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Desudaba Psittacus. 

 Nigra, subtus pallida ; metathorax et abdomen basi mfo strigata ; 

 abdomen viride, basi nigrum ; pedes picei ; alee anlica nigri- 

 cantes, apice fusca? nigro gutlatce ; posticce vilrea?, basi coc- 

 einea j'usco marginatce. 



Black, pale beneath ; some red streaks on the metathorax and 

 on the base of the abdome^ Abdomen bright green, black at the 

 base. Legs mostly piceous. Fore wings blackish, brown wilh 

 a few black dots towards the tips. Hind wings vitreous, towards 

 the base bright crimson, with a dark brown border which is widened 

 hindward, paler brown about the interior border; veins black. 

 Length of the body 4—5 lines; of the wings 11—13 lines. 



a. Australia. From Mr. St range's collection. 



b—d. Moreton Bay. Presented by — Gibbons, Esq. 



Subtribe DYCTIOPHOROIDES, Cat. Horn. p. 303. 



/ * Genus PLEGMATOPTEPtA ? Cat. Horn. p. 303. 



Head much narrower than the thorax; vertex conical, flat, 

 with a slightly elevated border, and with a very short and slight 

 keel between two tubercles ; front nearly twice longer than broad, 

 with three slight keels ; the lateral keels slightly converging towards 

 the face, where the face increases a little in breadth ; face lanceo- 

 late, with a slight keel. Prothorax conical, very concave on the 

 hind border, with one keel. Mesothorax with three keels. Legs 

 long, slender ; hind tibia? spinose. Wings vitreous, rather broad. 

 Fore wings with few veins, but with extremely numerous and irre- 

 gular veinlets, which abound most along the costa, and form areo- 

 lets of very varying size and shape ; towards the tips the veinlets 

 and areolets are regular. Hind wings with comparatively few 

 veinlets and areolets. 



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Plegmatoptera prasina? 

 Testaceo-viridis ; caput linea antica transversa nigra ; aim vilrea, 

 venis viridibus ; antica apud costam convexce, stigmate viridi 

 venidas septcm includente. 



Plegmatoptera prasina ? Spinola, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. viii. 2H6, pi. 14 

 f. 2. .' 



