402 ^h\ W. L. Distant on Ilomoptera. 



Long., excl. tegni.^ <? 4^ ? G mm. ; cxp. tegm., ^21, 

 $ HO mm. 

 J/„h. Queensland {F. P. Dodd, Brit. Mas.). 

 Allied to Z. Essiiujtoni, W'estw. 



Zuraida eiipcecila, sp. n. 



Head, antenna", pronotum, mesonotnm, scutellum, and 

 abdomen tawny brown ; sternum and legs stramineous ; 

 caritiations to pronotum and mesonotum distinctly paler and 

 pale ocliraceous in hue ; eyes black ; tegmina very pale 

 fuliginous, subhyaline, infuscated on basal area, where there 

 is a distinct white spot beneath radial area, veins fuscous, 

 costal area greyish white, with an elongate fuscous spot near 

 middle and another nearer apical area; beneath the costal 

 area the colour is narrowly fuscous, broken with a large 

 creamy-white spot just before the second dark spot in costal 

 area, costal margin at apex testaceous, and the ai)ical margin 

 creamy white, before the latter a transverse seiies of four 

 small t'uscous spots placed on tl;e veins, a large fuscous spot 

 at end of clavus; wings very pale fuliginous, with the veins 

 fu-cous ; second joint of antenna robust, as long as head and 

 thorax togetiier. 



Long., excl. tegm., 6 mm. ; exp. t-^gm. 22 mm. 



Hah. Queensland; Kuranda [b\ P. Dodd^ Brit. ]\ru3.). 



Zoraida consanguinea, sp. n. 



Allied to Z. eiipoecila, and differing principally by tlie 

 tegmina, which are very much more broadly and regularly 

 iuscous beneath the costal area, the latter creamy white, w itli 

 three elongate fuscous spots on Lasal tiiird, subaj)ical trans- 

 verse spots obsolete, veins todiscoidal areas more transversely 

 and less longitudinally oblique. 



Long., excl. tegm., 4 mm. ; exp. tegm. 18-23 mm. 



ILib. Queensland {F. P. Dodd, Brit. Mus.). 



Zoraida cydisla, sp. n. 



Head (including eyes) ferruginous bro^n ; thorax above 

 stramineous, mesonotum a little transversely piceous near 

 base; scutellum cretaceously white; abdomen above testa- 

 ceous, basal half of disk cretaceously white; body beneath 

 and legs stramineous; tegmina hyaline, venation fuscous; 

 costa, costal and subcostal veins purplish red, beyond middle 

 the s|)aces between these veins are piceous; beneath and 

 attached to the lower red veins some piceous spots, of which 



