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Tettigia, Am. 



(28) T. burkei, Dist., Proc. Zool. Soc, 1882, p. 126, 

 pi. vii., figs. 3<7 and h. Hah. — Northern Queensland. 



(29) T. hillij Ashton. Hah. — Northern Territory (see 

 appendix). 



Tamasa, Dist. 



(30) T. tristigma, Germ., Silb. Rev. Ent., ii., p. 69, 

 1834. Hah. — Queensland. 



G.eana, Am. and Serv. 



(31) G. maculata, Drury, Ins., ii., -p. 68, pi. xxxvii., 

 fig. i., 1773. Hah. — Northern Territory ( ?). There are three 

 specimens, two labelled India, one Northern Territory. Per- 

 sonally I very much doubt whether the species, common in 

 India, commoner in China, has an Australian habitat at all. 



Venustrta, God. and Frogg. 



(32) V. superha, God. and Frogg., Proc. Linn. Soc, 

 N.S.W., 1904, p. 597, pi. xix., fig. la. Ha h. —Queensland. 



Abejcta, Stal. 



(33) A. curvicosta, Germ., Silb. Ent. Rev., ii., p. 66, 

 1834. Hab.—New South Wales. 



(34) A. ruber, God. and Frogg., Proc. Linn. Soc, 

 N.S.W., 1904, p. 600. Hah.— New South Wales (?). The 

 authors record this species only from the Northern Territory. 



(35) A. aurata, Walk., List. Horn., i., p. 215, 1850. 

 Hah. — New South Wales. 



(36) A. willsi, Dist., Proc. Zool. Soc, Lond., p. 124, 

 pi. vii., figs. 4a and h. 1882. Hah. — Northern Queensland, 

 North-western Australia. 



(37) A. rufonigra, ii. sp. (pi. xvii., fig. 6). Allied to 

 A. stalkeri and A. willsi, Dist., in tegminal markings. Body 

 above a deep reddish-black, somewhat greyishly pilose, meso- 

 notum with two subcentral anterior fasciae of grey hair, lateral 

 margins of same also marked with a line of similar pile. 

 Chest beneath very much covered with hair. Long., 20 mm. ; 

 exp. teg., 62 mm. Hah. — Western Australia: Cue. 



(38) A. castanea, Dist., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., xvi., 

 p. 27, 1905. Hah. — Northern Territory, Queensland. There 

 is one typical specimen of the rather pale-chestnut colour 

 described by Distant. This comes from the Northern Territory. 

 In addition there is a variation from Queensland with the 

 castaneous colour of the head and pronotum very much 

 darker, and with the first two tegminal anastomoses distinctly 

 infuscated. A third variety, collected by the Calvert 



