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much reflexed, punctate, brown ; remainder of margin scarcely 
reflexed ; hindmargin slightly convex ; disk finely punctate 
v-shaped furrow rather deep, included space rugose. Elytra long, 
brown ; base of scapulary and the anal vein pale, other veins 
deep brown ; costal margin broad, punctate. Wings smoky, as 
long as the elytra. Posterior part of the coxe, the knees and 
tarsi testaceous. Abdomen rugosely punctate, hindangles of 
segments acute, slightly produced; base underneath reddish. 
Supra-anal lamina transverse, hindmargin rounded, crenulate : 
first tooth on each side larger and longer. Cerci_ thick, scarcely 
prominent, ciliate, testaceous; apex oval. Subgenital lamina 
very broad, subsemicircular, very rugose ; margin entire. Styles 
obsolete. Collection S.A. Museum. 
Length of body (male) ... 28 mm 
Length of elytra s3 2.0 °6* 
Length of pronotum Dae 
Width of pronotum 9-3 « 
Width of abdomen [a 
Habitat— Victoria. 
PARANAUPHOETA, Brunner, Syst. Blatt., 397. 
‘ Pronotum rotundate in front leaving the head free, truncate 
behind, disk depressed, flat. Elytra leaving scutellum free, nar 
rowed in the middle; veins distinct, anal vein attaining the 
middle of the sutural margin. Wings membranous. Legs 
slender. Abdomen elongate. Supra-anal lamina rounded. Cerci 
short, Subgenital lamina of male semiorbicular. Styles 
present.” , 
The five species of the genus belong to the Malayan Archi- 
pelago, but Saussure reports the following one from the Australian 
region :— 
PARANAUPHOETA RUFIPES, Brunner, Syst. Blatt., 400; Sass. 
(Mel. Orth., II., [54). 
“Small, black. Head and antenne dull black. Pronotum 
brownish black, bordered-with yellow in front and laterally, and 
two trigonal spots adjoining the hindmargin. Elytra reddish 
chestnut, base and middle with a yellow spot, foremargin testa- 
ceous, discoidal vein with two apical branches. Legs red, base 
brown. Abdomen brownish testaceous, beneath brownish black. 
Cerci styliform. 
Length of body (male)... See Se ae rivers 
Length of elytra te irs Paume | 
Length of pronotum ... ae Oo. 
Width of pronotum ... ae ee Qe eas 
Habitat—Ternate (Brunner) ; New Guinea” (Saussure). 
