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Desupapa Psitracus. 
Nigra, subtus pallida ; metathorax et abdomen basi rufo strigata ; 
abdomen viride, basi nigrum ; pedes picei ; ale antice nigri- 
cantes, apice fusce nigro guttate ; postice vitree, basi coc- 
cinew fusco marginale. 
Black, pale beneath; some red streaks on the metathorax and 
on the base of the abdomen. Abdomen bright green, black at the 
base. Legs mostly piceous. Fore wings blackish, brown with 
afew black dots towards the tips. Hind wings vitreous, towards 
the base bright crimson, with a dark brown border which is widened 
hindward, paler brown about the interior border; veins black. 
Length of the body 4—S lines; of the wings 11—18 lines. 
a, Australia. From Mr. Strange’s collection. 
b—d. Moreton Bay. Presented by — Gibbons, Esq. 
Subtribe DYCTIOPHOROIDES, Cat. Hom. p. 303. 
Genus PLEGMATOPTERA?P Cat. Hom. p. 303. 
Head much narrower than the thorax; vertex conical, flat, 
with a slightly elevated border, and with a very short and slight 
keel between two tubercles; front nearly twice longer than broad, 
with three slight keels; the lateral keels slightly converging towards 
the face, where the face increases a little in breadth; face lanceo- 
late, with a slight keel. Prothorax conical, very concave on the 
hind border, with one keel. Mesothorax with three keels. Legs 
long, slender; hind tibia spinose. Wings vitreous, vather broad. 
lore wings with few veins, but with extremely numerous and irre- 
gular veinlets, which abound most along the costa, and form areo- 
lets of very varying size and shape; towards the tips the veinlets 
and areolets are regular. Hind wings with comparatively few 
veinlets and arevlets. 
PLEGMATOPTERA PRASINA ? 
Testaceo-viridis j; caput linea antica transversa nigra ; ale vitree, 
venis viridibus ; antice apud costam convexe, stigmate viridi 
venulas septem includente. 
Plegmatoptera prasina? Spinola, Ann. Soc, Ent. Fr, viii. 286, pl. 14, 
2. 
