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H. HANITSCH 



middle and hind coxae with small round dots; hind tibiae dark 

 brown; posterior metatarsus much longer than the remaining 

 joints together, entirely spined: Ist and 2nd tarsal joints also 

 spined. 



$. Total length 34 mm. ; body 29 mm. ; pronotum 8,2 x 1 1 mm. ; 

 tegmina 28 mm. 



Epilampra sp. 



1 $ nymph, Burnside, N. T. May 1931. 



$. General colour brown. Head pale yellowisb, with a broad 

 black l>ar between the eyes; face with a T-shaped mark; pronotum 

 with disk brownish, latéral margins pale orange, with ferruginous 

 pustules; pronotum, mesonotum, metanotum and abdominal 

 tergites ail with a séries of rugosities along their posterior margin. 



$. Total length 20 mm. 



Blattinae. 

 Platyzosteria analis (Saussure.) 



1864. Polyzosteria analis Sss. — Rev. Zool. (2). vol. XVI, p. 305 [Aus- 

 tralia]. 



1 $, Cooma, N. S. W. 6-IX-1930. 



Platyzosteria alternans n. sp. 



1 S- Z-Lagoon, N. T. April 1931. 



3- Apterous. — Head covered, shining black, in parts reddish 

 suffused; palps and antennae black; inter-ocular distance 4 / 5 the 

 width between antennal sockets. Pronotum much broader than 

 long, anterior margin sub-truncate, sides rounded, posterior margin 

 faintly produced; centre of disk dark red, bordered with black; 

 margined ail round with bright yellow. Mesonotum and meta- 

 notum coloured similar to the pronotum, viz. red in the centre, 

 bordered by black at the sides and behind, latéral and posterior 

 margins bright yellow. Abdominal tergites bright yellow, with 

 a broad black band running along the anterior margin of each, 

 but not quite reaching the sides. Supra-anal lamina sub-triangular, 

 with shallow emargination ; basai half black, distal half yellow. 

 Cerci orange. Abdomen below black, each sternite at the sides 

 and behind margined cream-white. Sub-genital lamina transverse, 



