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tip. Thorax dark brown dorsally, laterally and ventrally, 

 paler, yellowish brown to greyish brown. Prothorax about 

 three times broader than long, traversed by some sulci, 

 and with long brownish black spines along the front mar- 

 gin. Abdomen subcylindrical, dark brown above, brow- 

 nish yellow on the venter and at the apex. Legs yellow 

 in the male, greyish yellow in the female; the basal third 

 of fore and intermediate tibiae greyish black; the tip of 

 hind tibiae and of the tarsal joints narrowly blackish ban- 

 ded. Claws with 6 — 7 fine teeth on their inferior side. 

 Wings hyaline, longitudinal nervures and basal cross veins 

 brownish yellow; the rest of the cross veins whitish. All 

 cellules in fore wing except those in the costal and sub- 

 costal areas with a pale smoky grey tinge, which does 

 not touch the cross veins, but nearly always the longitu- 

 dinal veins; the apical part of fore wings therefore seems 

 to be transversely banded. In .the J the rostrum is 

 nearly as broad at the tip as the distance between the 

 eyes, laterally with two incisions, a smaller one near the 

 tip and a broader one about in the middle. Maxillary 

 palpi brownish yellow, densely long-haired; 3rd joint 

 stout and a little curved. In the 9 the rostrum is more 

 narrowed towards apex; 3rd joint of maxillary palpi not 

 thicker than the other joints. 



Length of forewing 17 mm, of hind wing 15 mm. 

 One male and one female, Brisbane, H. Hacker, 11. 5. 

 12, in my collection (ex Coll. Tilly ard). 



Neobittacus gen. nov. 

 Eyes wide apart below the antennae. Win'gs long 

 and slender with falcate apex, strongly decorated with 

 bands and dots. Costal area with about 5 cross veins. 

 In the subcostal area the apical cross vein is placed at 

 the end of subcosta. First anal vein joins the hind mar- 

 gin far beyond fork of media. Cubital area very narrow. 

 Subgenital plate in the 9 l^rge, strongly haired. Basal 



