Mr. W. li. Distant on Aii''fr,i!a.<iian Peiitiitomida?. 'Ml 



median fascia, a subiuaiginal lonf^itiulinal fascia extending 

 from behind eyes to apex of abdomen, a central longitudinal 

 fascia to stenmm and abdomen, coxaj, femora excluding 

 apices and rostrum, black ; antenuie testaceous, second aiul 

 tiiird joints subequal in length, fourtli aiul fifth also subccjual 

 but a little hnigcr and thicker than the tw(j preceding joints ; 

 above and beneath distinctly, coarsily, somewhat sjjarscly 

 punctate, some levigate macular areas at base of scutellum ; 

 tibiae finely setose; other structural characters as in generic 

 diagnosis. 



Long. 9i mm. 



liafj. North Australia ; Alexandria (/F. S/ulkcr, Miit. 

 Mus.), Ceutr. Australia; Ilermanusburg (//. J. Hillicr, IJrit. 

 Mus.). 



Ippatha ornata, sp. n. 



Head above black, thickly punctate, the lateral and apical 

 margins narrowly ochraccous ; eyes piccou.s ; pronotum pale 

 ochraceous, darkly punctate, the anterior margin jiale'y levi- 

 gate, behind which is a transverse black fascia laterally and 

 posteriorly palely levigatcly margined, the lateral marginal 

 areas are distinctly laininately rcHexed and behind eyes im- 

 puuctate; scutellum black, thickly coarsely punctate, with 

 three longitudinal [)ale ochraceous fascia;, one central, the 

 others lateral, the central levigate, the lateral sparsely 

 irregularly punctate; the exposed corium pale ochraceous, 

 darkly punctate ; body beneath black, more or less thickly 

 finely puuetate ; lateral margins of sternum and abdomen, a 

 bublateral fascia on each side of abdomen, acctabula and the 

 coxae very pale ochraceous, leviL:atc, excepting the acetabula 

 which arc darkly punctate ; legs testaceous, femora more 

 darkly macularly punctate; rostrum testaceous, its apex 

 piceous and reaching the posterior coxte ; antenuie testaceous, 

 second joint longer than third, fourth and fifth longest and 

 subi-qual in length. 



Long. 5^ mm. 



J Jab. Queensland ; Peak Downs. 



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Genus Dandixus. 



DanJmtu, Dist. Auu. & Mji^. Nat, Hist. (7) .xiii. p. 2r>4 (l!K)4). 

 Teitricoidet, Schout. Ann. S<jc. Kut. Helg. xlix. p. 144 (lyOo) ; id. iu 

 Wytsm. Gen. Ina. fasc. 30, p. 26 (1905;. 



Dr. Schouteden, to whom we are indebted for an excellent 

 revision of the Cira[)hosornatinie, piaci-d his genus in that 

 subfamily of the Peutatomidie; 1 had preriouslv placed it in 



