﻿408 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  F. 
  Kiiby's 
  notes 
  uii 
  the 
  

  

  hincTermost 
  reacliing 
  the 
  occiput. 
  A 
  large 
  reddish 
  frontal 
  ocellus 
  

   on 
  the 
  face 
  between 
  the 
  lower 
  borders 
  of 
  the 
  eyes. 
  Antennae 
  

   chocolate-brown 
  towards 
  the 
  base, 
  black 
  beyond, 
  with 
  pale 
  rings 
  at 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  regular 
  intervals. 
  Pronotum 
  chocolate-brown, 
  rugose- 
  

   punctate, 
  with 
  two 
  rather 
  deep 
  incisions 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  the 
  lateral 
  

   carinas 
  bordered 
  with 
  pale, 
  especially 
  in 
  front. 
  Tegmina 
  brown, 
  

   with 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  pale 
  blotches 
  about 
  the 
  middle, 
  and 
  some 
  small 
  

   scattered 
  pale 
  dots. 
  "Wings 
  fusco-hyaline, 
  maiked 
  with 
  brown 
  at 
  

   the 
  tips. 
  Legs 
  varied 
  with 
  rufous-brown, 
  femora 
  darker. 
  Four 
  

   front 
  femora 
  unarmed, 
  their 
  tibiae 
  with 
  very 
  fine 
  spines 
  ; 
  hind 
  

   femora 
  strongly 
  thickened, 
  with 
  some 
  small 
  spines 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  

   above. 
  Six 
  spines 
  on 
  the 
  outside 
  ; 
  those 
  on 
  the 
  inside 
  rather 
  

   larger, 
  and 
  more 
  numerous, 
  extending 
  further 
  towards 
  the 
  base. 
  

   Cerci 
  thick, 
  curved 
  inwards, 
  nearly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  subgenital 
  plale, 
  

   which 
  is 
  triangularly 
  emarginate 
  at 
  the 
  extremity. 
  Long. 
  corp. 
  

   25 
  millim. 
  ; 
  al. 
  ant. 
  long. 
  40 
  ; 
  lat. 
  10 
  ; 
  al. 
  post. 
  long. 
  39 
  ; 
  lat. 
  

   17 
  millim. 
  ; 
  fern. 
  post. 
  43 
  millim. 
  ; 
  tib. 
  j)ost. 
  38 
  millim. 
  

   Hah. 
  Queensland. 
  B. 
  M. 
  

  

  A 
  small 
  species, 
  with 
  rather 
  long, 
  narrow, 
  and 
  pointed 
  

   wings 
  and 
  tegmina. 
  

  

  10. 
  Mecopoda 
  regina, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Female. 
  Brown 
  ; 
  head 
  behind 
  the 
  eyes 
  above, 
  and 
  below 
  them, 
  

   pale 
  ; 
  pronotum 
  deeply 
  incised 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  and 
  its 
  front 
  lobe 
  with 
  

   a 
  slight 
  additional 
  indentation 
  on 
  each 
  side. 
  Hind 
  lobe 
  almost 
  

   rectangular 
  at 
  the 
  sides, 
  and 
  slightly 
  bordered 
  with 
  paler. 
  Antennte 
  

   blackish, 
  with 
  pale 
  rings 
  at 
  regular 
  intervals, 
  those 
  towards 
  the 
  

   base 
  narrowest. 
  Tegmina 
  brown, 
  irregularly 
  varied 
  with 
  pale 
  

   grey, 
  rather 
  narrow 
  towards 
  the 
  base, 
  wider 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle, 
  

   the 
  apex 
  somewhat 
  pointed. 
  Wings 
  rather 
  narrow, 
  fiisco-hj-ahue. 
  

   Front 
  legs 
  wanting 
  ; 
  middle 
  femora 
  lauarmed 
  ; 
  middle 
  tibiae 
  with 
  

   two 
  rows 
  of 
  small 
  spines 
  beneath, 
  and 
  a 
  single 
  row 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  

   sirrface. 
  Hind 
  femora 
  much 
  thickened 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  with 
  several 
  

   strong 
  yellowish 
  tubercles 
  above, 
  on 
  and 
  within 
  the 
  central 
  carina 
  ; 
  

   beneath, 
  an 
  outward 
  row 
  of 
  small 
  tubercles, 
  and 
  an 
  inner 
  row 
  of 
  

   short 
  spines. 
  Hind 
  tibiae 
  with 
  a 
  double 
  row 
  of 
  short 
  strong 
  spines 
  

   on 
  the 
  upper 
  surface, 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  small 
  ones 
  at 
  long 
  intervals 
  

   beneath, 
  on 
  the 
  hinder 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  the 
  tibiae. 
  Long. 
  corp. 
  cum 
  

   ovipos. 
  59 
  millim. 
  ; 
  ovip. 
  23; 
  al. 
  ant. 
  long. 
  65; 
  lat. 
  IG; 
  al. 
  post, 
  

   long. 
  63 
  ; 
  lat. 
  28 
  ; 
  fem. 
  post. 
  56 
  millim. 
  ; 
  tib. 
  post. 
  55 
  millim. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Duke 
  of 
  York 
  Island. 
  13. 
  M. 
  

  

  Much 
  resembles 
  the 
  description 
  of 
  M. 
  cyrtoscelis, 
  

  

  