 1905.] 
The insects were collected incidentally during the pro- 
gress of an expedition fitted out to examine the mineraiogi- 
cal, geological, and economic conditions of this hitherto little 
visited part of the State, and was engaged in that work 
from March to November, 1903. The Coleoptera were prin- 
cipally identified by the Rev. Thomas Blackburn, and the 
Lepidoptera by Mr. O. Lower, the author being responsible 
for the remainder. The collector, not having much time or 
adequate facilities at disposal, accounts for the comparative 
meagreness and not quite satisfactory state of the specimens 
in some cases. The latter, however, were often supplemented 
by such obtained previously from neighbouring regions. As 
it is, the collection, as the first made there, is of some im- 
portance in respect of geographical distribution, filling uj) a 
considerable gap, and has been deposited by the collector m 
the South Australian Public Museum. 
The present list only comprises the Orthoptera, with 
supplementary descriptions of new species, in addition 
to previously published ones, and accounts for the greater 
part of the collection, as shown by the appended synopsis. 
The rest of the collection embraces the following 
identified species: — Hymenoptera — Chrysis, sp., Camponotus 
testaceijjes (Smith), Iridomyrmex glaher (Sm.), Bothroponera 
piliventris (Sm.), Myrmecia mnguinea (Sauss), Mutilla rugi- 
collis (Sauss), Eumenes hicincta (Sauss), Megachyle Blark- 
hurni (Frogg.), Saropoda hamhiformis (Sm.). Odonata— 
Hemianax papuensis (Burm.), and Lestes, sp. The remain- 
der of these contain species not previously represented in the 
Museum. 
General Synopsis. 
Coleoptera 
57 
genera 
,87 
species. 
211 
Lepidoptera 
31 
j> 
39 
35 
108 
Hymenoptera 
13 
jj 
20 
J3 
31 
Orthoptera 
27 
j> 
37 
J > 
67 
Odonata and Neu- 
roptera 
6 
? J 
6 
3 J 
11 
Hemiptera 
7 
) J 
15 
)J 
21 
Diptera 
2 
>j 
2 
J> 
2 
143 ,, 206 ,, 451 
