Mr. W. L. Distant on Ilomoptera. 421 



Melampsalta murrayensis, sp. n. 



cJ . Vertex, front, pronotum, and mesonotum black ; a 

 small central elongate spot between and a similar one in front 

 of ocelli, a central longitudinal line on anterior half of pro- 

 notum, and two linear discal spots to mesonotum, dull ochra- 

 ceous; lateral posterior margins of pro- and mesonota, and 

 base of cruciform elevation, pale ocliraceous ; abdomen orange- 

 yellow, above with two transverse basal fascia; and three 

 longitndinal segmental scries of four spots each, one series 

 central, the other two lateral ; head beneath and sternum 

 black ; legs ocliraceous, femora and coxa3 strongly streaked 

 with black ; rostrum reaching the posterior coxa? ; opercula 

 small, rounded, not extending inwardly beyond tiie posterior 

 coxai, not backwardly beyond the base of abdomen ; tegniina 

 with the bases of lower vein to radial area and upper vein to 

 lower ulnar area fused for less than the length of basal cell. 



Long., excl. tegm., c?, 11 mm.; exp. tegm. 30 mm. 



Hah. Victoria J N.W. Murray liiver (C French, Jan.), 



Melampsalta sulcata, sp. n. 



^ . Vertex and front black, greyishly pilose; basal lateral 

 margins of vertex and a spot on lateral margins of vertex 

 sanguineons ; a longitudinal sulcation between the ocelli 

 testaceous } pronotum testaceous, centrally longitudinally 

 sulcate, submarginally narrowly piceous; mesonotum testa- 

 ceous, with four obconical black spots — two small, central, 

 and not extending far from anterior margin, and a larger one on 

 each lateral area reaching the anterior angles of the cruciform 

 elevation ; abdomen above testaceous, the segmental margins 

 sanguineous, a series of obscure fuscous segmental spots on 

 eacli lateral area ; body beneath and legs sanguineous, face 

 with two central, broad, longitudinal, black faseiie, united 

 anteriorly ; the cheeks and area between face and eyes black, 

 thickly palely ])ilose; rostrum reaching the intermediate 

 coxEe, face medially longitudinally sulcate ; opercula narrow, 

 roundly obliquely directed inwardly, but widely separated ; 

 tegmina and wings hyaline, tale-likc, their bases narrowly 

 sanguineous, the venation dull greyish ; tegmina with the 

 bases of the lower vein to radial area and the upper vein to 

 lower ulnar area fused for a little less than the length of basal 

 cell. 



Long., excl. tegm., J", 13 mm. ; exp. tegm. 37 mm. 



llab. Cape York. 



