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^s long as the cell, posterior cross-vein about its own length 

 distant from the mid, which is longer than the posterior ; scales 

 brown. 



Halteres with pale stem, fuscous knob with creamy scales. 



Length. — 5 • 2 to 5*5 mm. 



$ . Palpi deep brown, hair-tufts deep brown ; antennae 

 with deep brown plume-hairs. Head and thorax as in the 

 female ; pro-thoracic lobes prominent. Abdomen as in the 

 female, but the basal parts of the segments are unsealed and 

 testaceous, giving a broadly banded appearance. The first sub- 

 marginal cell is only about half the width of the second posterior 



Fig. 129. 



Ctdicada bupengaryensis. Theobald. 



A, Male genitalia ; B, female palp. 



cell and about the same length, its stem the same length as the 

 cell, whilst that of the second posterior is shorter. 



Ungues of fore legs curved, unequal, the larger uniserrated, 

 the smaller simple ; in the mid more unequal than the fore, the 

 smaller curved and uniserrated, the larger simple, bent close to 

 the base, then nearly straight ; hind pair equal, simple, small and 

 nearly straight, acuminate. Male genitalia with prominent 

 claspers. 



Length. — 5 to 5 ■ 5 mm. 



Habitat. — Bupengary, South Queensland (Dr. Bancroft). 



Time of capture. — November. 

 f. [Observations. — Described from a series of males and females 

 collected by Dr. Bancroft. No other known Australian species 

 has a similar abdomen. It cannot be confused with any other 



