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umbrimargo by the chestnut colour of the thorax, and by the 

 deeper infuscation of the tegmina and wings. The apical 

 veins also are very much more curved backwards than in 

 umbrimargo. 



Melampsalta, Am. 



(53) M. torrida, Erich., Arch., 1842, i., p. 286. Hab.— 

 Victoria, Tasmania. In the long series from Tasmania there 

 is considerable variation in colour, and even in shape, some 

 being very robust and short, and quite black. However, an 

 arrangement in series shows that it is all the one species. 

 Goding and Froggatt's female type of M. spinosa is an 

 immature specimen of torrida. The male type in the Macleay 

 Museum is a totally different species. 



(54) M. convergens, "Walk., List Horn., i., p. 114, 1850. 

 Hab. — South Australia, Western Australia. 



(55) M. labecidata, Dist., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 6, x. y 

 p. 66, 1892. Hab. — Queensland. 



(56) M. cingulata, Fabr., Syst. Ent., p. 680, 9, 1775. 

 Hab. — New Zealand. 



(57) M. tigris, n. sp. Male. Head with vertex black, 

 front testaceous, margins black, a spot on vertex testaceous. 

 Pronotum brownish-yellow, mottled about fissures with black, 

 a black keyhole central longitudinal stripe enclosing a pale- 

 yellow stripe. Mesonotum black, two subcentral inwardly 

 angulate spots yellow, lateral margins castaneous. Abdomen 

 black, with marginal broad stripes of orange-red, interrupted 

 on dorsal ridge. Tegmina vitreous, venation fuscous. First 

 two anastomoses deeply infuscated, a paler suffusion on apical 

 margin. Wings vitreous, basal margins red. Head beneath 

 black, face with central basal yellow fascia and margins yellow. 

 Thorax yellow, striped with black ; legs the same. Abdomen 

 yellow, with a broad central black longitudinal fascia reaching 

 to apical segment. Opercula rounded, not meeting centrally. 

 Long., 16 mm.; exp. teg., 44 mm. Hab. — South Australia 

 (Rev. A. P. Burgess). 



(58) M. apicata, n. sp. Resembles M. labecidata, Dist., 

 in size and markings. Less robust in body, and not quite 

 so large as the average specimen of labeculata. May be easily 

 distinguished . by the very characteristic markings on the 

 tegmina, a broad smoky fascia extending along both the apical 

 anastomoses and becoming diffused over the first two apical 

 areas. Long., 20 mm.; exp. teg., 56 mm. Hab. — Western 

 Australia: Cue. 



The following species have the tegmina unmarked : — 



(59) M. abdominalis, Dist., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 6, 

 ix., p. 323, 1892. Hab. — South Australia. A smaller and 



