]\Ir. W, L. D!>(;uit on Homojilera. 



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round apical inar^in ; winj^s iniicli less tliaii halt" llic Icii^^fli 

 of tegniina, fliscoi.lal areas Ion;; and narrow, a transverse 

 vein near iniddle ot' anal area ; apical areas four. 



Allied to ramendaiuin^ Di.-t. 



'J ype, S. /ii/(ili'iHit(i, Dist. 



]^y tlic sliapo ot" ilie pronotuni tins f^enus seems to be allied 

 to Uuni/eoce/'hu/us, Kiik., but the anteniuu are tiot "short " 

 as described in that ^enus, nor are the lateral areas of the 

 pronotuni " toliaceous, recurved, pmctically enclosin;^ the 

 antenna?." The only reference to the tegniina and win^^.s 

 ^iven b}' Kiikaldy is that the first are " elon<j;ate, narrow," 

 and the second are not rnentioiie I. It is therefore impossible 

 to locate the position of Basileoo-phalus in the Derbinai. 



Sikaiana hi/alinata, sp. n. 



Body and 1-gs very pale lawny yellow, slightly frieyishly 

 tomentose ; eyes black ; tegmina and wings pale hyaline, the 

 venation darker or more ochraceous; tegmina with some jiale 

 sanguineous spots on costal area, becoming more numerous 



Fiir. 1. 



• Sikaiana Jii/a/i/iafa, Dist. 



near apex, inner and apical margins a little clouded with pale 

 tuscous ; wings with the apical veins and the transverse vein 

 on anal area very slightly and palely fuscous. 



Long., e.xcl. tegm., 2 mm. ; exp. tegm. \l\ mm. 



JJul). Queensland (/''. i\ J^oi/d, Brit. Mus.'j. 



Sikiiana maculosa, sp. n. 



Head with the margins of veitex greyish white, the eyes 

 dark castaneous ; pronotum veiy | ale tawny; njesonotum 

 pale tawny browi", the carinations gieyish ; abdomen ab ive 



