408 :Mr. W. L. Distant on Ilomoptora. 



Var. — Tegmiua witli an irregular piceous fascia extending 

 from the basal spot to near apex of inner margin. 

 Long., excl, tegm., 3^ mm. ; exp. tegm. 10 mm. 

 Hub. Queensland ; Kuranda {F. P. Dodd, Brit. Mus.). 



Makula, gen. nov. 



Vertex of head broad, moderately produced in front of 

 eyes, triangularly foveate on disk, lateral areas of head broad, 

 compressed, face narrow, curved downward, not continuous 

 with the clypeus, which is very robust ; pronotum very 

 narrow ; mesonotum elongate, tricarinate, the central carina- 

 tion straight and almost percurrent, the lateral carinations 

 short and curved inwardly; legs simple; tegmina about 

 tiiree times as long as broad, costal mai-gin sinuate, apex 

 obtusely rounded, two series of transverse veins, the tirst a 

 little beyond middle, and non-continuous, defining five 

 discoidai areas, the second series more continuous, subapical, 

 and enclosing the apical areas ; wings shorter and broader 

 than the tegmina. 



Type, M. ornata, Dist. 



Makula ornafa, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, scutellum, body beneath, and legs stra- 

 mineous ; abdomen above fuscous, the lateral areas and apex 



Fitr. 5. 



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MaJcula ornata, Dist. 



stramineous ; tegmina greyish white, subhyaline, a large 

 oblique spot before middle, commencing near inner margin 



