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centrally longitudinally carinate, and from the latitude of 

 ejes a shorter carination on each side of central one, the whole 

 of its surface more or less rugose, facial area strongly con- 

 cave ; pronotum declivous, moderately gibbous at base. 



Long., inch tegm., 12 mm. 



Hah. NeAv South Wales ; Tarn worth [Led). 



Allied to L. froggatti, Dist., but vertex of head apically 

 broader and less acuminate, tegmina palely spotted, &c. 



Ledropsis acuminata, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, scutellum, body beneath, and legs more 

 or less fuscous brown ; tibiae obscurely palely annulated ; 

 tegmina dull pale greyish brown, the venation, basal area, and 

 three or four spots in oblique scries before middle fuscous 

 brown ; basal margin of pronotum black ; vertex of head 

 much longer than pronotum, very strongly, centrally, longi- 

 tudinally carinate, on each side of which it is very de- 

 clivous, near middle it distinctly narrows to apex, which is 

 acute ; pronotum centrally longitudinally carinate ; scutellum 

 coarsely tricarinate. 



Long., inch tegm., 14 mm. 



Hab. Queensland ; Gayndah {Godeffroy Exped.). 



A very distinct species by the long and apically acute 

 vertex of the head. 



GUDWANA, gen. nov. 



Vertex of head (in type) about as long as broad, above 

 centrally longitudinally carinate, and in general as in Le- 

 dropsis; head beneath concave, face narrow, a little raised, 

 and margined on each side by prominent and robust longi- 

 tudinal ridges ; pronotum with the basal area gibbous and 

 armed on each side with a very robust spine directed obliquely 

 upwards, the basal margin concave ; tegmina about three 

 times longer than broad, not quite passing the abdominal 

 apex ; legs robust. 



Allied to Ledrojjsis, but differing principally by the long 

 and robustly spined pronotum. 



Gudwana typica^ sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, scutellum, and body beneath ochraceous; 

 tegmina and legs pale ochraceous ; face between eyes centrally 

 longitudinally black ; apices of the pronotal lateral spines 

 castaneous ; tegmina with three pale ochraceous linear spots 

 on veins above the middle of claval area ; vertex of head and 



