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One 



Platyzosteria armata, Tej->per. Eraser llange. One male, two 



females. 

 Platyzosteria albomarginata, Brunner. Barrow Range. One 



male. 

 Anamesia Lindsayi, Tepper. Everard Range. One male and 



female. 

 Pseudolanipra punctata, Tepper. Between A^ictoria Spring and 



Eraser Range. One pair of adults and one larva 

 Drymaplaneta obscuripes, Tepper. Eraser Range. 



mature male. 



Mantodea (Mantids). 



Mantis sp. 1. Victoria Desert. One specimen. It resembles 

 our common small green mantis, but is much smaller, &c. 



Mantis sp. 2. Eraser Range. Two adults and one larva. It 

 belongs to the type of M. latistylis, but different in many 

 characters. It also occurs in other parts of South Aus- 

 tralia. The native name is " Komvan," according to Mr. 

 Helms. 



PjiASMODKA (Stick-insects). 



Podaoantlius viridiroseus, Cast. xMurcliison. One female. 

 Podacanthus sp. Eraser Range. 



larvie. 

 Lopaphus (?) sp. Eraser Range. 

 Cyphocrania sf 



One male and four very younj 

 One female. 



Eraser Range. One female. Prt>l)ably 



dwarf form of C Pasymaclius, or closely allied. 



ACKIDIODEA (Conn:non Locusts, antennie short). 



Choriphistes sp. 



five females. 

 Cyrtacanthacris ex acta, 



specimens, 

 Tropinotus sp 



nymph. 



Victoria Desert, Eraser 

 Walker. 



Two males, 



Same as last. Three adult 



Eraser Range. One ynale, two females, one 

 Eraser and Barrier Ranges. Two adults and 



Eremobia (?) sp. 



one nymph. 

 Rhomalea (?) sp. Victoria Desert. One pair of adults, of which 



the collector remarks, that the colour of their body so well 



harmonised with the rocks or ground they frequent, that it 



is difficult to detect them. 

 Pachytilus (Epacromia) sp. Everard Range. One female ; a 



male from the Eraser Range appears to belong to the same 



species. Both are different from our common locust. 



According to the collector's note, the native name is 



" Yindilka." 



