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extending from pronotum to the suture ; the lateral one short, 

 starting from below the humeri ; pleurae with a distinct hoary 

 bloom in Q ; scutellum and metanotum ochreous or brownish 

 ochreous in both sexes ; covei'ed with tolerably long yellow hairs 

 in the ^. Hal teres with a brownish club. Abdomen in ^ not 

 much longer than the thorax, shining, pubescent, the last three 

 or four segments often brownish and the terminal segment usually 

 black or dark brown ; in Q once and half or twice the length 

 of the thorax, hoary grey or brown, usually dull, the first 

 one or two and last two or three segments and venter 

 usually more ochreous or brownish ochreous. Legs with the 

 femora and tibiaj brown or blackish at the apex ; tarsi brown 

 or blackish, the basal half of metatarsal joint usually more 

 brownish ochreous (PI. vi., fig. 49). Wings almost hyaline, with 

 a slightly greyish tint ; the anterior border, including first basal 

 cell (except apical fourth), to anterior branch of second longi- 

 tudinal vein, brown ; first submarginal and apical portion of 

 second submarginal cell, and the fifth longitudinal vein, more or 

 less distinctly clouded with yellowish ; veins brown, more 

 ochreous towards the base ; anal angle more distinct in ^ 

 (especially in well-developed specimens). 



Hab. — Generally distributed throughout Australia. Blue 

 Mountains and several localities in N.S.W. (Masters and Skuse) ; 

 Mount Kosciusko, N.S.W., 3,500 ft., in March (Helms) ; several 

 specimens in Coll. Australian Museit,7n ; Tasmania, Victoria, 

 South Australia and Western Australia (Masters); Glass Moun- 

 tains, Queensland (C. J. Wild), specimens in Coll. Queensland 

 Miiserim. Common from August to Decern bei-, among grass and 

 low bushes. 



Ohs. — After carefully examining and comparing a very large 

 number of specimens from all parts of Australia I cannot but feel 

 convinced that all the hitherto described specimens appertain to 

 the same species. The only differences in the descriptions appear 

 to be of a very trivial nature ; for instance, what Walker and 

 Macquartcall " ferruginous," Westwood calls " fulvo-ochraceous," 



