582 ON SOME AUSTKALlAN ANlSOPTEHA, 



Coloiir dark chocolate-brown to black, marked as fcjjlows with 

 green — 1, green 'with two basal brown spots; 2, a fine dorsal cross 

 made of four separate parts, of which the basal upright is sub- 

 triangular, the rest being lines; an apical transverse band; sides 

 largely green; 3-6, black, with a pair of large apical spots nearly 

 meeting dorsally; 7, similar but with smaller spots; 8-10 black. 

 Appendages 1 mm., pointed, black. Ovipositor ending in a semi- 

 circular cutting edge armed with about fourteen serrated spines, 

 and projecting slightly beyond end of abdomen. 



Hah. — Kuranda, Cairns, Cooktown, Herberton, and Atherton, 

 N.Q. December to January. 



Types: (J$, Coll. Tillyard((J, Kuranda, January, 1905, taken 

 by myself; 9, Kuranda, January, 1908, taken by Mr. F. P. 

 Dodd). 



The series of six males and three females in my collection, 

 shows considerable variation in size. 



•Subfamily P E T A L u R l.N iE. 



10. Petalura pulcherrima, n.sp. 



^. Total letujth 104, abdoviett ll , forewing 58, hindiving 57, 

 expanse 0/ wings 122 mm. 



Wings: tieuration black, strong; jjterostiyma narrow, black, 

 forewing 11, hindwing 12 mm. Head: e^e*- nearly black, 2mm. 

 apart across occiput; ocelli conspicuous; antennre 4 mm., slender, 

 black; vertex and base ol front h\iX(i\i; front yellow, with a large fiat 

 triangular black patch next clypeus; postclyipeus wGvy dsirV brown, 

 with a yellow patch on each side; anteclypeus very dark brown; 

 labrum bright yellow, bordered with black along mouth; gence 

 yellow; labium yellowish (Plate Ixii., fig.13). Thorax: prothorax 

 very narrow, hairy, black, with a conspicuous narrow yellow collar 

 behind. Meso- and metathorax dark bi-own, with a pair of sub- 

 triangular curved yellowish dorsal bands close up to dorsal ridge 

 (Plate Ixii., fig. 14); sides brown, with two bix)ad parallel straight 

 yellow bands. Leys black, large, strong; measurements of femur, 

 tibia and tarsus: fore, 9, 9, 4-5; middle, 12, 9, 5; hind, 16, 11, 

 5-5 mm. respectively. Abdomen slender; breadth at 1-2, 



