'My. W. L. Distant on Ilomoptera. 421 



Melavipsalta murrayensis, sp. n. 



(J . Vertex, front, pronotum, and mesonotum black ; a 

 small central elongate spot between and a similar one in front 

 ot' ocelli, a central longitudinal line on anterior half of pro- 

 notum, and two linear discal spots to mesonotum, dull oclira- 

 ceous; lateral posterior margins of pro- and mesonota, and 

 base of cruciform elevation, pale ocliraceous ; abdomen orange- 

 yellow, above with two transverse basal fasciaB and three 

 longitudinal segmental series of four spots each, one series 

 central, the other two lateral ; head beneath and sternum 

 black ; legs ocliraceous, femora and coxa3 strongly streaked 

 with black ; rostrum reaching the posterior coxa}; opercula 

 small, rounded, not extending inwardly beyond the posterior 

 00X32, not backwardly beyond the base of abdomen ; tegmina 

 with the bases of lower vein to radial area and upper vein to 

 lower ulnar area fused for less than the length of basal cell. 



Long., excl. tegm., cJ , 11 mm.; exp. tegm. 30 mm. 



Hab. Victoria; N.W. Murray River (C. French, Jan.). 



Melampsalta sulcata, sp. n. 



S . Vertex and front black, greyishly pilose; basal lateral 

 margins of vertex and a spot on lateral margins of vertex 

 sanguineous ; a longitudinal sulcation between the ocelli 

 testaceous] pronotum testaceous, centrally longitudinally 

 sulcate, submarginally narrowly piceous ; mesonotimi testa- 

 ceous, with four obconical black spots — two small, central, 

 and not extending far from anterior margin, and a larger one on 

 each lateral area reaching the anterior angles of the cruciform 

 elevation ; abdomen above testaceous, the segmental margins 

 sanguineous, a series of obscure fuscous segmental spots on 

 each lateral area ; body beneath and legs sanguineous, face 

 with two central, broad, longitudinal, black fascite, united 

 anteriorly ; the cheeks and area between face and eyes black, 

 thickl}^ palely ))ilose; rostrum reaching the intermediate 

 coxai, face medially longitudinally sulcate ; opercula narrow, 

 roundly obliquely directed inwardly, but widely separated ; 

 tegmina and wings hyaline, talc-like, their bases narrowly 

 sanguineous, the venation dull greyish ; tegmina with the 

 bases of the lower vein to radial area and the upi)er vein to 

 lower ulnar area fused for a little less than the length of basal 

 cell. 



Long., excl. tegm., c? , 13 mm. ; exp. tegm. 37 mm. 



llab. Cape York. 



