174 YNGVE SJÖSTEDT, ACRIDIODEA AUSTRALICA. 



femora supra punctis nigris et faciis tribus latis nigris vel infuscatis interdum indi- 

 stinctis, apice nigro (c?), vel plus minusve infuscato extus partim testaceo ($); tibice 

 coerulea3 basi intus macula rubra, annulo anteapicali lato pallido; spina3 extus 8, 

 intus 9, albse apice nigro; tarsi supra coerulei; elytra colore corporis, interdum vix 

 conspicue minutissime fusco-sparsa margine axillari interdum pallidiore, immaculato; 

 alse hyalinse apice infuscatse, basi plus minusve flavo adumbratse. 



cT: Segmentum ultinum dorso in medio bidentatum; lamina supraanalis apice 

 utrinque emarginata; cerci multo longiores quam latiores, sensim leviter angustati, 

 apice incurvi vix acuminati, apicem laminse analis subattingentes; antennse capite 

 pronotoque evidenter longiores; lobi metasternales distincte distantes. 



? : Lobi metasternales valde distantes ; antennse capite pronotoque subsequi- 

 longse. 



c?: Long. c. elytr. 24 — 27, ant. 11, pron. 4 — 5, elytr. 17 — 19, fem. post. 12—14, 

 tib. post. 10 — 11,5 mm. 



? : Long. c. elytr. 32—34, ant. 9—9,5, pron. 6—7, elytr. 22—25, fem. post. 

 16—18, tib. post. 13-15 mm. 



Patria. Queensland: Peak Downs (Mus. Godeffr.) 1 <$ 3 ? typ. Mus. Stock- 

 holm. — Peak Downs (M. G.) ef? Mus. Hamburg. 



Peakesia hospita Bol. — Taf. 11, Fig. 5. 

 Stropis hospita Bol., Ann. Mus. Genova XXXIX, p. 93 J 1 (1898). 

 Patria. N. S. Wales: Överland (Beccari) 1 ef typ. Mus. Genova. 

 Mit P. coeruleipes Sjöst. verwandt. 



Peakesia brunnea White. — Taf. 11, Fig. 6—7. 



Calliptamus brunnens White, Grey Journ. Exped. Australia II, p. 470 $ (1841); Caloptenns brunncus 

 Walk., Cat. Derm. Salt. Br. Mus. IV, p. 708, N:o 64 (1870); Stropis brunnea Kirby, Cat. Orth Locust. p. 438 

 (1910); Acridium aliennm Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt. Br. Mus. IV, p. 634, J 1 (1870); Finot, Ann. Soc. Ent. 

 France LXXVI, p. 317 (1907); Stropis rufipes Stål, Bill. Svenska Vet. Akad. Handl. Bd. 5, Afd. 4, p. 65, 

 N:o 2 J 1 $ (1878); Kirby, 1. c, p. 438; Cirphula pyrrliocnemis (nec Stål) Kirby, Cat. Orth. Locust. p. 439 

 (1910). 



ef: Peakesia rubescens Sjöst. colore et statura sat similis sed area inferointerna 

 femorum posticorum sanguinea nec flavida, antennis fuscis nec testaceis et multo 

 brevioribus, cercis brevissimis, latis, compressis, antrorsum sensim angustatis apice 

 rotundato, breviter incurvo, nec fere apicem abdominis attingentibus, tseniformibus, 

 decurvis, fastigio supra impresso subheptagonali nec subpentagonali facillime differt. 



?: Facies leviter rugosa; costa frontalis os versus leviter ampliata, medio sulcata, 

 lateribus ante labrum evanescentibus, inter antennas planiuscula crebre et grosse 

 impresso-punctata, basi valde angustata; fastigium supra impressum carinula nulla 

 marginibus elevatis, anticis rectis angulum subacutum apice rotundato formantibus, 

 lateralibus parallelis, impressio postice aperta ut vertex plus minusve rugosa; antennoe 

 filiformes leviter compressse capite cum pronoto subsequilongse ; pronotum antice medio 



