tt & Nat 



GSNUS 1IEGACHILE AND SOME EASE INSECTS.— HACKEE. 141 



This is the first capture in Queensland of M. minuta, the habitat of the 

 type specii'ierKbeing given as Melbourne, Victoria. 



Order ORTHOPTERA, Family EMBIIDJE. 



C'ligotoma gurneyi, Froggatt. — A series of these remarkable insects was- 

 obtained by Mr. J. Douglas Ogilby, of the Museum staff, at his residence in. 

 Spring Hill, Brisbane. " They are nocturnal in their habits, and are attracted 

 by light. The dates of Wpture extended from December to March, during 

 which time thirteen were obtained. / No more were seen until May, when 

 another was captured. They Were ail of one sex, apparently males. This is 

 the first record of the occurrence oiOligotoma gurneyi in Queensland. 



Order NE^ROPTERA. 



Psychopsis illidgi, Froggatt. — A perfect female of this species was- 

 ntv ired at Tambourine Mountain on 29th December. It was attracted by the 

 1'o-ht °^ m y lamp in the scrub while I was examining the tree trunks for Coleop- 

 . *1 I As an indication of the rarity of this insect, the. author in describing it 

 state'T : — " """ am i n debted to Mr. C. French for the first specimen of this beautiful 

 • it. But I have since received a second from Mr. Illidge, who informs me 

 ,-j + 'both were taken flying to a lighted lamp in the evening; and that in the 

 je of forty years' collecting in Southern Queensland he had never taken it 



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2 Pro. Linn. Soc. jST.S.W., p. 456, 1903. 



